Employees' Pension Insurance Act

In the case of applying Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Amended Employees' Pension Insurance Act and Article 46, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "2013 Amendment Act"), to a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (excluding a person prescribed in Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions) who is also a beneficiary of a retirement mutual aid pension under the provisions of the pre-amendment National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act or of any other benefit in the form of a pension specified by Cabinet Order that has retirement as the grounds for payment (limited to a person born on or before October 1, 1950), the phrase "the amount of employees' old-age pension (excluding the amount of additional pension provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph): the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph" in Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Amended Employees' Pension Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the total amount of the amounts of employees' old-age pensions, etc. (meaning the total of the amount of that employees' old-age pension and the amount of a benefit in the form of a pension specified by Cabinet Order in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012), and excluding the amount obtained by adding together the amount of additional pension prescribed in the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) or in provisions of other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order as corresponding to the provisions of that paragraph, and the additional amount prescribed in the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2) and the case where it applies with replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) or in provisions of other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order as corresponding to the provisions of that Article 44-3, paragraph (4)", and the phrase "the difference" is deemed to be replaced with "the difference multiplied by the number obtained by dividing the amount obtained by dividing the amount of that employees' old-age pension (excluding the amount of additional pension provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4): the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) by 12 by the base monthly amount"; in addition, the technical replacement of terms necessary for the application of these provisions and other necessary matters are specified by Cabinet Order.

In the case of applying the provisions of ArticlesArticle 44 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and the provisions of Article 62 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc., and Other Matters, to Strengthen the Functions of the Pension System in Light of Socioeconomic Changes (Act No. 74 of 2025; hereinafter referred to as the "2025 Amendment Act"), which remain in force with their terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, and other provisions of laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order as corresponding to those provisions to a person who, on the day preceding the Effective Date, had the right to receive a benefit in the form of a pension set forth in the items of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to a person for whom the number of months of the period forming the basis for calculating the amount of that benefit in the form of a pension is less than 240) and who has acquired the right to receive an employees' old-age pension on or after the Effective Date, the phrase "an the number of months of the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of 240 months or morethe amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240" in Article 44, paragraph (1) of that the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "an the number of months of the insured period (meaning the insured period obtained by adding together the former National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012; hereinafter referred to as the "2012 Pension Unification Act") (including a period counted into that former National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations), former Local Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period (including a period counted into that former Local Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations) or former Private School Personnel Mutual Aid participant period and the insured period forming the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) constituting the basis for the calculation of 240 months or morethe amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240", and the phrase "insured period" in Article 62, paragraph (1) of that the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 3 of the 2025 Amendment Act, which remains in force with its terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, is deemed to be replaced with "insured period (meaning the insured period obtained by adding together the former National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act (including a period counted into that former National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations), former Local Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period (including a period counted into that former Local Public Servants Mutual Aid Association member period pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations) or former Private School Personnel Mutual Aid participant period and the insured period forming the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' pension for surviving family)"; in addition, the technical replacement of terms necessary for the application of these provisions and other necessary matters are specified by Cabinet Order.