If there are two or more beneficiaries of an employees' pension for surviving family who are not the spouse, and the whereabouts of one or more of the beneficiaries remain unknown for one year or longer, the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family to that person is suspended retroactively to the time at which the whereabouts of the person or persons became unknown, upon the application of another beneficiary.
A person who has had their payment of an employees' pension for surviving family suspended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, at any time, apply to have the suspension of payment lifted.
前項の規定によつて遺族厚生年金の支給を停止された者は、いつでも、その支給の停止の解除を申請することができる。
The provisions of Article 61, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis if the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family is suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or if the suspension is lifted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the phrase "the month in which the number increased or decreased" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the month in which the payment is suspended or the suspension is lifted".
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If an employees' pension for surviving family is paid to a person other than the spouse and there is any increase or decrease in the number of beneficiaries…
配偶者以外の者に遺族厚生年金を支給する場合において、受給権者の数に増減を生じたときは、増減を生じた月の翌月から、年金の額を改定する。
Open this provisionIf there are two or more beneficiaries of an employees' pension for surviving family who are not the spouse, and the whereabouts of one or more of the beneficiaries remain unknown for one year or…
配偶者以外の者に対する遺族厚生年金の受給権者が二人以上である場合において、受給権者のうち一人以上の者の所在が一年以上明らかでないときは、その者に対する遺族厚生年金は、他の受給権者の申請によつて、その所在が明らかでなくなつた時にさかのぼつて、その支給を停止する。
Open this provisionA person who has had their payment of an employees' pension for surviving family suspended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, at any time…
前項の規定によつて遺族厚生年金の支給を停止された者は、いつでも、その支給の停止の解除を申請することができる。
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「受給権者」
A person who holds the right to receive an insurance benefit (保険給付) under this Act; the implementing organization (実施機関) confirms (裁定) that right on the person's claim.
Short name set inArticle 33, paragraph (1)
spouse
「配偶者」
From Article 59 on, the spouse of an insured or former insured, as a survivor (遺族) who may receive the employees' pension for surviving family (遺族厚生年金); under Article 3, paragraph (2), a spouse includes a partner in a de facto marriage that has not been registered.
Short name set inArticle 59, paragraph (1)