Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-7Special Provisions on Revision of the Amount of Pension Insurance Benefits
第十七条の七（年金たる保険給付の額の改定の特例）
With regard to a person who has the right to receive benefits from a pension insurance benefit (limited to one the amount of which is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, or Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act (including the cases where those provisions are cited, or the example of them is followed, in this Act or other laws and regulations; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph)) as of March 31 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in question, if, due to the revision of the revaluation rate under the provisions of Articles 43-2 through 43-5, the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, or Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act in the fiscal year in question (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "current fiscal year's amount") is less than the amount calculated pursuant to those provisions as of March 31 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in question (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "previous fiscal year's amount"), notwithstanding those provisions, the previous fiscal year's amount is to be the current fiscal year's amount.
当該年度の前年度に属する三月三十一日において年金たる保険給付（第四十三条第一項、附則第九条の二第二項第二号又は平成十二年改正法附則第二十条第一項の規定（この法律又は他の法令において、これらの規定を引用し、又はその例による場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）によりその額が計算されたものに限る。）の受給権を有する者について、第四十三条の二から第四十三条の五までの規定による再評価率の改定により、当該年度において第四十三条第一項、附則第九条の二第二項第二号又は平成十二年改正法附則第二十条第一項の規定により計算した額（以下この条において「当該年度額」という。）が、当該年度の前年度に属する三月三十一日においてこれらの規定により計算した額（以下この条において「前年度額」という。）に満たない場合には、これらの規定にかかわらず、前年度額を当該年度額とする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the rate of fluctuation in nominal net wages is less than 1 and, due to the revision of the revaluation rate under the provisions of Article 43-2 (excluding the case where it is applied in Articles 43-3 through 43-5), the current fiscal year's amount is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the previous fiscal year's amount by the rate of fluctuation in nominal net wages, that amount is to be the current fiscal year's amount.
前項の規定にかかわらず、名目手取り賃金変動率が一を下回る場合において、第四十三条の二（第四十三条の三から第四十三条の五までにおいて適用される場合を除く。）の規定による再評価率の改定により、当該年度額が、前年度額に名目手取り賃金変動率を乗じて得た額に満たないときは、当該額を当該年度額とする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if the price fluctuation rate (the rate of fluctuation in nominal net wages, if the price fluctuation rate exceeds the rate of fluctuation in nominal net wages; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (5)) is less than 1 and, due to the revision of the revaluation rate under the provisions of Article 43-3 (excluding the case where it is applied in Article 43-5), the current fiscal year's amount is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the previous fiscal year's amount by the price fluctuation rate, that amount is to be the current fiscal year's amount.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if the rate of fluctuation in nominal net wages is less than 1 and, due to the revision of the revaluation rate under the provisions of Article 43-4 (excluding the case where it is applied in Article 43-5), the current fiscal year's amount is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the previous fiscal year's amount by the rate of fluctuation in nominal net wages, that amount is to be the current fiscal year's amount.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if the price fluctuation rate is less than 1 and, due to the revision of the revaluation rate under the provisions of Article 43-5, the current fiscal year's amount is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the previous fiscal year's amount by the price fluctuation rate, that amount is to be the current fiscal year's amount.