①With regard to the old-age pension benefit that is paid by a surviving employees' pension Fund prescribed in Article 3, item (xi) 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") (hereinafter referred to as the "Fund"), as prescribed in Article 130, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (except in the following Article and Article 26 of the Supplementary Provisions, hereinafter referred to as the "old-age pension benefit"), and that is paid to persons born on or before April 1, 1940 and to beneficiaries of an employees' old-age pension for which the grounds for payment arose before April 1, 2000 (excluding persons prescribed in Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act), the provisions of Article 132, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as amended by the provisions of Article 13 do not apply, and the provisions of Article 132, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 13 remain in force.

②Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act to a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph, during the period from April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2002, the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000), which remains in force pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

③Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as amended by the provisions of Article 14, in applying the provisions of Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 5 and Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act to a person prescribed in paragraph (1), during the period from April 1, 2002 through March 31, 2003, the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000), which remains in force pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

④With regard to the old-age pension benefit paid by the Fund to a person prescribed in paragraph (1) who has made the application under Article 44-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including that application in the case where the application under paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies in Article 23, paragraph (3) and Article 24, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions), the phrase "the amount obtained by multiplying" in Article 132, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained by multiplying, plus the amount specified by Cabinet Order", and the phrase "the amount obtained by adding up" in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 13 with "the amount obtained by adding up, plus the amount specified by Cabinet Order".

①The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the old-age pension benefit paid by the surviving Pension Fund Association prescribed in Article 3, item (xiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Association") (meaning the old-age pension benefit under Article 160, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, or under Article 161, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act; the same applies in Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions).

②With regard to the amount of the old-age pension benefit that the Association pays to a member of a dissolved Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article 161, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, in the case where a person prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article who is a member of a dissolved Fund (meaning a member of a dissolved Fund prescribed in Article 149, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act; hereinafter referred to as a "member of a dissolved Fund") pertaining to a former employees' pension Fund prescribed in Article 3, item (x) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as a "former employees' pension Fund") that was dissolved on or after the Partial Effective Date prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 61 of 1988) (referred to as the "Partial Effective Date" in Article 26, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions) acquires the right to receive an employees' old-age pension, or in the case where a member of a dissolved Fund pertaining to a former employees' pension Fund had the right to receive that employees' old-age pension on the day on which the former employees' pension Fund was dissolved, the phrase "the amount provided for in Article 132, paragraph (2)" in Article 161, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, is deemed to be replaced with "the amount calculated following the example of the provisions of Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000), or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

①With regard to a person who made an application under the provisions of Article 82-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 before April 1, 2000 and whose childcare leave prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991) ended on or after the last day of April 2000, the application under the provisions of Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 89-2, paragraph (5) of that Act) is deemed to have been made on April 1, 2000, and the provisions of Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that paragraph) apply to the insurance premiums pertaining to that person for the period on or after April 2000.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to contributions pertaining to members of the Fund and to the amounts collected under the provisions of Article 140, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act. In this case, the phrase "Article 82-2" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8)", the phrase "the application under the provisions of Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 89-2, paragraph (5) of that Act)" with "the application prescribed in Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8)", and the phrase "Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that paragraph)" with "Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8), or Article 140, paragraph (8) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act".

A Fund that, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, has received authorization under Article 130, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 or has applied for it, or an Association that has received authorization under Article 159, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 or has applied for it, is deemed to have made the notification under Article 176, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4.

A Fund that, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, has received certification under Article 130-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 (including a Fund deemed to have received certification pursuant to Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1996 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 21) or has applied for it, or an Association that has received certification under Article 159-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 or has applied for it, is deemed to have made the notification under Article 176, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 concerning the methods of investment set forth in Article 136-3, paragraph (1), item (v), (a) and (f) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (limited to investment by the method set forth in (a) of that item).

①A person who was born on or after April 2, 1932 and who, on March 31, 2002, was an insured under Article 4-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 (hereinafter referred to as an "elderly voluntary insured" in this paragraph), and who, on April 1 of that year, is employed at an applicable place of business prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as an "applicable place of business" in the following paragraph and the following Article) (limited to a person who has been continuously employed at that place of business since before that day), acquires on that day status as an insured under Article 9 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 5, and loses status as that elderly voluntary insured. In this case, the confirmation of the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency under Article 18 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is not required.

②A person who was born on or after April 2, 1932 and who, on March 31, 2002, was an insured under Article 4-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 (hereinafter referred to as an "elderly voluntary individual insured" in this paragraph), and who, on April 1 of that year, is employed at a place of business other than an applicable place of business (limited to a person who has been continuously employed at that place of business since before that day), acquires on that day status as an insured under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 5, and loses status as that elderly voluntary individual insured. In this case, neither the consent of the employer under paragraph (2) of that Article nor the confirmation of the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency under Article 18 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is required.

A person who was born on or after April 2, 1932 and who was a class 4 insured person on March 31, 2002, and who, on April 1 of that year, is employed at an applicable place of business, acquires on that day status as an insured under Article 9 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 5, and loses status as that class 4 insured person.

With regard to a person who acquired status as an insured covered by employees' pension insurance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles and who lost that status as an insured in April 2002, where the provisions of the main clause of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act are applied, that person is deemed not to have acquired that status as an insured.

①With regard to a person who has, before April 1, 2002, the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under Article 42 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the provisions of Article 44-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 remain in force. In this case, matters necessary for the application of the provisions of that Article are specified by Cabinet Order.

②In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, with regard to a person who has the right to receive an old-age basic pension under the National Pension Act, the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act prior to the amendment by Article 2 remain in force.

①The provisions then in force continue to govern the standardized remuneration for each month before April 1, 2003.

②The standardized remuneration for March 2003 that was decided or revised before April 1 of that year pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (1), Article 22, paragraph (1) or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6 is the standard monthly remuneration for each month through August of that year.