The surviving Pension Fund Association must keep its accounts separately for each of the following businesses:

①A Fund early leaver may apply to a surviving employees' pension Fund for the transfer of the amount equivalent to the Fund withdrawal lump sum to the surviving Pension Fund Association.

②Upon receiving an application under the preceding paragraph, the surviving employees' pension Fund concerned is to transfer the amount equivalent to the Fund withdrawal lump sum pertaining to that application to the surviving Pension Fund Association.

③When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of the amount equivalent to the Fund withdrawal lump sum pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to the Fund early leaver concerned or that person's surviving family, using the transferred Funds as the source of Funds, as provided by Cabinet Order.

④When a surviving employees' pension Fund has transferred the amount equivalent to the Fund withdrawal lump sum pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), it is released from its obligation concerning the payment of the withdrawal lump-sum payment to the Fund early leaver concerned.

⑤When the surviving Pension Fund Association has come to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), it must notify the Fund early leaver concerned or that person's surviving family to that effect.

⑥When the surviving Pension Fund Association is unable to give the notice under the preceding paragraph because the whereabouts of the Fund early leaver or that person's surviving family is unknown, it must, in lieu of that notice, give public notice of the matters to be notified.

①A member of a dissolved Fund may apply to the liquidator of the dissolved surviving employees' pension Fund for the transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association of the residual assets to be distributed to members of a dissolved Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "residual assets").

②Upon receiving an application under the preceding paragraph, the surviving employees' pension Fund concerned is to transfer the residual assets pertaining to that application to the surviving Pension Fund Association.

③When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to the member of a dissolved Fund concerned or that person's surviving family, using the transferred Funds as the source of Funds, as provided by Cabinet Order.

④When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), for the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions, those residual assets are deemed to have been distributed to the member of a dissolved Fund concerned.

⑤When the surviving Pension Fund Association has come to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), it must notify the member of a dissolved Fund concerned or that person's surviving family to that effect.

⑥The provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

①Where the surviving Pension Fund Association is conducting the business set forth in Article 40, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, members, etc. of a dissolved Fund (limited to persons who, on the day that the surviving employees' pension Fund was dissolved, held the right to receive pension benefits for which disability is the ground for payment, paid under Article 130, paragraph (3) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may apply to the liquidator of that surviving employees' pension Fund for the transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association of the residual assets to be distributed to members, etc. of a dissolved Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "residual assets").

②Upon receiving an application under the preceding paragraph, the surviving employees' pension Fund concerned is to transfer the residual assets pertaining to that application to the surviving Pension Fund Association.

③When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association disability benefit or surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to the member, etc. of a dissolved Fund concerned or that person's surviving family, using the transferred Funds as the source of Funds, as provided by Cabinet Order.

④The provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the cases under the preceding three paragraphs. In this case, in paragraph (4) of that Article, the phrase "paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) of the following Article"; in paragraph (5) of that Article, the phrase "paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (3) of the following Article", and the phrase "surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit" with "surviving Pension Fund Association disability benefit".

⑤The provisions of Article 42, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, as applied mutatis mutandis with the terms replaced in the preceding paragraph.

①Where the surviving Pension Fund Association is conducting the business set forth in Article 40, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, members, etc. of a dissolved Fund (limited to persons who, on the day that the surviving employees' pension Fund was dissolved, held the right to receive pension benefits for which death is the ground for payment, paid under Article 130, paragraph (3) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may apply to the liquidator of that surviving employees' pension Fund for the transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association of the residual assets to be distributed to members, etc. of a dissolved Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "residual assets").

②Upon receiving an application under the preceding paragraph, the surviving employees' pension Fund concerned is to transfer the residual assets pertaining to that application to the surviving Pension Fund Association.

③When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to the member, etc. of a dissolved Fund concerned, using the transferred Funds as the source of Funds, as provided by Cabinet Order.

④The provisions of Article 49, Article 51, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 53 and Article 54 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms.

⑤Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, when that member, etc. of a dissolved Fund dies, the surviving Pension Fund Association may, as provided by its articles of Association, pay the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit (limited to that paid as a lump sum; the same applies in the following paragraph) to the surviving family of the next order of priority of that member, etc. of a dissolved Fund.

⑥The surviving family referred to in the preceding paragraph are the persons set forth in the items of Article 48 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act pertaining to that member, etc. of a dissolved Fund, and the order of priority of the surviving family who may receive the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit is as provided by the articles of Association of the surviving Pension Fund Association. In this case, the phrase "person eligible for benefits" in Article 48, item (i) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act is deemed to be replaced with "member, etc. of a dissolved Fund prescribed in Article 45, 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 in this Article as "member, etc. of a dissolved Fund")", and the phrase "person eligible for benefits" in Article 48, items (ii) and (iii) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act with "member, etc. of a dissolved Fund".

⑦The provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the cases under paragraphs (1) through (3). In this case, the phrase "paragraph (2)" in Article 43, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 45, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions"; in Article 43, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 45, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit" with "the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit".

⑧The provisions of Article 42, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms in the preceding paragraph.

①A defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver may apply to the employer, etc. of the defined-benefit corporate pension for the transfer of the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment to the surviving Pension Fund Association.

②When an application has been made under the preceding paragraph, the asset management and investment institution, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension is to transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment to which the application pertains.

③When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay, using the transferred Funds as the source and as specified by Cabinet Order, the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to that defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver or that person's surviving family.

④When the asset management and investment institution, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension has transferred the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), the employer, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension is relieved of its obligation concerning the payment of the withdrawal lump-sum payment pertaining to that defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver.

⑤When the surviving Pension Fund Association has come to pay the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), it must notify that defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver or that person's surviving family to that effect.

⑥Where the surviving Pension Fund Association is unable to give the notice under the preceding paragraph because the whereabouts of the defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver or that person's surviving family are unknown, it must, in lieu of that notice, give public notice of the matters to be notified.

①A member, etc. of a terminated plan (meaning a member, etc. of a terminated plan prescribed in Article 91-20, paragraph (1) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may apply to the liquidator of the terminated defined-benefit corporate pension for the transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association of the residual assets (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "residual assets") to be distributed to members, etc. of a terminated plan pursuant to the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (6) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act.

②When an application has been made under the preceding paragraph, the asset management and investment institution, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension is to transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association the residual assets to which the application pertains.

③When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay, using the transferred Funds as the source and as specified by Cabinet Order, the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to that member, etc. of a terminated plan or that person's surviving family.

④When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), those residual assets are deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 89, paragraph (6) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act, to have been distributed to that member, etc. of a terminated plan.

⑤When the surviving Pension Fund Association has come to pay the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), it must notify that member, etc. of a terminated plan or that person's surviving family to that effect.

⑥The provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.