Advance payment of premiums pursuant to Article 165, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be made in units of six months, from April to September or from October to March of the following year, or 12 months, from April to March of the following year; provided, however, that for a person who acquires status as an insured person with optional and continued coverage, or who is clearly to lose that status, during those six or 12 months, advance payment may be made of the premiums for the period, within those six or 12 months, from the month following the month containing the day on which the person acquires that status, or up to the month preceding the month containing the day on which the person loses that status.
法第百六十五条第一項の規定による保険料の前納は、四月から九月まで若しくは十月から翌年三月までの六月間又は四月から翌年三月までの十二月間を単位として行うものとする。ただし、当該六月又は十二月の間において、任意継続被保険者の資格を取得した者又はその資格を喪失することが明らかである者については、当該六月間又は十二月間のうち、その資格を取得した日の属する月の翌月以降の期間又はその資格を喪失する日の属する月の前月までの期間の保険料について前納を行うことができる。
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