This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1960.

The Act on Special Protection for Persons with Silicosis and Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (Act No. 91 of 1955; hereinafter referred to as the "former Special Protection Act") is abolished.

The provisions then in force continue to govern accident compensation relating to a cause prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act prior to amendment that arose before this Act comes into effect.

The provisions then in force continue to govern medical treatment benefits, injury and sickness allowances and other benefits under the provisions of the former Special Protection Act or the Act on Temporary Measures Concerning Medical Treatment, etc. of Silicosis and Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (Act No. 143 of 1958; hereinafter referred to as the "former Temporary Measures Act") that pertain to the period up to the day before the date on which this Act comes into effect.

①A person who, on the day before the date on which this Act comes into effect, was to receive medical treatment benefits under the provisions of the former Special Protection Act or the former Temporary Measures Act, and whom the Director of the Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau has found, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Labour Order, to require continued medical treatment on and after the date on which this Act comes into effect, is deemed, on that date, to be a person to whom the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act applies and for whom a decision to provide compensation for persons with long-term illness or injury has been made.

②With regard to a person who receives compensation for persons with long-term illness or injury pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act"), benefits for surviving family and funeral benefits are not to be provided, and the annual amount of the illness or injury benefits (excluding the portion concerning medical treatment or medical treatment expenses pertaining to Type II illness or injury benefits) or the Type I disability benefits to be paid to that person is, respectively, the amount obtained by deducting 40 days' worth of the average wage from the annual amount under the provisions of the new Act.

③A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the finding by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau under the provisions of paragraph (1) may make a request for examination or re-examination, or file an action, in the same manner as for an objection to a decision on insurance proceeds under the provisions of the new Act.

①The provisions then in force continue to govern employers' contributions under the provisions of the former Special Protection Act or the former Temporary Measures Act that pertain to the period up to the day before the date on which this Act comes into effect, except as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3).

②With regard to the collection of the contributions prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a business with a fixed term referred to in Article 21, paragraph (2) of the former Special Protection Act that continues to be operated after this Act comes into effect is deemed to have ended on the day before the date on which this Act comes into effect.

③If there is a surplus to be refunded with regard to the contributions prescribed in paragraph (1) that pertain to an employer who is an insurance participant, the government may, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Labour Order, appropriate it to premiums under the provisions of the new Act, except in the case where a claim for the refund has been made.

①A person who, before this Act comes into effect, received medical treatment benefits under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the former Special Protection Act and for whom the period prescribed in that paragraph has elapsed may, even after this Act comes into effect, receive a finding by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau under the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1) of the former Temporary Measures Act, in accordance with the provisions then in force; provided, however, that this is limited to cases in which an application for the finding is filed by September 30, 1960.

②The provisions then in force continue to govern appeals against a disposition concerning a finding by the Director of the Prefectural Labor Standards Bureau under the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1) of the former Temporary Measures Act (including where that provision is to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph); provided, however, that this is limited to cases in which the appeal is filed within 60 days from the date on which this Act comes into effect (or, where the relevant notice was received after this Act comes into effect, from the date on which it was received).

③The provisions of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Petition Act (Act No. 105 of 1890) apply mutatis mutandis to the appeals referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect in violation of the provisions of the former Special Protection Act or the former Temporary Measures Act, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in violation of the provisions of those Acts that are to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions.

①If a worker who receives Type I disability compensation, illness or injury benefits or Type I disability benefits under the provisions of the new Act is at the same time able to receive a disability pension under the provisions of the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 73 of 1939) or the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954), or able to receive a disability pension due to duties under the provisions of the Mutual Aid Association Act for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations (Act No. 99 of 1958) (excluding the case in which payment of part of that pension is suspended pursuant to the provisions of Article 43 of that Act), the annual amount of those insurance proceeds under the provisions of the new Act to be paid to that worker (excluding the portion concerning medical treatment or medical treatment expenses pertaining to Type II illness or injury benefits; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is, for the time being, notwithstanding the provisions of the new Act, the amount obtained by deducting an amount equivalent to 57.5 percent of the amount of that disability pension or that disability pension due to duties from the annual amount of those insurance proceeds under the provisions of the new Act (or, for a person to whom the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions apply, the annual amount under that paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph).

②If a worker who receives Type I disability compensation, illness or injury benefits or Type I disability benefits under the provisions of the new Act is at the same time able to receive a disability pension due to official duties or a disability pension due to work under the provisions of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962) (excluding the case in which payment of part of those pensions is suspended pursuant to the provisions of Article 91 of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 202 of that Act)), the annual amount of those insurance proceeds to be paid to that worker is, for the time being, notwithstanding the provisions of the new Act, the amount obtained by deducting an amount equivalent to 70 percent of the amount of that disability pension due to official duties or disability pension due to work from the annual amount of those insurance proceeds under the provisions of the new Act.

①With regard to a worker who receives Type I disability compensation, or illness or injury benefits or Type I disability benefits, under the provisions of the new Act, the government, for the time being, pursuant to the provisions of order, if the average salary per worker for all industries in the Monthly Labor Statistics prepared by the Ministry of Labour (hereinafter referred to as the "average salary" in this paragraph) has come to exceed 120 percent, or to fall below 80 percent, of the average salary in the year to which the day on which the worker was injured or contracted the illness belongs, and the government finds that this situation will continue, revises the amount of those insurance proceeds (excluding the portion concerning medical treatment or medical treatment expenses pertaining to Type II illness or injury benefits) for April of the following year onward, based on the rate of that increase or decrease, and pays them. The same applies to the revision of the amount of Type I disability compensation, or illness or injury benefits (excluding the portion concerning medical treatment or medical treatment expenses pertaining to Type II illness or injury benefits) or Type I disability benefits, after revision.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the amount to be deducted from the annual amount of illness or injury benefits or Type I disability benefits under the provisions of the new Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions.

The matters prescribed in Article 34-2 of the new Act and the preceding two Articles are to be reviewed on the occasion of the adjustment of the social security system as a whole, and necessary measures are to be taken based on the results.