In addition to what is provided for in Article 14-14, procedures for the request under Article 9-4-7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act and other matters necessary for the application of the provisions of that Article (excluding paragraph (11)) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

An insured person or a person who was an insured person who intends to make a request under Article 9-4-9, paragraph (1), Article 9-4-10, paragraph (1) or Article 9-4-11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act must submit a written request to the Japan Pension Service.

The premiums specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 9-4-9, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are the following premiums:

The amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 9-4-9, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act is, for each month of the applicable period prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article in connection with the approval under paragraph (2) of that Article, an amount equivalent to the amount that would be payable if the premiums listed in the items of the preceding Article were to be paid in the absence of a specified reason (meaning the specified reason prescribed in Article 9-4-7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act; the same applies in the following Article).

The amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 9-4-11, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act is, for each month of the period eligible for retroactive payment prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article in connection with the approval under paragraph (2) of that Article, the amount obtained by deducting the amount of the premium for each month of that period eligible for retroactive payment from the amount equivalent to the amount that would be required to be paid retroactively if retroactive payment under the provisions of Article 94 of the Act were to be made in the absence of a specified reason.

In the case where the provisions of Article 9-4-9, paragraphs (6) through (8) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-4-11, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, in those paragraphs, the phrase "payment of the special premium is made under the provisions of paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "payment is made of the premium for which retroactive payment is permitted under the provisions of Article 9-4-11, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions", the phrase "paid the special premium under the provisions of paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "paid the premium for which retroactive payment is permitted under the provisions of Article 9-4-11, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "Article 9-4-9, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 9-4-11, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions".

In addition to what is provided for in Article 14-22, procedures for the requests under Article 9-4-9, paragraph (1), Article 9-4-10, paragraph (1) and Article 9-4-11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act and other matters necessary for the application of the provisions of Article 9-4-9 (excluding paragraph (10)), Article 9-4-10 (excluding paragraph (8)) and Article 9-4-11 (excluding paragraph (8)) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Where a person (excluding a person prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act) for whom the combined period of the following periods is less than 10 years on the day the person reaches 65 years of age comes, on or after that day, to have a premium exemption period by reason of a period having been deemed a specified full exemption period prescribed in Article 9-4-7, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act under the provisions of that paragraph, to have a period deemed a former premium exemption period (meaning the premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (4) of the former Act; the same applies below) under the provisions of Article 9-4-7, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-4-8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, to have a premium-paid period by reason of payment having been made under the provisions of Article 9-4-9, paragraph (3) or Article 9-4-11, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, or to have a period deemed a former premium-paid period (meaning the premium-paid period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the former Act; the same applies below) under the provisions of Article 9-4-12 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, and as a result the combined period of the following periods becomes 10 years or more, the old-age pension under the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act is paid to that person (excluding a person prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act and in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act), the person being deemed to satisfy the requirements for payment of the old-age pension provided for in Article 9-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act; provided, however, that this is limited to a case where the combined period of the periods listed in items (i) through (iv) is one year or more, and the person falls under the proviso to Article 26 of the Act.

Where a person (limited to a person prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act) for whom the combined period of the following periods is less than 25 years (for persons listed in the left-hand column of the table in Article 76 of the former Act, the period listed in the right-hand column of that table in each case; the same applies below in this Article) on the day the person reaches 65 years of age comes, on or after that day, to have a period deemed a former premium exemption period under the provisions of Article 9-4-7, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-4-8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, to have a premium-paid period by reason of payment having been made under the provisions of Article 9-4-9, paragraph (3) or Article 9-4-11, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, or to have a period deemed a former premium-paid period under the provisions of Article 9-4-12 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, and as a result the combined period of the following periods becomes 25 years or more, the old-age pension under the former Act is paid to that person, the person being deemed to satisfy the requirements for payment of the old-age pension provided for in Article 26 of the former Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act.

Where a person listed in the left-hand column of the table in Article 78, paragraph (1) of the former Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, and for whom the combined period of a former premium-paid period and a former premium exemption period does not exceed the period listed in the right-hand column of that table, comes to have a period deemed a former premium exemption period under the provisions of Article 9-4-7, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-4-8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, or to have a period deemed a former premium-paid period under the provisions of Article 9-4-12 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, and as a result the combined period of a former premium-paid period and a former premium exemption period comes to exceed the period listed in the right-hand column of that table, and the person's former premium-paid period is one year or more, the old-age pension under the former Act is paid to that person, the person being deemed to satisfy the requirements for payment of the old-age pension provided for in Article 78, paragraph (1) of the former Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act.

①Where a person listed in the left-hand column of the table in Article 79-2, paragraph (1) of the former Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, and for whom the combined period of a former premium-paid period and a former premium exemption period does not exceed the period listed in the right-hand column of that table, comes to have a period deemed a former premium exemption period under the provisions of Article 9-4-7, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-4-8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, or to have a period deemed a former premium-paid period under the provisions of Article 9-4-12 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, and as a result the combined period of a former premium-paid period and a former premium exemption period comes to exceed the period listed in the right-hand column of that table, and the person's former premium-paid period is less than one year, the old-age pension under the former Act is paid to that person, the person being deemed to satisfy the requirements for payment of the old-age pension provided for in Article 79-2, paragraph (1) of the former Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act.

②The right to receive the old-age pension under the former Act under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is extinguished when the person entitled to receive it acquires the right to receive the old-age pension under the former Act under the provisions of the preceding Article.

①A period as a member of a former mutual aid association is deemed to be a former premium exemption period for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 14-30; provided, however, that this is limited to a case where the combined period of a former premium-paid period and a former premium exemption period is one year or more, and the person has not satisfied the qualifying period for receipt of the old-age pension under the former Act (excluding the old-age welfare pension) or the aggregated old-age pension.

②The old-age pension under the former Act under the provisions of Article 14-30 that is paid by reason of falling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be the old-age pension under the former Act paid by reason of falling under the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Act.

①The right to receive the aggregated old-age pension under the former Act is extinguished when the person entitled to receive it acquires the right to receive the old-age pension under the former Act under the provisions of Article 14-30, Article 14-31 or Article 14-32, paragraph (1).

②The rights to receive the old-age pension under the provisions of Article 79-2, paragraph (1) of the former Act and the old-age pension under the former Act paid by reason of falling under the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Act are extinguished when the person entitled to receive them acquires the right to receive the old-age pension under the former Act under the provisions of Article 14-30 or Article 14-31.

①The administrative work relating to the payment of the old-age basic pension, disability basic pension and survivors' basic pension prescribed in Article 1, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii) that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations") may be made to be performed by a mutual aid association (in the case of a mutual aid association that organizes the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations or the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, that Federation or that National Federation, respectively) or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (hereinafter referred to as "mutual aid associations, etc.").

②The procedures for having mutual aid associations, etc. perform the administrative work relating to the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③When specifying the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult with the Minister of Finance and the ministers having jurisdiction over mutual aid associations (excluding those that organize the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations and the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel), the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations and the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan.

①In the case where a mutual aid association, etc. performs the administrative work relating to the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the government is to pay the funds necessary for that payment to that mutual aid association, etc.

②When paying funds under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the government may pay the necessary funds to the Bank of Japan and have it pay the funds under the provisions of that paragraph.

③In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the procedures necessary for the payment of funds under the provisions of paragraph (1) and the procedures for receipt and disbursement of the funds paid under the provisions of paragraph (1), which are handled by the mutual aid association, etc. that performs the administrative work relating to the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, are specified by Ministry of Finance Order.

①When the Minister of Finance finds it necessary to ensure the proper execution of the national budget, the Minister may have an employee of an administrative organ headed by the minister having jurisdiction over a mutual aid association, etc. that performs the administrative work relating to the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) conduct an on-site audit of the state of receipt and disbursement of the funds paid under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, which are handled by that mutual aid association, etc. In this case, the Minister of Finance must obtain in advance the consent of the minister having jurisdiction over that mutual aid association, etc. as to the employee who is to conduct the on-site audit (or, where, by designating a government post established in that administrative organ, the Minister has the person holding that post conduct the on-site audit, that post) and the scope of the on-site audit to be conducted.

②When the Minister of Finance finds it particularly necessary to ensure the proper execution of the national budget, the Minister may conduct an on-site audit of a mutual aid association, etc. that performs the administrative work relating to the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1), with respect to the state of receipt and disbursement of the funds paid under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, which are handled by that mutual aid association, etc.

The administrative affairs that are to be processed by municipalities pursuant to the provisions of Article 1-2 are Type 1 statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).