National Pension Act

A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the status as an insured person, a disposition concerning a benefit (excluding a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability relating to the disability basic pension conducted by a mutual aid association, etc.), or a disposition concerning a premium or other amount to be collected under the provisions of this Act, may file a request for review with a Social Insurance Examiner, and a person who is dissatisfied with that decision may file a request for re-review with the Social Insurance Examination Committee; provided, however, that this does not apply to a decision under Article 14-4, paragraph (1) or (2).

When no decision is made within two months from the day on which the request for review was filed, the person who filed the request for review may deem the Social Insurance Examiner to have dismissed the request for review.

The request for review and the request for re-review under paragraph (1) are deemed to be a judicial claim, for the purposes of the postponement of the completion of prescription and the renewal of prescription.

When a disposition concerning the status as an insured person becomes final, dissatisfaction with that disposition may not be used as a ground for dissatisfaction with a disposition concerning a benefit based on that disposition.

With respect to the request for review and the request for re-review under paragraph (1), the provisions of Chapter II (excluding Article 22) and Chapter IV of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) do not apply.

A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability relating to the disability basic pension conducted by a mutual aid association, etc. may file a request for review with the reviewing body specified in the mutual aid Acts (meaning the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958), the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962), and the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act; the same applies below in this paragraph) relating to that mutual aid association, etc., as specified in those mutual aid Acts.

When a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability conducted by a mutual aid association, etc. under the preceding paragraph becomes final, dissatisfaction with that disposition may not be used as a ground for dissatisfaction with a disposition concerning the disability basic pension based on that disposition.

An action for rescission of a disposition prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to a disposition concerning the status as an insured person, or a disposition concerning a benefit (excluding a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability relating to the disability basic pension conducted by a mutual aid association, etc.)) may not be filed unless a decision of the Social Insurance Examiner has been made on a request for review of that disposition.