For the purposes of applying the provisions concerning the payment of a benefit for which death is the ground for payment, relating to a person who is deemed to have died as a result of receiving an adjudication of disappearance, the term "date of death" in Article 37, Article 37-2, Article 49, paragraph (1), Article 52-2, paragraph (1), and Article 52-3, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which the person went missing", and the term "at the time of death" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the person went missing". However, this does not apply to the application of these provisions relating to the familial relationship, age, and state of disability of a person entitled to receive a benefit, or of a person who is a requirement for the payment of a benefit or is the subject of an addition to its amount.
失踪の宣告を受けたことにより死亡したとみなされた者に係る死亡を支給事由とする給付の支給に関する規定の適用については、第三十七条、第三十七条の二、第四十九条第一項、第五十二条の二第一項及び第五十二条の三第一項中「死亡日」とあるのは「行方不明となつた日」とし、「死亡の当時」とあるのは「行方不明となつた当時」とする。ただし、受給権者又は給付の支給の要件となり、若しくはその額の加算の対象となる者の身分関係、年齢及び障害の状態に係るこれらの規定の適用については、この限りでない。