①Where a disability or death, or an accident that was the direct cause thereof, has arisen from the act of a third party, if the government has made a benefit payment, the government acquires, to the extent of the value of that benefit, the right that the person entitled to receive the benefit holds against the third party to claim damages.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the person entitled to receive the benefit has received damages from the third party for the same cause, the government is relieved of its obligation to make the benefit payment, to the extent of that value.