Where the whereabouts of a spouse have been unknown for one year or more, payment of the survivors' basic pension to the spouse is suspended, upon the application of a child having the right to receive a survivors' basic pension, retroactively to the time when the whereabouts became unknown.
配偶者に対する遺族基礎年金は、その者の所在が一年以上明らかでないときは、遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する子の申請によつて、その所在が明らかでなくなつた時に遡つて、その支給を停止する。
The spouse may apply at any time for the cancellation of the suspension of payment under the preceding paragraph.
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Where the whereabouts of a spouse have been unknown for one year or more, payment of the survivors' basic pension to the spouse is suspended, upon the application of a child having the right to…
配偶者に対する遺族基礎年金は、その者の所在が一年以上明らかでないときは、遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する子の申請によつて、その所在が明らかでなくなつた時に遡つて、その支給を停止する。
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「配偶者」
In Article 37-2 and the provisions after it, the spouse of an insured person or former insured person, as a possible recipient of the survivors' basic pension (遺族基礎年金); under Article 5, paragraph (7), a spouse includes a partner in a de facto marriage that has not been registered.
Short name set inArticle 37-2, paragraph (1)