This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.

②The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of the enforcement of this Act, review the state of the regulation based on the provisions of the National Pension Act as amended by this Act, and when it finds it necessary, take the required measures based on the results of that review.

In these Supplementary Provisions, the meanings of the terms listed in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items.

The provisions of Article 12-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act after the amendment apply to a person who has ceased to be a category 3 insured person prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act after the amendment, on or after the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions.

①With respect to a person who has a period that became a time-barred inconsistent period prescribed in Article 9-4-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "time-barred inconsistent period" in this Article) as a result of the correction of matters recorded under the provisions of Article 14 of the National Pension Act after the amendment, and who has a disability due to an injury or illness whose date of first medical examination falls between the date of promulgation of this Act and the specific premium payment due date prescribed in Article 9-4-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment (or, in the case of a person whose said recorded matters were corrected before the date of first medical examination, the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) effective date")) (excluding a person who, as of the item (ii) effective date, is receiving a disability basic pension under the National Pension Act or a benefit in the form of a pension prescribed in Article 9-4-6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment on the ground for payment being that disability (including a person for whom payment of the whole of such benefits is suspended), and a person who made a notification under Article 9-4-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment with respect to that time-barred inconsistent period by the day before that date of first medical examination) — when applying the provisions of Article 9-4-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment to that person (limited to the application of the provisions concerning the requirements for payment of those benefits), the term "the following Article, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the following paragraph and the following Article, paragraph (1)"; the term "the provisions of laws and regulations" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of laws and regulations (limited to the provisions concerning the requirements for payment of the disability basic pension or the benefit in the form of a pension prescribed in Article 9-4-6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; and the term "the day on which that notification was made" is deemed to be replaced with "the day before the date of first medical examination pertaining to the injury or illness prescribed in Article 97, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act".

②With respect to a person who has a period that became a time-barred inconsistent period as a result of the correction of matters recorded under the provisions of Article 14 of the National Pension Act after the amendment, and who died between the date of promulgation of this Act and the specific premium payment due date prescribed in Article 9-4-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment (or, in the case where that person died after that recorded matter was corrected, the day on which three months have elapsed from the item (ii) effective date) (excluding a case where, as of the item (ii) effective date, a survivors' basic pension under the National Pension Act or a benefit in the form of a pension prescribed in Article 9-4-6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment pertaining to that death is being paid (including a case where payment of the whole of such benefits is suspended), and a case where a notification under Article 9-4-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment was made with respect to that time-barred inconsistent period by the day before the date of that death) — when applying the provisions of Article 9-4-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment (limited to the application of the provisions concerning the requirements for payment of those benefits), the term "a person who was an insured person" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a survivor of a person who was an insured person (limited to a person who can receive a survivors' basic pension or a benefit in the form of a pension prescribed in Article 9-4-6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions pertaining to the death of that insured person or person who was an insured person)"; the term "the provisions of laws and regulations" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of laws and regulations (limited to the provisions concerning the requirements for payment of the survivors' basic pension or the benefit in the form of a pension prescribed in Article 9-4-6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions)"; and the term "the day on which that notification was made" is deemed to be replaced with "the day before the date of death".

The provisions of Article 9-4-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment do not apply until the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and nine months from the item (ii) effective date.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 9-4-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment during the period from the day following the date specified by Cabinet Order under the preceding Article until the day on which three years have elapsed from the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension, Corporate Pensions, etc. (Act No. 93 of 2011), the term "an insured person or a person who was an insured person" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a person who is 60 years of age or older", and the term "in the case of a person under 60 years of age, the period within 10 years before the month in which the day of approval falls" is deemed to be replaced with "in the case of a person other than a person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension, excluding the period within 10 years before the month in which the day of approval falls".

With respect to the portion of the old-age basic pension under the National Pension Act (hereinafter referred to simply as the "old-age basic pension" in this Article) for the months from the month containing the day following the date specified by Cabinet Order under Article 98 of the Supplementary Provisions until the month containing the day on which one year has elapsed from that following day, payable to a person entitled to receive the old-age basic pension (excluding a specific recipient prescribed in Article 9-4-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment), that is equivalent to the amount obtained by deducting, from the amount payable in each payment month based on the right to receive the old-age basic pension revised under the provisions of the main clause of Article 9-4-3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment, the amount that would have been payable in each payment month had that revision not been made, such portion is, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of Article 18, paragraph (3) of the National Pension Act after the amendment, to be paid in the month two months after the month containing that day on which the period has elapsed.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The provisions of Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees’ Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees’ Pension Systems must not be construed as not having effect as an Act amending the provisions of the National Pension Act after the amendment.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.