①Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21, if, on the day on which an insured's maternity leave (meaning non-engagement in work (but only if the insured is not working for reasons related to pregnancy or childbirth) for the period from 42 days (98 days in the case of a multiple pregnancy) before the day of childbirth (or before the due date, if the day of childbirth is after the due date) until 56 days following the date of childbirth; and, in the case of an insured who is a mariner (excluding a mariner who is a member of a national public service personnel mutual aid associations or a mutual aid association of local government officials; the same applies hereinafter), meaning not engaging in duties pursuant to the provisions of Article 87, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the Mariners Act; the same applies hereinafter) ends (hereinafter referred to as the "maternity leave end date" in this Article) the insured whose maternity leave has ended is raising the child for whom the insured was taking that maternity leave and files a request with an implementing organization as provided for by order of the competent ministry through the employer of the place of business at which the insured is employed, the implementing organization revises the insured's standard amount of remuneration by regarding the amount arrived at when the total amount of remuneration during the three-month period beginning from the month in which the day following the maternity leave end date falls (limited to a period during which the insured continues to be employed at the place of business at which the insured was employed on the day following the maternity leave end date, and excluding any month which has fewer than seventeen days which forms the basis for payment of remuneration) is divided by the number of months in that period, as the insured's monthly remuneration; provided, however, that this does not apply to an insured who starts childcare/parental leave on the day following the maternity leave end date.

②A standardized monthly amount of remuneration that has been revised pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month during the period from the month following the month that contains the day that is calculated as falling two months after the day after the maternity leave end date until August of that year (or until August of the following year, if the relevant following month is any month from July to December).

③When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "order of the competent ministry through the employer of the place of business at which the insured is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "order of the competent ministry".