The amount of an employees' pension for surviving family is the amount provided for in each of the following items in accordance with the classification prescribed in the relevant item; provided, however, that this means the amount prescribed in item (i), if a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family receives a basic pension for surviving family under the National Pension Act based on the same grounds as those for the relevant employees' pension for surviving family:
if a surviving family member provided for in Article 59, paragraph (1) (other than one who is set forth in the following item) has acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family:an amount equal to three-quarters of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) based on the insured period of the insured or former insured who has died; provided, however, that if the number of months in the insured period is below 300, the amount for an employees' pension for surviving family that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1), is the amount calculated when the number of months in the insured period is treated as having been 300;
第五十九条第一項に規定する遺族（次号に掲げる遺族を除く。）が遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得したとき 死亡した被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の被保険者期間を基礎として第四十三条第一項の規定の例により計算した額の四分の三に相当する額。ただし、第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに該当することにより支給される遺族厚生年金については、その額の計算の基礎となる被保険者期間の月数が三百に満たないときは、これを三百として計算した額とする。
if, among surviving family members provided for in Article 59, paragraph (1), the spouse who has the right to receive any of the pension benefits from the employees' old-age pension has acquired the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family: the amount prescribed in the preceding item or the sum total of the amounts under the following (a) and (b), whichever is higher:
the amount arrived at when the amount prescribed in the preceding item is multiplied by two-thirds;
前号に定める額に三分の二を乗じて得た額
the amount arrived at when the amount of the employees' old-age pension of the beneficiary of the relevant employees' pension for surviving family (or, for an employees' old-age pension to which an amount of additional pension has been added pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1), the amount to which those provisions do not apply; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article and Article 64-2) is multiplied by one-half.
Notwithstanding the provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, if the employees' pension for surviving family is paid to a person other than the spouse and there are two or more beneficiaries, the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family is the amount arrived at when the amount that was computed pursuant to the provisions of that item for each of the beneficiaries is divided by the number of beneficiaries.
Beyond as specified in the preceding two paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars of the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family.
前二項に定めるもののほか、遺族厚生年金の額の計算について必要な事項は、政令で定める。