①A beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (limited to one whose amount is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions who has not reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in that paragraph, a person prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions who has not reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in that paragraph, or a person prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions who has not reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in that paragraph) (limited to a person who is not an insured under the National Pension pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act) may make a claim to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for early payment of part of the old-age basic pension under that Act (hereinafter simply referred to as the "old-age basic pension" in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply if that person has made the claim under Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act.

②If the claim under the preceding paragraph is made, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26 of the National Pension Act, the old-age basic pension is to be paid to that person from the day on which the claim was made.

③The amount of the old-age basic pension paid pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27 of the National Pension Act, the amount obtained by subtracting the amount specified by Cabinet Order from the amount obtained by multiplying the amount provided for in that Article by the rate specified by Cabinet Order.

④When a beneficiary of the old-age basic pension under the provisions of paragraph (2) reaches the age of 65, then, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount provided for in Article 27 of the National Pension Act by the rate obtained by subtracting the rate specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in the preceding paragraph from one is to be added to the amount of that old-age basic pension, and the amount of the pension is to be revised from the month following the month in which the beneficiary reached the age of 65.

⑤The provisions of Article 9-2, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 9-2-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act and Article 16-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the old-age basic pension under the provisions of paragraph (2). In this case, the phrase "the provisions of paragraph (4)" in Article 9-2, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of Article 27, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994)", and the phrase "in paragraph (4)" with "in Article 27, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act".

⑦The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act do not apply to the early payment adjustment amount.

⑧When a beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension prescribed in paragraph (1) has acquired the right to receive benefits from the old-age basic pension under the provisions of paragraph (2), the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 9-3, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 9-4, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and Article 19, paragraphs (4) and (5), Article 20, paragraphs (4) and (5) and Article 20-2, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions, do not apply to that person.

⑨In the month in which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one in which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that amount is less than 480 (444 for a person born on or before April 1, 1944, 456 for a person born from April 2, 1944 through April 1, 1945, and 468 for a person born from April 2, 1945 through April 1, 1946; the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (12))) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) reaches the age set forth in the lower column of the table in paragraph (1) of that Article, if the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) (480 if that number of months exceeds 480, and 240 if that number of months is less than 240 and the beneficiary falls under any of Article 12, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (vii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (11)) exceeds the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the early payment adjustment amount, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6), the amount obtained by adding, to the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the amount prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act calculated on the basis of the insured period under employees' pension insurance for the excess number of months (where Article 61, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act was applied to the calculation of that amount, the amount calculated as if it had not been applied; the same applies in paragraph (12)) is to be the early payment adjustment amount, and that amount is to be revised from the month following the month in which the beneficiary reached that age.

⑩The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis in the case where, in the month in which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one in which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that amount is less than 480) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) reaches the age set forth in the lower column of the table in paragraph (1) of that Article, the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) exceeds the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the early payment adjustment amount.

⑪The provisions of paragraph (9) apply mutatis mutandis in the case where, in the month in which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one in which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that amount is less than 480) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) reaches the age set forth in the lower column of the table in paragraph (1) of that Article, the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that employees' old-age pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) exceeds the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the early payment adjustment amount.

⑫In the case where, on or after the month following the month in which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one in which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that amount is less than 480) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in paragraph (1) of that Article, the amount of that employees' old-age pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (6) and (9), the amount prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, calculated on the basis of the insured period under employees' pension insurance for the number of months obtained by subtracting the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that early payment adjustment amount from the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the amount of the employees' old-age pension pertaining to that revision (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) (480 if that number of months exceeds 480, and 240 if that number of months is less than 240 and the beneficiary falls under any of Article 12, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (vii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act; the same applies in this paragraph), is to be added to that early payment adjustment amount, and that amount is to be revised at the same time as that revision; provided, however, that this does not apply if the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating the amount of the employees' old-age pension pertaining to that revision (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) is equal to or less than the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that early payment adjustment amount.

⑬The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis in the case where, on or after the month following the month in which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one in which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that amount is less than 480) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in paragraph (1) of that Article, the amount of that employees' old-age pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act. In this case, the phrase "paragraph (9)" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (10)".

⑭The provisions of paragraph (12) apply mutatis mutandis in the case where, on or after the month following the month in which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one in which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating that amount is less than 480) (limited to a person prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in paragraph (1) of that Article, the amount of that employees' old-age pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act. In this case, the phrase "paragraph (9)" in paragraph (12) is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (11)".

⑮The provisions of Article 44 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one whose beneficiary is a person prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions). In this case, in Article 44, paragraph (1) of that Act, the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or at the time that the insured period had reached 240 months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994) (or at the time that the insured period had reached 240 months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 27, paragraph (6), (9) or (12) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary reached that age", the phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43" with "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 27, paragraphs (6), (9) and (12) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.", and the phrase "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in that Article" with "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in those provisions, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month in which the beneficiary reached that age, or from the month in which the number of months became 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 27, paragraph (6), (9) or (12) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc."; and in Article 44, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.".

⑯The provisions of Article 44 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one whose beneficiary is a person prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions). In this case, in Article 44, paragraph (1) of that Act, the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or at the time that the insured period had reached 240 months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994) (or at the time that the insured period had reached 240 months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 27, paragraph (6), (10) or (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary reached that age", the phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43" with "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 27, paragraphs (6), (10) and (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.", and the phrase "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in that Article" with "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in those provisions, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month in which the beneficiary reached that age, or from the month in which the number of months became 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 27, paragraph (6), (10) or (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc."; and in Article 44, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.".

⑰The provisions of Article 44 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to one whose beneficiary is a person prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions). In this case, in Article 44, paragraph (1) of that Act, the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or at the time that the insured period had reached 240 months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994) (or at the time that the insured period had reached 240 months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 27, paragraph (6), (11) or (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary reached that age", the phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43" with "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 27, paragraphs (6), (11) and (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.", and the phrase "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in that Article" with "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in those provisions, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month in which the beneficiary reached that age, or from the month in which the number of months became 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 27, paragraph (6), (11) or (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc."; and in Article 44, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary reached the age set forth in the lower column of the table in Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.".

⑱With regard to an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the provisions of Article 21 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act. In this case, the phrase "Article 18, paragraph (3), Article 19, paragraph (3) or (5), Article 20, paragraph (3) or (5) or paragraph (3) or (5) of the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions" in Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 27, paragraphs (15) through (17) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (3), Article 19, paragraph (3) or (5), Article 20, paragraph (3) or (5) or paragraph (3) or (5) of the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions" in Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions with "Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act".

⑲The provisions of Article 9-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act do not apply to a person who has made the claim under paragraph (1).