①This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

②The procedures and other acts necessary for establishing the basic policy prescribed in Article 77, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act after the revision under the provisions of Article 3, and the basic policy prescribed in Article 79-4, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act after the revision under the provisions of Article 7, may be performed even before the effective date.

With regard to the amounts of the pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act for the months of March 2000 and earlier, the pension insurance benefits prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (1) and Article 87, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, and the benefits in the form of pensions prescribed in Article 16, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 82 of 1996; hereinafter referred to as the "1996 Amendment Act"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

①Of persons who acquired the status of an insured covered by employees' pension insurance before October 1, 2000 and have continuously held that status until that day (excluding a person who holds the status of that insured pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 3 of the 1985 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act"), or pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (2) or (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as a "class 4 insured person")), the standardized remuneration of a person who acquired the status of an insured covered by employees' pension insurance during the period from July 1, 2000 through September 30, 2000, or a person whose standardized remuneration was revised from August or September of that year pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and whose standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the same month of that year is 92,000 yen or 590,000 yen (excluding a person for whom the amount of monthly remuneration that formed the basis for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration is less than 605,000 yen), is to be revised by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, deeming the amount of monthly remuneration that formed the basis for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration to be the amount of monthly remuneration forming the basis for standardized remuneration under the provisions of Article 20 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4.

②The standardized remuneration revised pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be the standardized remuneration for each month from October 2000 through September 2001.

③The standardized monthly amount of remuneration on or after October 2000 of a class 4 insured person whose standardized monthly amount of remuneration is less than 98,000 yen is to be 98,000 yen, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 26 of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act.

①With regard to the amounts of the pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act in each fiscal year from fiscal year 2000 through fiscal year 2002, if the amount set forth in item (i) is less than the amount set forth in item (ii), the amount provided for in Article 43 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (including where it is followed by example in Article 50, paragraph (1) and Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and where it is applied in Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as read pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act, Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as amended by the provisions of Article 13, and Article 17-2, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act) and in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (including where it is followed by example in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including where it is followed by example in paragraph (5) of that Article), in Article 9-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including where it is followed by example in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and paragraph (4) of Article 9-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including where it is followed by example in paragraph (6) of Article 9-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), and in Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4) and Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994; hereinafter referred to as the "1994 Amendment Act")) is to be the amount set forth in item (ii), notwithstanding those provisions.

②With regard to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration in calculating the amount set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4, which is to be followed by example pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, and Article 17-2, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, it is to be the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period during which the person was an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions according to the classification of periods set forth in the upper column of that table.

③In calculating the amount set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii), with regard to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period as an insured under mariners' insurance (hereinafter referred to as the "period as an insured under mariners' insurance") under the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 73 of 1939) prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 5 of the 1985 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Mariners Insurance Act"), which was deemed to be a period during which the person was an insured covered by employees' pension insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, Article 43 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4, which is to be followed by example pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii), and Article 17-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4, it is to be the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period as an insured under mariners' insurance by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions according to the classification of periods set forth in the upper column of that table.

④With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) to a person who has a period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership belonging to the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 3, item (viii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1996 Amendment Act; the same applies hereinafter), the phrase "the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period during which the person was an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions according to the classification of periods set forth in the upper column of that table" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period during which the person was an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions according to the classification of periods set forth in the upper column of that table (or, if the month is a month that formed the basis for calculating a period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 3, item (viii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1996 Amendment Act that belongs to the period on or before September 1985 (excluding a period added to the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985)), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑤With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) to a person who has a period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership belonging to the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Repealing the Mutual Aid Association Act for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations, etc. for the Integration of the Employees' Pension Insurance System and the Mutual Aid Association System for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations (Act No. 101 of 2001); the same applies hereinafter), the phrase "the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period during which the person was an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions according to the classification of periods set forth in the upper column of that table" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period during which the person was an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions according to the classification of periods set forth in the upper column of that table (or, if the month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Repealing the Mutual Aid Association Act for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations, etc. for the Integration of the Employees' Pension Insurance System and the Mutual Aid Association System for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations (Act No. 101 of 2001) that belongs to the period on or before September 1985, the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑥The provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to disability allowances under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, pension insurance benefits and disability allowances under the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and pension insurance benefits and disability allowances under the Former Mariners Insurance Act. In this case, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms in connection with those provisions.

With regard to a person who is, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, an auditor of an employees' pension Fund selected from among persons with knowledge and experience, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 119, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4, only for the remainder of that person's term as that auditor.

①With regard to the old-age pension benefit that is paid by a surviving employees' pension Fund prescribed in Article 3, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "2013 Amendment Act") (hereinafter referred to as the "Fund"), as prescribed in Article 130, 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (except in the following Article and Article 26 of the Supplementary Provisions, hereinafter referred to as the "old-age pension benefit"), and that is paid to persons born on or before April 1, 1940 and to beneficiaries of an employees' old-age pension for which the grounds for payment arose before April 1, 2000 (excluding persons prescribed in Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act), the provisions of Article 132, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as amended by the provisions of Article 13 do not apply, and the provisions of Article 132, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 13 remain in force.

②Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act to a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph, during the period from April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2002, the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000), which remains in force pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

③Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as amended by the provisions of Article 14, in applying the provisions of Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 5 and Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act to a person prescribed in paragraph (1), during the period from April 1, 2002 through March 31, 2003, the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000), which remains in force pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

④With regard to the old-age pension benefit paid by the Fund to a person prescribed in paragraph (1) who has made the application under Article 44-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including that application in the case where the application under paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies in Article 23, paragraph (3) and Article 24, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions), the phrase "the amount obtained by multiplying" in Article 132, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained by multiplying, plus the amount specified by Cabinet Order", and the phrase "the amount obtained by adding up" in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 13 with "the amount obtained by adding up, plus the amount specified by Cabinet Order".

①The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the old-age pension benefit paid by the surviving Pension Fund Association prescribed in Article 3, item (xiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Association") (meaning the old-age pension benefit under Article 160, paragraph (5) 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 61, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, or under Article 161, paragraph (2) 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 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act; the same applies in Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions).

②With regard to the amount of the old-age pension benefit that the Association pays to a member of a dissolved Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article 161, paragraph (2) 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 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, in the case where a person prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article who is a member of a dissolved Fund (meaning a member of a dissolved Fund prescribed in Article 149, 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 38, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act; hereinafter referred to as a "member of a dissolved Fund") pertaining to a former employees' pension Fund prescribed in Article 3, item (x) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as a "former employees' pension Fund") that was dissolved on or after the Partial Effective Date prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 61 of 1988) (referred to as the "Partial Effective Date" in Article 26, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions) acquires the right to receive an employees' old-age pension, or in the case where a member of a dissolved Fund pertaining to a former employees' pension Fund had the right to receive that employees' old-age pension on the day on which the former employees' pension Fund was dissolved, the phrase "the amount provided for in Article 132, paragraph (2)" in Article 161, paragraph (3) 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 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, is deemed to be replaced with "the amount calculated following the example of the provisions of Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000), or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

①With regard to a person who made an application under the provisions of Article 82-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 before April 1, 2000 and whose childcare leave prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991) ended on or after the last day of April 2000, the application under the provisions of Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 89-2, paragraph (5) of that Act) is deemed to have been made on April 1, 2000, and the provisions of Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that paragraph) apply to the insurance premiums pertaining to that person for the period on or after April 2000.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to contributions pertaining to members of the Fund and to the amounts collected under the provisions of Article 140, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act. In this case, the phrase "Article 82-2" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8)", the phrase "the application under the provisions of Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 89-2, paragraph (5) of that Act)" with "the application prescribed in Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8)", and the phrase "Article 81-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to that paragraph)" with "Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8), or Article 140, paragraph (8) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act".

A Fund that, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, has received authorization under Article 130, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 or has applied for it, or an Association that has received authorization under Article 159, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 or has applied for it, is deemed to have made the notification under Article 176, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4.

A Fund that, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, has received certification under Article 130-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 (including a Fund deemed to have received certification pursuant to Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1996 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 21) or has applied for it, or an Association that has received certification under Article 159-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 4 or has applied for it, is deemed to have made the notification under Article 176, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 concerning the methods of investment set forth in Article 136-3, paragraph (1), item (v), (a) and (f) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (limited to investment by the method set forth in (a) of that item).

①A person who was born on or after April 2, 1932 and who, on March 31, 2002, was an insured under Article 4-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 (hereinafter referred to as an "elderly voluntary insured" in this paragraph), and who, on April 1 of that year, is employed at an applicable place of business prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as an "applicable place of business" in the following paragraph and the following Article) (limited to a person who has been continuously employed at that place of business since before that day), acquires on that day status as an insured under Article 9 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 5, and loses status as that elderly voluntary insured. In this case, the confirmation of the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency under Article 18 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is not required.

②A person who was born on or after April 2, 1932 and who, on March 31, 2002, was an insured under Article 4-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 (hereinafter referred to as an "elderly voluntary individual insured" in this paragraph), and who, on April 1 of that year, is employed at a place of business other than an applicable place of business (limited to a person who has been continuously employed at that place of business since before that day), acquires on that day status as an insured under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 5, and loses status as that elderly voluntary individual insured. In this case, neither the consent of the employer under paragraph (2) of that Article nor the confirmation of the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency under Article 18 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is required.

A person who was born on or after April 2, 1932 and who was a class 4 insured person on March 31, 2002, and who, on April 1 of that year, is employed at an applicable place of business, acquires on that day status as an insured under Article 9 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 5, and loses status as that class 4 insured person.

With regard to a person who acquired status as an insured covered by employees' pension insurance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles and who lost that status as an insured in April 2002, where the provisions of the main clause of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act are applied, that person is deemed not to have acquired that status as an insured.

①With regard to a person who has, before April 1, 2002, the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under Article 42 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the provisions of Article 44-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 remain in force. In this case, matters necessary for the application of the provisions of that Article are specified by Cabinet Order.

②In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, with regard to a person who has the right to receive an old-age basic pension under the National Pension Act, the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act prior to the amendment by Article 2 remain in force.

①The provisions then in force continue to govern the standardized remuneration for each month before April 1, 2003.

②The standardized remuneration for March 2003 that was decided or revised before April 1 of that year pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (1), Article 22, paragraph (1) or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6 is the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month through August of that year.

①If all or part of the period of being an insured covered by employees' pension insurance is before April 1, 2003, the amount prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as followed in Article 50, paragraph (1) and Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, and including as applied in Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act (including as applied with terms read pursuant to Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act), Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 that remains in force pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act as read pursuant to Article 17-5 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and Article 7-3, paragraph (4) and Article 13-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act) and Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article), Article 9-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and Article 9-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), and Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4), and Article 20-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act) is, notwithstanding those provisions, the sum of the amounts set forth in the following items.

②In the case of calculating the amount set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, Article 59, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 15 remain in force. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms for the application of Article 59, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act is specified by Cabinet Order.

③In the case of calculating the amount of an employees' disability pension the amount of which is calculated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (limited to one for which the number of months of the insured period forming the basis for calculating the amount is less than 300) or of an employees' pension for surviving family (excluding one paid by reason of falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and limited to one for which the insured period forming the basis for calculating the amount is less than 300), the amount prescribed in paragraph (1) is, notwithstanding that paragraph, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount prescribed in that paragraph by the number obtained by dividing 300 by the number of months of the period of being an insured.

①With regard to the amount of pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, if the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the sum of the amounts set forth in the following items by the previous-amount revision rate, the amount obtained by multiplying the sum of the amounts set forth in those items by the previous-amount revision rate is, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article, the amount prescribed in that Article.

②If the whole of the period of being an insured covered by employees' pension insurance is on or after April 1, 2003, and the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as followed in Article 50, paragraph (1) and Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, and including as applied in Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act (including as applied with terms read pursuant to Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act), Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 that remains in force pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act as read pursuant to Article 17-5 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and Article 7-3, paragraph (4) and Article 13-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act) and Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article), Article 9-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and Article 9-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), and Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4), and Article 20-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act) is less than the amount obtained by multiplying, by the previous-amount revision rate, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount equal to 5.769/1,000 of the average standardized amount of remuneration for the period of being an insured by the number of months in that insured period, then, notwithstanding those provisions, that latter amount is the amount prescribed in those provisions.

③The previous-amount revision rate referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is 1.001 for fiscal year 2004.

④The previous-amount revision rate referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is revised each fiscal year following the example of the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (for a term under adjustment prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1) of that Act, Article 43-5, paragraph (1), (4) or (5) of that Act).

⑤With regard to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses forming the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the average standardized amount of remuneration in the case of calculating the amounts set forth in the items of paragraph (1) or the amount prescribed in paragraph (2), notwithstanding Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6, Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 7 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 104 of 2004; hereinafter referred to as the "2004 Amendment Act"), and Article 17-2, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses for each month of the period of being an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of period set forth in the upper column of that table.

⑥With regard to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration forming the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period as an insured under mariners' insurance in the case of calculating the amount set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6, and Article 17-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period as an insured under mariners' insurance by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of period set forth in the upper column of that table.

⑦With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985, the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating a period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (excluding a period added to the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑧With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985, the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating a period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985, the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑨With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former national public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (meaning the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012; hereinafter referred to as the "2012 Pension Unification Act")), the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in paragraph (9) falling within the period up to September 1985 (excluding a period added to that period of former national public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑩With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former local public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (meaning the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act), the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in paragraph (10) falling within the period up to September 1985 (excluding a period added to that period of former local public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 108 of 1985), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑪With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (meaning the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act), the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership prescribed in paragraph (11) falling within the period up to September 1985, the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑫The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis where the amount of pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is calculated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

⑬The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to disability allowances under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, pension insurance benefits and disability allowances under the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and pension insurance benefits and disability allowances under the Former Mariners Insurance Act. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms for those provisions is specified by Cabinet Order.

⑭When the amounts set forth in the items of paragraph (1) are calculated, Article 59, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 (hereinafter referred to as "Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 remain in force. In this case, the phrase "Article 52 of the Supplementary Provisions, Article 43 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied in Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act and including as followed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the case falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv) of that Act)) and Article 9-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article) and Article 9-4, paragraph (1) (including as followed in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and paragraph (4) (including as followed in Article 9-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and in Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4), and Article 20-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act)" in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment is deemed to be replaced with "each item of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)", and, in addition, with regard to the application of Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment where the amount set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) is calculated, the phrase "7.5/1,000" in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment is deemed to be replaced with "5.769/1,000", and the phrase "as in the lower column of that table" with "at the rate specified by Cabinet Order".

⑮The rate specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment as read pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be determined on the basis of the rate obtained by dividing the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 by 1.3.

⑯Measures for revising the previous-amount revision rate under the provisions of paragraph (4) are specified by Cabinet Order.

⑰In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, necessary transitional measures concerning the amount of pension insurance benefits under the previous Employees' Pension Insurance Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

①In calculating the amount of a lump-sum withdrawal payment to be paid to a person for whom all or part of the period of being an insured under employees' pension insurance is before April 1, 2003, the amount prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is, notwithstanding that paragraph, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing, by the number of months of the insured period, the sum of the amount obtained by multiplying by 1.3 the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the insured period before that day and the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses for each month of the insured period on or after that day, by the payment rate (meaning the payment rate prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article) according to the period of being an insured.

②In calculating the amount of a withdrawal allowance under the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 75 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act and that is paid to a person for whom all or part of the period of being an insured under employees' pension insurance is before April 1, 2003, the amount prescribed in Article 70, paragraph (1) of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 75 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act is, notwithstanding that paragraph, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by dividing, by the number of months of the insured period, the sum of the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the insured period before that day and the amount obtained by dividing by 1.3 the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses for each month of the insured period on or after that day, by the rate prescribed in Appended Table 3 of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 75 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, according to the period of being an insured.

①The amount of an old-age pension benefit that a Fund pays to a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension (excluding a person prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions and a person prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as amended by Article 15) and that is paid to a person for whom all or part of the period during which the person was an insured who was a member (meaning, among the periods of being an insured under employees' pension insurance that served as the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension, the period of being at the same time a member of that Fund; the same applies hereinafter) is a period before April 1, 2003 must, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 132, paragraph (2) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, exceed the total obtained by adding together the amounts set forth in the following items.

②With regard to the application of Article 133, and Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, and Article 7-6, paragraphs (4) and (5), Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 13-7, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, for the time being, the phrase "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in Article 133 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with "the amount prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the amount prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the '1985 Amendment Act'), or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000; hereinafter referred to as the '2000 Amendment Act')", and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act and in Article 7-6, paragraphs (4) and (5), Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 13-7, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the amount prescribed in Article 130, paragraph (2), the amount prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act".

③With regard to an old-age pension benefit that a Fund pays to a person prescribed in paragraph (1) who has made a request under Article 44-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, in paragraph (1) (including where applied with replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act), the phrase "the total obtained by adding together the amounts set forth in the following items" is deemed to be replaced with "the total obtained by adding together the amounts set forth in the following items plus an amount specified by Cabinet Order".

④With regard to the application of Article 133, and Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, for the time being, the phrase "paragraph (4) of the preceding Article" in Article 133 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with "the amount prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, the amount prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the '1985 Amendment Act' in the following Article) as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000; hereinafter referred to as the '2000 Amendment Act' in the following Article) as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article", the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (4)" in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act with "the amount prescribed in Article 132, paragraph (4), the amount prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, or Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article", and the phrase "the amount specified by Cabinet Order" in Article 133-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act with "the amount specified by Cabinet Order, the amount specified by Cabinet Order in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, or the amount specified by Cabinet Order in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article".

①The amount of an old-age pension benefit that a Fund pays to a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension (limited to a person prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) and that is paid to a person for whom all or part of the period during which the person was an insured who was a member is a period on or after April 1, 2003 must, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 132, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 4, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13, exceed the amounts prescribed in the following items.

②In calculating the amounts set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), (b) and item (ii), (b), with regard to the application of Article 82, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, in that paragraph, the phrase "the preceding paragraph and Article 132, paragraph (2) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i), (b) and item (ii), (b) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)", the phrase "7.5/1,000" with "5.769/1,000", and the phrase "as in the lower column of that table" with "at the rate specified by Cabinet Order".

③The rate specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 as read pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be determined on the basis of the rate obtained by dividing the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, by 1.3.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, when Article 133, and Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, and Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act are applied to a person prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in Article 133 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000; hereinafter referred to as the '2000 Amendment Act'), which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the '1985 Amendment Act') prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act", and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act" in Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act with "Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the 2000 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act".

⑤With regard to an old-age pension benefit that a Fund pays to a person prescribed in the items of paragraph (1) who has made a request under Article 44-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, in paragraph (1) (including where, pursuant to paragraph (2), Article 82, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, is applied with replacement of terms), the phrase "the amount obtained by adding up the following amounts" is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained by adding an amount specified by Cabinet Order to the amount obtained by adding up the following amounts".

⑥Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, when Article 133, and Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act are applied to a person prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "paragraph (4) of the preceding Article" in Article 133 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with "the amount prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000; hereinafter referred to as the '2000 Amendment Act'), which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, or the amount prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the '1985 Amendment Act' in the following Article) prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article", the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (4)" in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) 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 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act with "the amount prescribed in Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the 2000 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, or the amount prescribed in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article", and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (4)" in Article 133-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act with "the amount specified by Cabinet Order in Article 132, paragraph (2) prior to the amendment by Article 4 of the 2000 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, or the amount specified by Cabinet Order in Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 of the 2000 Amendment Act, or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act as read pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article".

①The provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to old-age pension benefits paid by the Association.

②With regard to the amount of old-age pension benefits that, when a person prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions who is a member of a dissolved Fund relating to a former employees' pension Fund dissolved on or after the Partial Effective Date acquires the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension, or when, on the day on which the former employees' pension Fund was dissolved, the member of a dissolved Fund relating to that former employees' pension Fund had the right to receive that employees' old-age pension, the Association pays to that member of a dissolved Fund pursuant to Article 161, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, notwithstanding Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, in Article 161, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" is replaced with "Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)".

With regard to the insurance premium rate under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act for a class 3 insured person prescribed in Article 5, item (xii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, the phrase "135.8/1,000" in Article 81, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 6 is replaced with "149.6/1,000".

The provisions then in force continue to govern special insurance premiums for a bonus, etc. (meaning a bonus, etc. prescribed in Article 89-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6) before April 2003.

①The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter V of the National Pension Act after the revision under the provisions of Article 3, or Chapter IV-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act after the revision under the provisions of Article 7 (referred to in the following paragraph as the "amended investment provisions"), deposit, with the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency, for the purpose of having it underwrite government bonds under the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Accounts, the pension reserve Fund deposited with the Trust Fund Bureau as of the end of fiscal year 2000 (meaning the reserve Fund relating to the National Pension Account of the National Pension Special Account based on the Act on the National Pension Special Account (Act No. 63 of 1961) before its repeal under the provisions of Article 66, item (xxiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Special Accounts (Act No. 23 of 2007), and the reserve Fund relating to the Pension Account of the Employees' Insurance Special Account based on the Act on the Employees' Insurance Special Account (Act No. 10 of 1944) before its repeal under the provisions of item (v) of that Article).

②With respect to investment of the pension reserve Fund prescribed in the preceding paragraph, deposit under the provisions of that paragraph and any other necessary measures are to be taken giving consideration to the stable financial operation of the National Pension program and employees' pension insurance services, and giving consideration to the cash flow relating to the continuation of the Trust Fund Bureau's existing loans and the effect on the market. In this case, this is to be done so that the amount of the reserve Fund of the national pension section and the employees' pension section of the pension special account deposited with the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency, under the amended investment provisions, at the end of each fiscal year, gradually increases.

The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act comes into effect and to conduct engaged in after the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect in the cases in which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.