①Where there is a person who has suffered damage, due to an earthquake, storm or flood damage, fire, or any other disaster similar to these, to a residence, household effects, or other property specified by Cabinet Order owned by the person or by that person's spouse with the same livelihood or dependent prescribed in the Income Tax Act, the amount of damage to which (excluding an amount made up for by insurance money, damages, or the like) is approximately one-half or more of its value (hereinafter referred to as a "disaster victim"), the suspension of payment under the provisions of the preceding Article on the ground of the income of that disaster victim for the year preceding, or the year two years before, the year the damage was suffered, is not made, with respect to a disability basic pension under the provisions of Article 30-4 for the period from the month the damage was suffered until September of the following year.

②Where, under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the suspension of payment of the disability basic pension under the provisions of Article 30-4 has not been made, if the income of that disaster victim for the year the damage was suffered exceeds the amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 36-3, paragraph (1) according to the presence or absence and the number of that person's dependents and similar persons, payment of the disability basic pension under the provisions of Article 30-4 paid to that disaster victim, that pertains to the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph, is suspended retroactively to the month the disaster victim suffered the damage.

③The scope of the income prescribed in the preceding paragraph, and the method of calculating its amount, are governed by the scope of the income prescribed in Article 36-3, paragraph (1), and the method of calculating its amount.