①During the period until the day on which three years elapse from the date specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding Article, an insured person of the National Pension, or a person who was an insured person of the National Pension (excluding a person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under the National Pension Act), may, with the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pay, for each month of a period, among that person's insured periods of the National Pension, other than a premium-paid period and a premium exemption period of the National Pension (limited to a period within ten years before the month in which the day of the approval falls, and for which the right to collect the premiums of the National Pension pertaining to that period has been extinguished by prescription), the premiums of the National Pension in the amount obtained by adding the amount specified by Cabinet Order to the amount equivalent to the premiums of the National Pension for each such month (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "late-payment premiums").

②When granting the approval under the preceding paragraph, if a person seeking that approval has not paid all or part of the premiums of the National Pension that the person did not pay by the due date for payment and for which the right to collect them has not been extinguished by prescription (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "premiums in arrears"), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to require the payment of those premiums in arrears.

③Payment of late-payment premiums under the provisions of paragraph (1) is to be made in order, starting from the late-payment premiums pertaining to the premiums of the National Pension for the month that elapsed earliest.

④If late-payment premiums have been paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the premiums of the National Pension for the month pertaining to the payment are deemed to have been paid on the day on which the payment was made.

⑤With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 87-2, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act in the case under the preceding paragraph, the phrase "Article 94, paragraph (4)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 94, paragraph (4), or Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension and Corporate Pensions, etc. (Act No. 93 of 2011)".

⑥With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) to a person who has paid late-payment premiums pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the phrase "the insured period of the National Pension on and after that day" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the period that, on and after that day, became a premium-paid period as a result of payment under the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension and Corporate Pensions, etc. (Act No. 93 of 2011)".

⑦The affairs concerning the authority for the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of paragraph (1) are to be carried out by the Japan Pension Organization. In this case, the phrase "the National Pension Act" in Article 23, paragraph (3) of the Japan Pension Organization Act (Act No. 109 of 2007) is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension and Corporate Pensions, etc. (Act No. 93 of 2011)"; the phrase "the National Pension Act" in Article 26, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension and Corporate Pensions, etc."; the phrase "the affairs concerning the authority prescribed in, that Act" in Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "and the affairs concerning the authority prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension and Corporate Pensions, etc., the National Pension Act"; and the phrase "the National Pension Act" in Article 48, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Support the Securing of Income in Old Age through the National Pension and Corporate Pensions, etc.".

⑧The provisions of Article 109-4, paragraphs (3), (4), (6) and (7) of the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the authority for the approval under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

⑨The authority for the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of paragraph (1) may be delegated to the Director-General of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑩The authority delegated to the Director-General of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of a Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑪Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the procedure for paying late-payment premiums and other matters necessary for the payment of late-payment premiums are specified by Cabinet Order.