Article 77Prohibition of Seizure of Benefits Under Social Insurance Systems

①The provisions of the preceding Article apply by deeming claims relating to retirement pensions, old-age pensions, ordinary pensions, work absence allowances and benefits of a similar nature paid under social insurance systems (including pensions paid under the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) (Method of Payment of Old-Age Benefits) of the Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act (Act No. 50 of 2001), pensions paid under the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1) (Method of Payment of Old-Age Benefits) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act (Act No. 88 of 2001) (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 73 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions on Corporate-Type Pension Plans) of that Act), and other retirement pensions specified by Cabinet Order) to be salary, etc., and claims relating to lump-sum retirement benefits, lump-sum pensions and benefits of a similar nature (including lump-sum payments paid under the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (2) of the Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act, lump-sum withdrawal benefits paid under the provisions of Article 42 (Method of Payment of Lump-Sum Withdrawal Benefits) of that Act, lump-sum payments paid under the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (2) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 73 of that Act), and other lump-sum retirement benefits specified by Cabinet Order) to be retirement allowance, etc., respectively.

②The social insurance systems prescribed in the preceding paragraph are systems relating to insurance, mutual aid or pensions based on the following Acts, and other similar systems specified by Cabinet Order: