The surviving family member who is eligible to receive a lump-sum death benefit is to be among the following persons; provided, however, that this does not apply if the deceased person had designated the family member who is to receive the lump-sum death benefit from among the person's spouse (including a person with whom notification of marriage has not been made, but who has been in a de facto marital relationship with the deceased person; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), children, father, mother, grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, or siblings and had indicated that family member to the corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc. before the person's death:
死亡一時金を受けることができる遺族は、次に掲げる者とする。ただし、死亡した者が、死亡する前に、配偶者（届出をしていないが、死亡した者の死亡の当時事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にあった者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）、子、父母、孫、祖父母又は兄弟姉妹のうちから死亡一時金を受ける者を指定してその旨を企業型記録関連運営管理機関等に対して表示したときは、その表示したところによるものとする。
spouse;
配偶者
children, parents, grandchildren, grandparents, and siblings, who had maintained their livelihood mainly on the income of the deceased person as of the time of the person's death;
子、父母、孫、祖父母及び兄弟姉妹であって死亡した者の死亡の当時主としてその収入によって生計を維持していたもの
in addition to the persons set forth in the preceding item, relatives who had maintained their livelihood mainly on the income of the deceased person as of the time of the person's death; and
前号に掲げる者のほか、死亡した者の死亡の当時主としてその収入によって生計を維持していた親族
children, parents, grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, and siblings, who do not fall under item (ii).
子、父母、孫、祖父母及び兄弟姉妹であって第二号に該当しないもの
In the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, the order of the surviving family member who is eligible to receive the lump-sum death benefit is based on the order of the items of that paragraph, and for the persons set forth in items (ii) and (iv) of that paragraph, it is based on the order in which the persons are listed in those items. In this case, the order of parents is to be the order of adoptive parents, followed by natural parents, and the order of grandparents is to be the order of adoptive parents of adoptive parents, followed by natural parents of adoptive parents, adoptive parents of natural parents, and then natural parents of natural parents.
If there are two or more surviving family members who are eligible to receive a lump-sum death benefit pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and who are in the same rank of order, the lump-sum death benefit is paid to them by equally dividing the benefit by that number of persons.
前項の規定により死亡一時金を受けることができる遺族に同順位者が二人以上あるときは、死亡一時金は、その人数によって等分して支給する。
If there is no surviving family member who is eligible to receive a lump-sum death benefit, money in an amount equivalent to the amount of assets managed per individual relating to the deceased person is deemed to be an estate of the deceased person.
死亡一時金を受けることができる遺族がないときは、死亡した者の個人別管理資産額に相当する金銭は、死亡した者の相続財産とみなす。
If a person who is eligible to receive a lump-sum death benefit does not file a claim for a ruling to confirm the right to receive the benefit within five years after the death of the deceased person, the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply by deeming that there is no surviving family member who is eligible to receive the lump-sum death benefit.
死亡一時金を受けることができる者によるその権利の裁定の請求が死亡した者の死亡の後五年間ないときは、死亡一時金を受けることができる遺族はないものとみなして、前項の規定を適用する。
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