Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order an asset management institution of a corporate-type pension plan may receive transfer of all or part of assets relating to a defined benefit corporate pension plan, the retirement allowance mutual aid under the provisions of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act (Act No. 160 of 1959), or the retirement allowance system, implemented at the place of business implementing the plan with regard to the relevant corporate-type pension plan.
When an asset management institution receives transfer of assets pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the period during which each participant of a corporate-type pension plan was employed by the employer of the place of business implementing the plan (limited to the period in or before the month containing the day preceding the day on which the participant of a corporate-type pension plan reached the age of 60) or other period equivalent thereto specified by Cabinet Order is to be included in the total enrollment period referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) relating to that participant of a corporate-type pension plan.
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