I hereby give My Sanction to the Special Cases provisionally provided for in the Pension Laws for which the concurrence of the Imperial Diet has been obtained and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This fourteeth day of the tenth month of the twentyfirst year of Showa (October 14, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister and concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister of State Baron SHIDEHARA Kijuro Minister of Justice KIMURA Tokutaro Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi Minister of Education TANAKA Kotaro Minister of Agriculture and Forestry WADA Hiroo Minister of State SAITO Takao Minister of Communications HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Minister of Commerce and Industry HOSHIJIMA Niro Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari Minister of State UEHARA Etsujiro Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Minister of State KANAMORI Tokujiro Minister of State ZEN Keinosuke Law No.36 The Special Cases provisionally provided for in the Pension Laws

Article 1. In case of the application of the provisions of Article 18 of the Pension Laws, "2 per cent," "1 per cent" and "0.5 per cent" in the said article shall read respectively "0.5 per cent," "0.25 per cent" and "0.125 per cent" for the time being. In case of the application of the provisions of Article 59, "1 per cent" and "2 per cent" in the said article shall read respectively "0.5 per cent" for the time being.

Article 2. In respect to the reduction of an ordinary pension under the provisions of, Item 4 of Paragraph 1, Article 58 of the Pension Laws, a person whose pension is not less than one thousand yen per annum and whose income other than a pension exceeds ten thousand yen, shall, irrespective of the provisions of the said article, receive a pension, reduced by the amount which shall be prescribed in the following classification for the time being. 1. A person whose total income per annum, including annual amount of a pension and annual amount of income other than a pension, does not exceed twelve thousand yen, shall receive a pension, reduced by the amount which corresponds to 15 per cent of the amount exceeding eleven thousand yen, provided, however, that the actual amount of a pension to be received shall not be less than one thousand yen per annum. 2. A person who has a total income per annum, including annual amount of a pension and annual amount of income other than a pension which exceeds twelve thousand yen, but which is less than fifteen thousand yen, shall-receive a pension, reduced by the amount which corresponds to the total of the amount corresponding to 15 per cent of the amount, which exceeds eleven thousand yen, but which is less than twelve thousand yen and of the amount corresponding to 20 per cent of the amount exceeding twelve thousand yen, provided, however, that the actual amount of a pension to be received shall not be less than one thousand yen per annum, and that the annual amount to be reduced shall not exceed 20 per cent of the annual amount of a pension. 3. A pension whose total income per annum including annual amount of a pension and annual amount of income other than a pension exceeds fifteen thousand yen, but is less than twenty thousands yen, shall receive a pension, reduced by the amount which corresponds to the total of the amount corresponding to 15 per cent of the amount which exceeds eleven thousand yen but which is less than twelve thousand yen and of the amount corresponding to 20 per cent of the amount which exceeds twelve thousand yen, but which is less than fifteen thousand yen and of the amount corresponding to 25 per cent of the amount exceeding fifteen thousand yen, provided, however, that the actual amount of a pension to be received shall not be less than one thousand yen per annum and that the annual amount to be reduced, shall not exceed 25 per cent of the annual amount of a pension. 4. A person whose total income per annum, including annual amount of a pension and annual amount of income other than a pension, exceeds twenty thousand yen, shall receive a pension, reduced by the amount which corresponds to the total of the amount corresponding to 15 per cent of the amount which exceeds eleven thousand yen, but which is less than twelve thousand yen and of the amount corresponding to 20 per cent of the amount which exceeds twelve thousand yen, but which is less than fifteen thousand yen and of the amount corresponding to 25 per cent of the amount which exceeds fifteen thousand yen, but which is less than twenty thousand yen, and of the amount corresponding to 30 per cent of the amount exceeding twenty thousand yen, provided, however, that the actual amount to be received, shall not be less than one thousand yen per annum and that the annual amount to be reduced, shall not exceed 30 per cent of the annual amount of at pension.

Article 3. The calculation of the annual amount of an ordinary pension and the amount of a lump sum retirement allowance or a lump sum allowance for the bereaved family shall, irrespective of the amount of salary at the time of retirement or death, be based on the provisional amount of salary, proportionally corresponding to the actual amount of salary respectively, as is shown in the Annexed Table No.1, for the time being.

Article 4. The application of the provisions of Article 65 of the Pension Law shall, irrespective of the Annexed Table No.2 to the said Law, be based on the Annexed Table No.2 for the time being.

Article 5. The application of the provisions of Article 65-2 of the Pension Law shall, irrespective of the Annexed Table No.3 to the said Law, be based on the Annexed Table No.3 for the time being. In case of application of the proviso to Paragraph 1 of Article 65-2 of the Pension Law, "75 per cent" in the proviso to the said paragraph shall read "79 per cent" for the time being.

Article 6. The application of the provisions of Article 75 of the Pension Law shall be based respectively for the time being on the Annexed Table No.4, No.5, No.6 and No.7, instead of the Annexed Table No.5, No.6 and No.7 and No.8 of the said Law.

Supplementary Provisions:

Article 7. The present Law shall be applicable as from July 1, 1946.

Article 8. A person who is entitled to an increased pension (excluding those provided for in Article 5 of the Imperial Ordinance No.68 of 1946), a disability annuity or an allowance for the bereaved family as provided in Paragraph 1, Items 2 and 4 inclusive of Article 75 of the Pension Law of each of which the cause for receiving a pension has occured on or before June 30, 1946, shall receive from the month of July onwards an account of money which is equivalent to 350 per cent of the amount of the pension for the time being.

Article 9. In case of a person who retired from his office on or before June 30, 1946 and who received an increased pension or a disability annuity, and who was reappointed to a post and retired on or after July 1 of the same year "the difference" referred to in each item of Paragraph 2 of Article 55 of the Pension Law shall, in the application of the provisions of Article 55 and Article 55-2 of the said Law, be the amount corresponding to 350 per cent of the difference for the time being.

Article 10. To the calculation of the amount of a pension to which the provisions of the present Law shall be applicable, the provisions of the Law No.13 of 1932 shall not be applied.

Article 11. In the application of the provisions of the present Law to the governmental official as contemplated in Paragraph 4 of the proviso to the Supplementary Provisions of the Imperial Ordinance No.435 of 1946, special provisions may be prescribed by Imperial Ordinance.

Article 12. Such matters as may be necessary for the enforcement of the present Law shall be prescribed by Imperial Ordinance.

No Translatiion Annexed Table No.1 A. Officials of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class or persons treated as such Actual account of salary (per month) No Translatiion \ \ 300 45 330 50 360 55 290 65 420 75 460 85 500 95 540 105 580 115 620 125 660 135 700 145 750 160 800 175 850 190 900 205 950 220 1,000 240 1,050 260 1,100 280 1,150 300 1,200 320 1,300 360 1,400 400 1,500 440 1,600 480 1,700 520 1,800 560 1,900 600 2,000 650 In case of a salary the actual amount of which is not the same with any item in the above table, its provisional salary shall be the one corresponding proportionately to the next bigger amount of salary as shown in the table. B. Officials of shinnin Rank. Actual amount of salary (per month) Provisional amount of salary per month) \ \ 2,000 550 2,100 600 2,200 650 2,500 700 3,000 1,000 In case of a salary, the actual amount of which is not the same with any item in the table, its provisional salary shall be the one corresponding proportionately to the next bigger amount of salary as shown in the table. Annext Table No.2 Rank Cause of Disability Class Shinnin Rank 1st Class officials Persons treated as such 2nd Class officials persons treated as such 3rd Class officials persons treated as such person whose monthly salary is above \1,050 at the time of retirement person whose monthly salary is below \1,050 the time of retirement person whose monthly salary is above \800 at the time of retirement person whose monthly salary is below \800 and above \390 at the time of retirement person whose monthly salary is below \390 at the time of retirement Section A Special Public Duties \ \ \ \ \ \ Special 1st 8,400 6,930 5,460 4,914 4,505 4,095 2nd 7,000 5,513 4,389 3,948 3,619 3,290 3rd 5,600 4,410 3,511 3,161 2.898 2,632 4th 4,480 3,360 2,685 2,415 2,216 2,013 5th 3,500 2,625 2,055 1,848 1,694 1,540 6th 2,800 2,100 1,610 1,449 1,330 1,208 7th 1,869 1,400 1,075 966 886 805 Section B Ordinary Public Duties \ \ \ \ \ \ Special 1st 6,720 5,544 4,368 3,934 3,605 3,276 2nd 5,600 4,410 3,514 3,161 2,898 2,632 3rd 4,480 3,528 2,811 2,531 2,321 2,107 4th 3,584 2,688 2,149 1,932 1,775 1,610 5th 2,800 2,100 1,645 1,481 1,358 1,232 6th 2,240 1,680 1,288 1,162 1,064 966 7th 1,498 1,120 861 774 711 644 The amount of special class shall be the total of the amount of 1st class and of the amount corresponding to 50 per cent of the said amount. Annexed Table No.3 Rank Cause of Disability Class Official of 3rd Class Persons treated as such Person whose monthly salary is above \800 at the time of retirement Person whose monthly salary is below \800 and above \390 at the time of retirement Person whose monthly salary is below \390 at the time of retirement Section A Special Public Duties \ \ \ 1st Class 1,218 1,117 1,015 2nd 924 847 770 3rd 756 693 630 4th 630 758 525 Section B Ordinary Public Duties \ \ \ 1st Class 977 896 812 2nd 742 679 616 3rd 606 557 504 4th 504 462 420 The amount of money which shall be paid to the officials of 1st or 2nd class or to those persons treated as such shall be the total of the amount which shall be paid to a person whose monthly salary is above \800 at the time of retirement and of the amount corresponding to 10 per cent of the said amount. Annexed Table No.4 Rank Shinnin Rank: Officials of 1st Class; Persons treated as such Officials of 2nd Class; Persons treated as such Officials of 3rd Class; Persons treated as such Person whose salary (per month) is above \1,050 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \1,050 and above \850 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \850 and above \700 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \700 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is above \800 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \800 and above \580 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \580 and above \390 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \380 at the time of retirement Percentage % % % % % % % % % 840 910 980 1015 1085 1155 1365 1435 1505 Annexed Table No.5 Rank Shinnin Rank: Officials of 1st Class; persons treated as such Officials of 2nd Class; Persons treated as such Officials of 3rd Class; Persons treated as such Person whose salary (per month) is above \1,050 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \1,050 and above \850 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \850 and above \700 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \700 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is above \800 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \800 and above \580 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \580 and above \390 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \390 at the time of retirement Percentage % % % % % % % % % 672 728 784 812 868 924 1092 1148% 1204% Annexed Table No.6 Rank Shinnin Rank Officials of 1st Class; Persons treated as such Officials of 2nd Class; Persons treated as such Officials of 3rd Class; Persons treated as such Person whose salary (per month) is above \1,050 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \1,050 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is above \800 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \800 and above \390 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \390 at the time of retirement Percentage % % % % % % 504 546 588 588 630 651 Annexed Table No.7 Rank Number of the bereaved family Shinnin Rank: Officials of 1st Class; Person streated as such Officials of 2nd Class; Persons treated as such Officials of 3rd Class; Persons treated as such Person whose salary (per month) is above \1,050 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \1,050 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is above \800 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \800 and above \390 at the time of retirement Person whose salary is below \390 at the time of retirement 3 % % % % % % 5 10 20 20 25 25 In case where the number of the bereaved family is more than 3 persons, the percentage to be applied to the increase per person shall be as follows: In the case of an allowance to the bereaved family of a person of Shinnin Rank, or 1st Class or person treated as such, 5 per cent shall be added to the percentage to be applied to the case of three persons as shown in the above table. In the case of an allowance to the bereaved family of a person of 2nd Class or a person treated as such, whose salary is above \1,050 at the time of retirement, 7.5 per cent shall be added to the percentage of three persons. In the case of an allowance to the bereaved family of a person of 2nd Class or a person treated as such, whose salary is below \1,050 at the time of retirement and also in the case of a person of 3rd Class or person treated as such, 10 per cent shall be added to the percentage of three persons.