Article 1.　With regard to the application of the Pension Law to those persons who were members of the International Telecommunication Company, Ltd. or Japan Telephone and Telegraph Work Company, Ltd. when the management of business was taken over by the Government and who, at the time of retirement, forfeited the right to retirement allowances and became officials as provided by the Pension Law, the calculation of the years in service as government officials under the Pension Law shall be estimated by adding the years and months in service of the Companies from the month they became the members of the Companies until the preceding month when they became government officials to the years and months they may serve as government officials.

Article 2.　The Companies in the preceding Article shall pay to the Treasury the amount fixed by the Minister of Finance as provided by the Cabinet Order, which will be determined in reference of the pensions and other allowances received by their members under the assumption that they served as government officials in lieu of Companies during the aforesaid terms and retired when they were appointed such government officials as provided in the preceding Article.