Article 4-(2).　An insured person's monthly remuneration shall be calculated according to each provision of the following items:

Article 11-(2).　In case the pressing was made according to the provision of the pressing Article, Par.1, arrears calculated, at the rate of 5 sen per 100 yen of the contributions per day, on the number of days between the day after the date of payment and the day before the completion of payment of contributions or the attachment on properties. This rule, however, shall not apply to the case falling under one of the following items or to the case where there are sufficient reasons to be taken into consideration with respect to non-payment:

Article 14.　Repealed.

Article 15.　Repealed.

Article 16-(2).　Regardless of the provisions of the preceding Article, a person falling under any of the following items shall not be the insured person of the Welfare Pensions Insurance:

Article 23.　The insured person under the preceding Article shall lose the qualification from the next day of the day on which he or she has come under any of the following cases (in case he or she has come under Item 3, from the very day):

Article 25-(2).　The provisions of Art.24, Pars.1, 3 and 4 shall apply correspondingly to the case where an insured miner turned into an insured person other than insured miner or to the case where the latter turned into the former.

Article 26.　The scope of survivors who are to claim a survivor's pension shall be the spouse (including the person who has not yet gone through the legal formalities, and the same hereinafter), children, parents, grandchildren and grandparents of an insured person or a formerly insured person whose living was supported by him or her at the time of his or her death.

Article 26-(2).　The order of survivors who are to claim a survivor's pension shall be the order mentioned in the preceding Article, Paragraph 1.

Article 26-(3).　The scope of the survivors who are to claim a lump sum payment under the provisions of Art.33.34, 38 or 47 shall be the spouse, children, parents, grandchildren and grandparents of an insured person or a formerly insured person.

Article 26-(4).　In case where there is no survivor falling under the provisions of Par.1 of the preceding Article, the survivors who are to claim the lump sum payment under the said paragraph shall be the persons whose living was supported by an insured person's or a formerly insured person at the time of his death. If, however, one of such persons, in case there are two or more persons, has been especially appointed by an insured person's or a formerly insured person's will or by his or her previous notice made to Welfare Minister, the appointed person shall be the survivor who is to claim the said lump sum payment.

Article 26-(5).　The provisions of Art.26, Pars.1 and 3 and of Art.26-(2) shall apply correspondingly to the scope and the order of survivors who are to claim an allowance under Art.34-(2) or a lump sum payment under Art.39 or Art.47-(7).

Article 26-(6).　The scope of the spouse and children who are to claim a widow's pension, a widower's pension or a surviving children's pension shall be an insured person's, a formerly insured person's or an invalidity pensioner's spouse or children (limitted only to those whose living was supported by an insured person or a formerly insured person at the time of his or her death) who comes under any one of the following:

Article 37-(2).　In case a person, who is entitled to an invalidity pension owing to the fact that his or her disability comes under the first class of disability in the Separate Table No.1, has his or her spouse or children falling under any of the following items, 2,400 yen per such spouse or such child shall be granted in addition to the amount provided for by each paragraph of the preceding Article:

Article 40.　To a person having the right to an old-age pension and an invalidity pension or having the right to two or more invalidity pensions, any one of these pensions shall be granted according to the following distinction:

Article 47-(2).　In case of death of an insured person whose term of coverage as the insured is 6 months or more but less than 20 years, in case where he or she dies, within 2 years computed from the day of his or her disqualification, from sickness or injury originated before he or she lost the qualification or from sickness attributable to the said sickness or injury, or in case of death of a person entitled to an invalidity pension owing to the fact that his or her disability has come under the first class of disability stipulated in Separate Table No.1, a widow's pension, a widower's pension or a surviving children's pension shall be respectively granted to his widow or her widower, or his or her children. In case, however, a widow's pension or a widower's pension is to be granted on account of the same cause, surviving children's pension shall not be granted during the term for which a widow's pension or a widower's pension is granted.

Article 47-(3).　The amount of a widow's pension, a widower's pension or a surviving children's pension shall be the amount equal to twice the average monthly standard remuneration of an insured person a formerly insured person or an invalidity pensioner under the preceding Article.

Article 47-(4).　In case there is a child or are children provided for by Art.26-(6), Par.1, Item 2, 2,400 yen per each of such children shall be granted in addition to the amount of a widow's pension under the preceding Article, Par.1.

Article 47-(5).　In case where a person having the right to a widow's pension, a widower's pension or a surviving children's pension's comes under any of the items of Art.46, the said person shall lose the right to a widow's pension, a widower's pension or a surviving children's pension.

Article 47-(6).　When the whereabouts of a person entitled to a widow's pension or a widower's pension is unknown for one year or more, the payment of a widow's pension or a widower's pension to be granted to the said person may, on the application of a surviving child who is to claim a surviving children's pension, be suspended during the period of absence.

Article 47-(7).　If, at the time when a person having the right to a widow's pension or a widower's pension lost that right (when there was a child who was a fetus at the time of death of an insured person, a formerly insured person or an invalidity pensioner under Art.47-(2), Par.1, at the time of such child's birth), there is no surviving child who is to claim a surviving children's pension, or if, at the time when children having the right to a surviving children's pension lost that right (when there was a child who was fetus at the time of death of an insured person, a formerly insured person or an invalidity pensioner under Art.47-(2), Par.1, at the time of such child's birth). there is no other surviving child to be granted a surviving children's pension, a lump sum payment under Par.2 shall be granted to the surviving family of an insured person, or formerly insured person, or an invalidity pensioners. In case, however, there is an invalidity pension, a widow's penion, widower's pension or a surviving children's pension already granted, the balance got by deducting the total sum already granted shall be granted to the surviving family of the deceased as a lump sum payment.

Article 48.　In case where a person whose term of coverage as the insured is 5 years or more but less than 20 years has died, in case where the said person has attained the age of 50 years after he or she lost the qualification, or in case where the said person has lost the qualification after he or she attained the age of 50 years or more, a retirement allowance shall be granted.

Article 58-(2).　The amount of contribution for each month during the term of coverage calculated according to Art.24, Par.1 (including the case where this applies correspondingly in Art.25-(3)) or Art.24, Par.2 shall be an insured person's monthly standard remuneration multiplied by the contribution-rate.

Article 60-(2).　Each months premium shall be paid by the end of the next month (by the tenth day of the month in case of the premium to be paid by the insured under Art.22).

Article 60-(3).　In case an obligator to payment of premium comes under any of the following items, the premium may be collected even before the date of payment:

Article 61.　In case where an employer pays remuneration to an insured person in cash, the employer may deduct the previous month's contribution (the previous month's and the present month's premiums in case where an insured person became to be dismissed from the working place) to be born by the insured from the insured's remuneration.

Article 64.　The Welfare Minister shall appoint Insurance Referees in each prefecture and shall choose them from among local officials who are 2nd class secretaries.

Article 65.　The Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall be established in the Welfare Ministry.

Article 65-(2).　The Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall consist of 3 persons representing the insured persons, 3 persons, representing the employers and 3 persons representing the public interest and each member shall be appointed by the Welfare Minister.

Article 65-(3).　The term of office of the members of the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall be 3 years and one-third of the members shall be appointed annually.

Article 65-(4).　There shall be a chairman of the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board elected by the members from among those members who represent the public interest.

Article 65-(5).　The Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall not commence proceedings or make a decision without the presence of at least one member representing the insured persons, one member representing the employers and one member representing the public interest.

Article 65-(6).　A decision of the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board in any case shall be made by a majority of those present. In case of a tie, the chairman shall vote for the final decision.

Article 65-(7).　Any person who is disatisfied with a decision with regard to payment of benefits and wishes to appeal shall do so to the Insurance Referee who is competent of the jurisdiction of the prefectural governor who made the decision.

Article 65-(8).　An appeal to the Insurance Referee or the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board may be made either in writing or verbally.

Article 65-(9).　The Insurance Referee and the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall hold a hearing promotly after receiving an appeal. In case, however, it is difficult for the claimant to attend the hearing, the Insurance Commissioner and the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board may hold such a hearing on the basis of written statements in lieu of said procedure.

Article 65-(10).　When the Insurance Referee or the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board deems it necessary, they may require the person respensible for the award of insurance benefits, the employer, the claimant or other Interested parties or witness to submit evidence or attend the hearing for questioning and may authorize a doctor to make medical examinations and report his findings.

Article 65-(11).　The person responsible for the award of insurance benefits, the employer, the claimant or other interested parties or witnesses may express their opinion or submit documentary sevidence to the Insurance Referee or the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board.

Article 65-(12).　In case a certain limited portion of the case has been settled, the Insurance Referee or the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board may make the decision for than part at first.

Article 65-(13).　The decision of the Insurance Referee and the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall be made in written form with explanations.

Article 65-(14).　If the applicant dies before conclusion of the case, the right of appeal shall be transferred to his successor.

Article 65-(15).　No Insurance Referee, member of the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board or person who is working or has worked for the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board shall disclose a secret which he learned while performing his duty.

Article 66.　An appeal or a lawsuit shall be made or instituted within 60 days from the date of receiving a written decision; provided that, with respects to an appeal, this time limit may be excluded for good cause as determined by the Insurance Referee, or the Welare Pension Insurance Appeal Board, as appropriate.

Article 66-(2).　Matters of an administrative nature concerning the Insurance Referee and the Welfare Pensions Insurance Appeal Board may be provided for by Cabinet Order.

Article 72.　In case a person who, up to June 1, 1941, had been continuously employed as one having the qualification to become an insured person under Art.16, which was effective till the amendment was made according to Law No.21 of 1944 (Law amending a Part of Worker's Pension Insurance Law), for five or more years at a working place of the very employer by whom such person was employed on the said day or at the very working place wherein such person was employed on the said day and who became the said insured person loses the qualification of the insured before completing the term of coverage of 20 years and after having attained the age of 50 (the age of 45 in case of an insured miner), the amount of a retirement allowance to be granted to such person shall, regardless of the provision of Art.49, be the amount equal to such person's average daily standard remuneration multiplied by the number of days under Separate Table No.5. The amount to be granted to a person who receives an invalidity allowance at the same time, however, shall not exceed the amount equal to 24 times such person's average monthly standard remuneration in the total of retirement allowance and invalidity allowance.

Article 4.　In case a person-who, up to October 1, 1944, had been continuously employed as one entitled to become an insured person under revised Article 16 for 5 or more years at a working-place of the very employer by whom such person was employed on the said day or at the very working-place wherein such person was employed on the said day and who became the said insured person (except one who was able to become an insured person according to former Art.16)-loses the qualification of the insured before completing the term of converage of 20 years and after having attained the age of 50 (the age of 45 in case of an insured miner), the amount of a retirement allowance to be granted to such person shall, regardless of the revised provision of Art.49, be the amount equal to such person's average daily standard remuneration multiplyed by the number of days under Annexed Table No.5. The amount to be granted to a person who receives an invalidity allowance at the same time, however, shall be unable to exceed the amount equal to 24 times such person's average monthly standard remuneration in the total amount of retirement allowance and invalidity allowance.