Statutes of the Republic of Korea

No. 14214
Promulgation Date 2016-05-29
Ministry of Health and Welfare

ALL

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 (Purpose)

Article 2 (Administration)

Article 3 (Definitions, etc.)

Article 3-2 (Responsibility of the State)

Article 4 (Financial Accounting of National Pension Scheme and Securing Long-term Financial Balance)

Article 5 (National Pension Council)

CHAPTER II PERSONS INSURED UNDER NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME

Article 6 (Persons Eligible to Participate in National Pension Plan)

Article 7 (Types of Insured Status)

Article 8 (Workplace-Based Insured Persons)

Article 9 (Individually Insured Persons)

Article 10 (Voluntarily Insured Person)

Article 11 (Timing of Acquisition of Insured Status)

Article 12 (Timing for Loss of Insured Status)

Article 13 (Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Persons)

Article 14 (Confirmation of Entitlement to Participate in National Pension Plan, etc.)

Article 15 (Presumption of Death)

Article 16 (Insurance Certificates)

Article 17 (Calculation of Insurance Coverage Period)

Article 17-2 (Calculation of Insurance Coverage Period for Month of Partial Payment of Contribution)

Article 18 (Additional Inclusion of Period of Military Service in Period of Participation in National Pension Plan)

Article 19 (Inclusion of Additional Insurance Coverage Period for Childbirth)

Article 19-2 (Additional Inclusion of Unemployment in Insured Period of Cover)

Article 20 (Aggregate of Insurance Coverage Periods)

Article 21 (Reporting on Entitlement, Income, etc. of Persons to Participate in National Pension Plan)

Article 22 (Notice to Reporters, etc.)

Article 23 (Notice to Insured Persons, etc.)

CHAPTER III NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE

Article 24 (Establishment of National Pension Service)

Article 25 (Affairs of the Service)

Article 26 (Legal Personality of the Service)

Article 27 (Offices)

Article 27-2 (National Pension Research Institute)

Article 28 (Articles of Incorporation)

Article 29 (Registration of Establishment)

Article 30 (Executive Officers)

Article 31 (Fund Director)

Article 32 (Term of Office of Executive Officers)

Article 33 (Duties of Executive Officers)

Article 34 (Appointment of Representative)

Article 35 (Grounds for Disqualification of Executive Officers)

Article 36 (Ex Officio Retirement and Dismissal of Executive Officers)

Article 37 (Restriction on Holding Concurrent Offices by Executive Officers and Employees)

Article 38 (Board of Directors)

Article 39 (Appointment and Dismissal of Employees)

Article 40 (Status of Executive Officers and Employees)

Article 41 (Supervision of the Service)

Article 42 (Accounting of the Service)

Article 43 (Revenues and Expenditures of the Service)

Article 44 (Temporary Borrowing and Appropriation by Transfer)

Article 45 (Treatment of Surplus)

Article 46 (Welfare Service, Loan Service, etc.)

Article 46-2 (Special Cases concerning Projects to Establish Welfare Facilities)

Article 46-3 (Old Age Preparation Services)

Article 47 (Entrustment of Affairs)

Article 48 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Civil Act)

CHAPTER IV PENSION BENEFITS

Section 1 General Provisions

Article 49 (Kinds of Benefits)

Article 50 (Payment of Benefits)

Article 51 (Basic Pension Amount)

Article 52 (Amount of Dependant Pension)

Article 53 (Maximum Amount of Pension)

Article 54 (Duration and Timing of Pension Benefits Payment)

Article 54-2 (Exclusive Benefit Deposit Account)

Article 55 (Unpaid Benefits)

Article 56 (Adjustment of Overlapped Payment of Benefits)

Article 57 (Recovery of Benefits)

Article 57-2 (Notice of, Demand for Payment of Amount to be Recovered, etc. Collection of Money to be Recovered, etc.)

Article 58 (Protection of Entitlement to Receive Benefits)

Article 59 (Payment after Deduction of Unpaid Amounts)

Article 60 (Exemption from Taxes and other Public Charges)

Section 2 Old Age Pensions

Article 61 (Old Age Pension Beneficiaries)

Article 62 (Addition of Amount based on Postponed Payment of Pension Benefits)

Article 63 (Amount of Old Age Pensions)

Article 63-2 (Amount of Old Age Pensions Depending on Income-Earning Activities)

Article 64 (Annuitants, etc. of Divided Pension)

Article 64-2 (Exceptions to Payment of Divided Pension)

Article 64-3 (Exceptions to Demand for Divided Pension)

Article 64-4 (Relinquishment of Entitlement to Receive Divided Pension)

Article 65 (Relationship, etc. between Divided Pension and Old Age Pension)

Article 66 (Suspension of Payment of Early Old-Age Pensions)

Section 3 Disability Pensions

Article 67 (Annuitants of Disability Pension)

Article 68 (Disability Pension Amount)

Article 69 (Adjustment of Overlapped Disability Pension Payments)

Article 70 (Changes, etc. in the Amount of Disability Pension)

Article 71 (Evaluation of Lump-Sum Compensation)

Section 4 Survivor Pension

Article 72 (Annuitants of Survivor Pension)

Article 73 (Scope of Survivors, etc.)

Article 74 (Amount of Survivor Pensions)

Article 75 (Termination of Entitlement to Survivor Pensions)

Article 76 (Suspension of Payment of Survivor Pension to Spouse)

Section 5 LUMP-SUM REFUNDS, ETC.

Article 77 (Lump-Sum Refunds)

Article 78 (Repayment of Lump-Sum Refunds and Insurance Coverage Period)

Article 79 (Termination of Entitlement to Lump-Sum Refund)

Article 80 (Lump-Sum Death Payment)

Article 81 (Relationship between Survivor Pension Payments and Lump-Sum Death Payments)

Section 6 RESTRICTIONS ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS, ETC.

Article 82 (Restrictions on Payment of Benefits)

Article 83 (Restriction on Modification of Disability Pension Amount)

Articles 84 and 85 Deleted.

Article 86 (Suspension of Payment, etc.)

CHAPTER V FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS, ETC.

Article 87 (Expenses Paid from National Treasury)

Article 88 (Imposition, Collection, etc. of Contributions)

Article 88-2 (Notice of Payment, etc.)

Article 89 (Contribution Payment Deadline, etc.)

Article 90 (Payment, etc. of Withheld Contributions)

Article 90-2 (Liability to Make Second Payment)

Article 90-3 (Payment of Contributions, etc. by Credit Card, etc.)

Article 91 (Exceptions to Payment of Contributions)

Article 92 (Deferred Payment of Pension Premiums)

Article 93 Deleted.

Article 94 (Advance Collection of Contributions from Workplace-based and Individually Insured Persons)

Article 95 (Demand for Payment of Contributions, etc. and Dispositions against Default)

Article 95-2 (Certification of Payment of Pension Premiums, etc.)

Article 95-3 (Payment of Contributions in Arrears in Installments)

Article 96 (Service of Documents)

Article 97 (Arrears)

Article 97-2 (Disclosure of Personal Information on Defaulters with Large Amount in Arrears and Habitual Defaulters)

Article 98 (Order of Priority in Collection of Contributions)

Article 99 (Expiration of Right to Collect Contributions, etc.)

Article 100 (Appropriation and Return of Erroneous or Excess Payments)

Article 100-2 (Application of Legal Fiction of Contributions as Being Paid by Individually Insured Persons)

Article 100-3 (Subsidies for Contributions)

Article 100-4 (Clawback of Subsidies for Contributions)

CHAPTER VI NATIONAL PENSION FUND

Article 101 (Establishment and Formation of Fund)

Article 102 (Management and Operation of Fund)

Article 102-2 (Financial Contributions to Health Insurance Corporation)

Article 103 (National Pension Fund Operation Committee)

Article 103-2 (Minutes of Operation Committee Meeting)

Article 104 (National Pension Fund Operational Practices Review Board)

Article 105 (Guidelines for Operation of National Pension Fund)

Article 106 (Fund Receipts and Disbursements)

Article 107 (Plans, etc. of Fund Operation)

CHAPTER VII REQUESTS FOR EXAMINATION AND REQUESTS FOR REVIEW

Article 108 (Requests for Examination)

Article 109 (National Pension Examination Committee)

Article 110 (Requests for Appeal)

Article 111 (National Pension Review Committee)

Article 112 (Relation with Administrative Appeals)

CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 113 (Adjustment of Overlapping Benefits Payment)

Article 114 (Rights of Subrogation, etc.)

Article 115 (Periods of Prescription)

Article 116 (Special Cases concerning Extinctive Prescription for Lump-Sum Refund)

Article 117 (Computation of Fractions)

Article 118 (Master National Pension Register)

Article 119 (Protection of Employees' Rights and Interests)

Article 120 (Medical Examinations)

Article 121 (Reports on Alteration to Entitlement to Receive Benefits, etc.)

Article 122 (Surveys, Questions, etc.)

Article 122-2 (Verification of Beneficiaries)

Article 123 (Requests for Data and Use of Computer Networks)

Article 124 (Confidentiality)

Article 125 (Notice of Reduction and Omission of Income, etc. in Writing)

Article 126 (Application to Foreigners)

Article 127 (Social Security Agreements with Foreign Countries)

CHAPTER IX PENALTY PROVISIONS

Article 128 (Penalty Provisions)

Article 129 Deleted.

Article 130 (Joint Penalty Provisions)

Article 131 (Administrative Fines)

Article 132 Deleted.

ADDENDA

ADDENDA <Act No. 8635, Aug. 3, 2007>

ADDENDA <Act No. 8728, Dec. 21, 2007>

ADDENDA <Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008>

ADDENDUM <Act No. 9385, Jan. 30, 2009>

ADDENDA <Act No. 9431, Feb. 6, 2009>

ADDENDA <Act No. 9691, May 21, 2009>

ADDENDA <Act No. 9754, Jun. 9, 2009>

ADDENDA <Act No. 9932, Jan. 18, 2010>

ADDENDA <Act No. 10012, Feb. 4, 2010>

ADDENDA <Act No. 10305, May 20, 2010>

ADDENDA <Act No. 10339, Jun. 4, 2010>

ADDENDA <Act No. 10682, May 19, 2011>

ADDENDA <Act No. 10783, Jun. 7, 2011>

ADDENDA <Act No. 10866, Jul. 21, 2011>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11024, Aug. 4, 2011>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11141, Dec. 31, 2011>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11143, Dec. 31, 2011>

ADDENDUM <Act No. 11511, Oct. 22, 2012>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11599, Dec. 18, 2012>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11644, Mar. 22, 2013>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>

ADDENDA <Act No. 11849, Jun. 4, 2013>

ADDENDUM <Act No. 11974, Jul. 30, 2013>

ADDENDUM <Act No. 12242, Jan. 14, 2014>

ADDENDA <Act No. 13100, Jan. 28, 2015>

ADDENDA <Act No. 13364, Jun. 22, 2015>

ADDENDA <Act No. 13642, Dec. 29, 2015>

ADDENDA <Act No. 14214, May 29, 2016>