Statutes of the Republic of Korea

No. 9385
Promulgation Date 2009-01-30
Ministry of Health and Welfare

ALL

CHAPTER Ⅰ GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 (Purpose)

Article 2 (Administration)

Article 3 (Definitions, etc.)

Article 4 (Calculation of Financial Balance of National Pension and Adjustment of Benefits)

Article 5 (National Pension Council)

CHAPTER Ⅱ PERSONS INSURED UNDER THE NATIONAL PENSION PROGRAM

Article 6 (Coverage)

Article 7 (Type of Insured Status)

Article 8 (Workplace-Based Insured Persons)

Article 9 (Local Area-Based Insured Persons)

Article 10 (Voluntarily Insured Person)

Article 11 (Time of Acquisition of Insured Status)

Article 12 (Time of Loss of Insured Status)

Article 13 (Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person)

Article 14 (Confirmation of Insured Status)

Article 15 (Presumption of Death)

Article 16 (Insurance Policy)

Article 17 (Calculation of Period of Insurance Coverage)

Article 18 (Inclusion of Additional Period of Insurance Coverage for Military Service)

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

Article 20 (Aggregation of Periods of Insurance Coverage)

Article 21 (Reports)

Article 22 (Notices, etc. to Reporting Person)

Article 23 (Notices, etc. to Insured Persons)

CHAPTER Ⅲ NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE

Article 24 (Establishment of National Pension Service)

Article 25 (Duties of NPS)

Article 26 (Legal Personality of NPS)

Article 27 (Offices)

Article 28 (Articles of Incorporation)

Article 29 (Registration of Establishment)

Article 30 (Officers)

Article 31 (Fund Director)

Article 32 (Term of Office of Officers)

Article 33 (Duties of Officers)

Article 34 (Appointment of Representative)

Article 35 (Disqualifications of Officers)

Article 36 (Ex Officio Retirement and Dismissal of Officers)

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

Article 38 (Board of Directors)

Article 39 (Appointment and Dismissal of Employees)

Article 40 (Status of Officers and Employees)

Article 41 (Supervision of NPS)

Article 42 (Accounting of NPS)

Article 43 (Revenues and Expenditure of NPS)

Article 44 (Temporary Loans and Appropriation by Transfer)

Article 45 (Treatment of Surplus)

Article 46 (Welfare Business and Loan Business)

Article 46-2 (Special Cases Concerning Business of Establishing Welfare Facilities)

Article 46-3 (Consulting on Old Age Pension Plans and Support for Earning Incomes)

Article 47 (Entrustment of Affairs)

Article 48 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of 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 (Additional Pension Amount)

Article 53 (Maximum Pension Amount)

Article 54 (Period and Time of Payment of Pension Benefits)

Article 55 (Unpaid Benefits)

Article 56 (Adjustment of Overlapped Payment of Benefits)

Article 57 (Restitution of Unlawful Profits, etc.)

Article 58 (Protection of Right to Receive Benefits)

Article 59 (Payment after Deduction of Unpaid Amounts)

Article 60 (Exemption from Taxes and Other Public Charges)

Section 2 Old Age Pension

Article 61 (Person Entitled to Old Age Pension)

Article 62 (Additional Amount Resulting from Postponed Payment of Pension Benefits)

Article 63 (Amount of Old Age Pensions)

Article 64 (Person Entitled to Divided Pension, etc.)

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

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

Section 3 Disability Pension

Article 67 (Persons Entitled to Disability Pension)

Article 68 (Amount of Disability Pension)

Article 69 (Adjustment of Overlapped Payment of Disability Pensions)

Article 70 (Change of Disability Pension Amount, etc.)

Article 71 (Evaluation of Lump-Sum Compensation)

Section 4 Survivors¡? Pension

Article 72 (Persons Entitled to Survivors’ Pension)

Article 73 (Scope of Survivors, etc.)

Article 74 (Amount of Survivors’ Pension)

Article 75 (Expiration of Right to Receive Survivors’ Pension)

Article 76 (Suspension of Payment of Survivors’ Pension to Spouse)

Section 5 Lump Sum Refunds, etc.

Article 77 (Lump Sum Refunds)

Article 78 (Return of Money to be Returned and Period of Insurance Coverage)

Article 79 (Expiration of Right to Receive Lump-Sum Refund)

Article 80 (Lump Sum for Death)

Article 81 (Relation between Survivors’ Pension and Lump Sum for Death)

Section 6 Restrictions on Payment of Benefits, etc.

Article 82 (Restrictions on Payment of Benefits)

Article 83 (Restriction on Change of Amount of Disability Pension)

Article 84 (Restriction on Payment of Survivors’ Pension)

Article 85 (Restriction on Payment of Benefits due to Unpaid Contributions)

Article 86 (Suspension of Payment, etc.)

CHAPTER Ⅴ FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS, ETC.

Article 87 (Expenses Paid from National Treasury)

Article 88 (Collection of Contributions)

Article 89 (Payment Deadline of Contribution, etc.)

Article 90 (Payment of Withholding Contributions)

Article 91 (Exceptions of Payment of Contributions)

Article 92 (Postponement of Payment of Contributions)

Article 93 (Special Cases of Payment of Unpaid Contributions for Person who Lost Status as Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person)

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

Article 95 (Urging for Payment of Contributions and Disposition on Default)

Article 96 (Forwarding of Documents)

Article 97 (Arrears, etc.)

Article 98 (Priority Order in Collection of Contributions)

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

Article 100 (Appropriation and Return of Erroneous Payments)

CHAPTER Ⅵ NATIONAL PENSION FUND

Article 101 (Establishment and Formation of Fund)

Article 102 (Management and Operation of Fund)

Article 103 (National Pension Fund Operation Committee)

Article 104 (Working and Evaluation Committee for National Pension Fund Operation)

Article 105 (Guidelines for Operation of National Pension Fund)

Article 106 (Receipts and Disbursements of Fund)

Article 107 (Fund Operation Plan, etc.)

CHAPTER Ⅶ REQUESTS FOR EXAMINATION AND REQUESTS FOR REVIEW

Article 108 (Requests for Examination)

Article 109 (National Pension Examination Committee)

Article 110 (Requests for Review)

Article 111 (National Pension Review Committee)

Article 112 (Relation with Administrative Appeals)

CHAPTER Ⅷ SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 113 (Adjustment of Overlapped Payment of Benefits)

Article 114 (Rights of Subrogation, etc.)

Article 115 (Prescription)

Article 116 (Special Case of Extinctive Prescription for Lump Sum Refund)

Article 117 (Treatment of Fractions)

Article 118 (Original National Pension Register)

Article 119 (Protection of Employee’s Rights and Interests)

Article 120 (Medical Examination)

Article 121 (Report, etc.)

Article 122 (Investigations, Questions, etc.)

Article 123 (Requests for Materials)

Article 124 (Prevention of Divulgence of Secrets)

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 PENAL PROVISIONS

Article 128 (Penal Provisions)

Article 129 (Penal Provisions)

Article 130 (Joint Penal Provisions)

Article 131 (Fines for Negligence)

Article 132 (Procedure for Imposition and Collection of Fines for Negligence)

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>