Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Under the Individual Account System for the Teaching and Other Staff of Public Educational Institutions Article 47

When a recipient referred to in Article 45, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 dies, or waives their right to receive bereavement compensation, or forfeits that right on statutory grounds, their child or children receive the bereavement compensation in their place, and the provisions of Paragraph 3 of that same article do not apply.If the staff member left behind a will which designates a recipient or recipients of the bereavement compensation from among the survivors referred to in in Article 45, Paragraph 1, that money shall be distributed as their will instructs. However, the proportion to be received by any minor child of the deceased staff member is not permitted to be lower than the proportion that child would originally have been entitled to receive.If a staff member dies and has no survivor who is eligible to claim bereavement compensation as referred to in Article 45, Paragraph 1 of the preceding article, their heir（s）may apply to the management authority for return of the retirement and compensation funds that were contributed by the deceased staff member. If the staff member has no heir, the educational institution that formerly employed the person may first receive the funds and use them to arrange the person’s funeral.