Article 1(1)Article 1 (1) Except as provided for by the Public Prosecutor's Office Act (Act No. 61 of 1947) and this Act, salary is paid to the Prosecutor General, the Deputy Prosecutor General, and superintending prosecutors in the same manner as that of persons set forth in Article 1, items (i) through (xlii) of the Act on Remuneration of Government Officials with Special Capacity (Act No. 252 of 1949); to public prosecutors who receive a salary in categories 1 through 8 and assistant public prosecutors who receive a monthly salary provided for in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions or a salary in category 1 or 2 in the same manner as that of an official subject to the designated job salary schedule under the Act on Remuneration of Officials in the Regular Service Category (Act No. 95 of 1950); and to any other type of public prosecutors in the same manner as that of general officers; provided, however, that special adjustment of salary, overtime pay, holiday pay, night shift allowances, and night and day shift allowances are not paid.

(2)The Deputy Prosecutor General and a superintending prosecutor are paid an unaccompanied transfer allowance in the same manner as that of general civil servants.

(3)A superintending prosecutor working in a cold area is paid a cold area allowance in the same manner as that of general government officials.

Article 2The monthly salary of a public prosecutor is to be in accordance with the attached table.

Article 3(1)The Minister of Justice establishes the necessary rules for starting salaries, salary increases and other particulars concerning the salaries of public prosecutors, and determines the salaries to be received by each public prosecutor and other particulars in accordance with these rules.

(2)The rules provided for in the preceding paragraph are established by the Minister of Justice in consultation with the Prime Minister.

Article 4A public prosecutor who has been ordered to wait for a vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 of the Public Prosecutor's Office Act is to continue to receive a dependents allowance, area allowance, wide-area transfer allowance, housing allowance, end-of-year allowance, and cold area allowance.