①If an eligible recipient, before receiving payment of child allowance, requests, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, that all or part of the amount of that child allowance be applied to payment of those of the school lunch fee prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (2) of the School Lunch Program Act (Act No. 160 of 1954) (referred to as the "school lunch fee" in the following paragraph) and other expenses necessary in connection with school education specified by Cabinet Office Order, or of the expenses collected pursuant to Article 56, paragraph (2) of the Child Welfare Act (limited to those pertaining to Article 51, item (iv) or (v) of that Act) and other expenses specified by Cabinet Office Order as being similar thereto, that are to be paid to the municipality in respect of a child concerning the eligible recipient, the mayor of the municipality may, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, collect the expenses pertaining to the request when paying child allowance to the eligible recipient.

②If an eligible recipient, before receiving payment of child allowance, requests, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, that all or part of the amount of that child allowance be applied to payment of those of the school lunch fee, the expenses provided for in each item of Article 56, paragraph (6) or each item of paragraph (7) of the Child Welfare Act, and other expenses specified by Cabinet Office Order as being similar thereto, that are to be paid in respect of a child concerning the eligible recipient, the mayor of the municipality may, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, pay the portion of the amount of that child allowance pertaining to the request to the person holding the claim for those expenses.

③If payment has been made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, payment of the child allowance (limited to the portion pertaining to the request under that paragraph) is deemed to have been made to the eligible recipient.