Where the mayor of the municipality collects expenses under Article 56, paragraph (2) of the Child Welfare Act (limited to those pertaining to Article 51, item (iv) or (v) of that Act) or collects expenses that may be disposed of in the manner of a disposition for delinquency of local taxes under Article 56, paragraph (6) or (7) of that Act, and an eligible recipient who has obtained certification under Article 7 (including where applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1)) is a person obligated to provide support who is to pay the expenses collected under Article 56, paragraph (2) of that Act (limited to those pertaining to Article 51, item (iv) or (v) of that Act), or a guardian who is to pay the expenses that may be disposed of in the manner of a disposition for delinquency of local taxes under Article 56, paragraph (6) or (7) of that Act, the mayor of the municipality may, as provided by Cabinet Order, collect the childcare fee (meaning the expenses collected under paragraph (2) of that Article (limited to those pertaining to Article 51, item (iv) or (v) of that Act) or the expenses that may be disposed of in the manner of a disposition for delinquency of local taxes under Article 56, paragraph (6) or (7) of that Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) when paying child allowance to the person obligated to provide support or the guardian.
市町村長は、児童福祉法第五十六条第二項の規定により費用（同法第五十一条第四号又は第五号に係るものに限る。）を徴収する場合又は同法第五十六条第六項若しくは第七項の規定により地方税の滞納処分の例により処分することができる費用を徴収する場合において、第七条（第十七条第一項において読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の認定を受けた受給資格者が同法第五十六条第二項の規定により徴収する費用（同法第五十一条第四号又は第五号に係るものに限る。）を支払うべき扶養義務者又は同法第五十六条第六項若しくは第七項の規定により地方税の滞納処分の例により処分することができる費用を支払うべき保護者である場合には、政令で定めるところにより、当該扶養義務者又は保護者に児童手当の支払をする際に保育料（同条第二項の規定により徴収する費用（同法第五十一条第四号又は第五号に係るものに限る。）又は同法第五十六条第六項若しくは第七項の規定により地方税の滞納処分の例により処分することができる費用をいう。次項において同じ。）を徴収することができる。
When the mayor of the municipality intends to collect the childcare fee by the method of collection under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "special collection"), the mayor must notify the person who is to be subject to special collection (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "person subject to special collection") in advance of the fact that the childcare fee pertaining to the person subject to special collection will be collected by the method of special collection, the amount of the childcare fee to be collected from the person subject to special collection by the method of special collection, and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order.