Article 7Certification

①A person who satisfies the requirements for payment of child allowance (limited to those pertaining to Article 4, paragraph (1), items (i) to (iii); hereinafter referred to as a "general eligible recipient") must, when seeking to receive payment of child allowance, obtain certification of the person's eligibility and the amount of child allowance from the mayor of the municipality (including the head of a special ward; the same applies hereinafter) of the place of domicile (or, where the general eligible recipient is a guardian of a minor and is a corporation, the location of the principal office), as provided by Cabinet Office Order.

②A person who satisfies the requirements for payment of child allowance (limited to those pertaining to Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iv); hereinafter referred to as a "facility eligible recipient") must, when seeking to receive payment of child allowance, obtain certification of the person's eligibility and the amount of child allowance, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, from the person specified in each of the following items according to the category of persons set forth in the relevant item:

③If a person who has obtained the certification under the preceding two paragraphs changes the person's domicile (or, where the general eligible recipient is a guardian of a minor and is a corporation, the location of the principal office; where the facility eligible recipient is a person who conducts a child independent living assistance project or a small-scale residential child care project, the place where child independent living assistance is provided or the location of the residence where the small-scale residential child care project is conducted; and where the facility eligible recipient is the founder of a residential facility for children with disabilities, etc., the location of that residential facility for children with disabilities, etc.; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article) to within the area of another municipality (including a special ward; the same applies hereinafter), and seeks to receive payment of child allowance for the period after the change, the same applies as in the preceding two paragraphs.