The mayor of the municipality is to pay child allowance to general eligible recipients and facility eligible recipients for whom certification has been given under the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "eligible recipients").
Payment of child allowance begins with the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient made the claim for certification under the provisions of the preceding Article, and ends with the month that includes the day on which the grounds for payment of child allowance ceased to exist.
If an eligible recipient has changed domicile, or was unable to make the claim for certification under the provisions of the preceding Article due to a disaster or other unavoidable reason, and makes the claim within 15 days after the eligible recipient changed domicile or after the unavoidable reason ceased, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, payment of child allowance begins with the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient changed domicile or the day on which the eligible recipient became unable to make the claim for certification due to the unavoidable reason.
Child allowance is paid in six periods, in February, April, June, August, October and December of each year, covering the portion up to the month preceding each of those months; provided, however, that child allowance that should have been paid in the preceding payment month, and child allowance for the period in the case where the grounds for payment have ceased to exist, are to be paid even in a month that is not a payment month.
児童手当は、毎年二月、四月、六月、八月、十月及び十二月の六期に、それぞれの前月までの分を支払う。ただし、前支払期月に支払うべきであつた児童手当又は支給すべき事由が消滅した場合におけるその期の児童手当は、その支払期月でない月であつても、支払うものとする。
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Certification
A 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…
児童手当の支給要件に該当する者（第四条第一項第一号から第三号までに係るものに限る。以下「一般受給資格者」という。）は、児童手当の支給を受けようとするときは、その受給資格及び児童手当の額について、内閣府令で定めるところにより…
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Payment of child allowance begins with the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient made the claim for certification under the provisions of the preceding…
児童手当の支給は、受給資格者が前条の規定による認定の請求をした日の属する月の翌月から始め、児童手当を支給すべき事由が消滅した日の属する月で終わる。
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「一般受給資格者」
A person who meets the requirements for payment of child allowance (児童手当) under items (i) to (iii) of Article 4(1) — a parent, a guardian of a minor (未成年後見人), a parent's designee (父母指定者) or another person who has custody of and supports a child who is not placed in a facility — and who must have the certification (認定) of Article 7(1) to be paid it.
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (1)
facility eligible recipientmachine translation
「施設等受給資格者」
A person who meets the requirements for payment of child allowance (児童手当) under Article 4(1)(iv) — a provider of child independent living assistance (児童自立生活援助), an operator of a small-scale residential child care project (小規模住居型児童養育事業), a foster parent (里親), or the founder (設置者) of a facility in which a child placed in a facility, etc. (施設入所等児童) lives — and who must have the certification (認定) of Article 7(2) to be paid it.
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (2)
eligible recipientmachine translation
「受給資格者」
A general eligible recipient (一般受給資格者) or facility eligible recipient (施設等受給資格者) who has been certified under Article 7 and is paid child allowance (児童手当) — by the mayor of the municipality (市町村長), or, for a public employee of a class Article 17 names who receives it as a parent or other general recipient, by the authority Article 17 puts in the mayor's place (usually their employer).
Short name set inArticle 8, paragraph (1)