Child Rearing Allowance Act
児童扶養手当法
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Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条（この法律の目的）
The purpose of this Act is to pay Child Rearing Allowance for children who do not share a livelihood with their father or mother, in order to contribute to the stability of life and the promotion of self-reliance of the households in which those children are raised, and thereby to promote the welfare of children.
この法律は、父又は母と生計を同じくしていない児童が育成される家庭の生活の安定と自立の促進に寄与するため、当該児童について児童扶養手当を支給し、もつて児童の福祉の増進を図ることを目的とする。
Article 2Purpose of Child Rearing Allowance
第二条（児童扶養手当の趣旨）
Child Rearing Allowance is paid for the purpose of contributing to the sound mental and physical growth of children, and a person who receives it must use it in accordance with that purpose.
児童扶養手当は、児童の心身の健やかな成長に寄与することを趣旨として支給されるものであつて、その支給を受けた者は、これをその趣旨に従つて用いなければならない。
A father or mother who receives payment of Child Rearing Allowance must voluntarily strive for self-reliance and endeavor to stabilize and improve the life of the household.
児童扶養手当の支給を受けた父又は母は、自ら進んでその自立を図り、家庭の生活の安定と向上に努めなければならない。
第三条（用語の定義）
In this Act, "child" means a person who is in the period up to the first March 31 on or after the day on which the person reaches the age of 18, or a person under 20 years of age who is in a state of disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order.
この法律において「児童」とは、十八歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にある者又は二十歳未満で政令で定める程度の障害の状態にある者をいう。
In this Act, "public pension benefit" means the benefits set out in the following items.
この法律において「公的年金給付」とは、次の各号に掲げる給付をいう。
Benefits in the form of a pension under the National Pension Act (Act No. 141 of 1959);
国民年金法（昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号）に基づく年金たる給付
Benefits in the form of a pension under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954) (including benefits in the form of a pension paid by the mutual aid association prescribed in Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act);
厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）に基づく年金たる給付（同法附則第二十八条に規定する共済組合が支給する年金たる給付を含む。）
Benefits in the form of a pension under the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 73 of 1939) (limited to benefits in the form of a pension for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 39 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 30 of 2007));
船員保険法（昭和十四年法律第七十三号）に基づく年金たる給付（雇用保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十九年法律第三十号）附則第三十九条の規定によりなお従前の例によるものとされた年金たる給付に限る。）
Benefits in the form of a pension under the Public Officers Pension Act (Act No. 48 of 1923) (including where it applies mutatis mutandis under other Acts);
恩給法（大正十二年法律第四十八号。他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）に基づく年金たる給付
Benefits in the form of a pension under a Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance concerning retirement pensions of local public officers;
地方公務員の退職年金に関する条例に基づく年金たる給付
Benefits in the form of a pension paid by the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations pursuant to the Act on Special Measures concerning Beneficiaries of Pension of Mutual Aid Association Established under Former Ordinances (Act No. 256 of 1950);
旧令による共済組合等からの年金受給者のための特別措置法（昭和二十五年法律第二百五十六号）に基づいて国家公務員共済組合連合会が支給する年金たる給付
Benefits in the form of a pension under the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors (Act No. 127 of 1952);
戦傷病者戦没者遺族等援護法（昭和二十七年法律第百二十七号）に基づく年金たる給付
Allowances for families of unrepatriated persons and special allowances under the Act on Aid to Families and Others Related to Unrepatriated Persons (Act No. 161 of 1953) (including allowances prescribed in paragraph (45) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act);
未帰還者留守家族等援護法（昭和二十八年法律第百六十一号）に基づく留守家族手当及び特別手当（同法附則第四十五項に規定する手当を含む。）
Benefits in the form of a pension under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 50 of 1947);
労働者災害補償保険法（昭和二十二年法律第五十号）に基づく年金たる給付
Compensation in the form of a pension under the National Public Officers' Accident Compensation Act (Act No. 191 of 1951) (including where it applies mutatis mutandis under other Acts);
国家公務員災害補償法（昭和二十六年法律第百九十一号。他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）に基づく年金たる補償
Compensation in the form of a pension under the provisions of a Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance based on the Act on Occupational Accident Compensation for Public School Physicians, Dentists, and Pharmacists (Act No. 143 of 1957);
公立学校の学校医、学校歯科医及び学校薬剤師の公務災害補償に関する法律（昭和三十二年法律第百四十三号）に基づく条例の規定に基づく年金たる補償
Compensation in the form of a pension under the Local Public Officers Accident Compensation Act (Act No. 121 of 1967) and the provisions of Prefectural or Municipal Ordinances based on that Act.
地方公務員災害補償法（昭和四十二年法律第百二十一号）及び同法に基づく条例の規定に基づく年金たる補償
In this Act, "marriage" is to include cases where a notification of marriage has not been filed but the circumstances are equivalent to a de facto marital relationship, "spouse" is to include a person who has not filed a notification of marriage but is in circumstances equivalent to a de facto marital relationship, and "father" is to include a person who, at the time the mother conceived the child, had not filed a notification of marriage but was in circumstances equivalent to a de facto marital relationship with the mother.
この法律にいう「婚姻」には、婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある場合を含み、「配偶者」には、婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある者を含み、「父」には、母が児童を懐胎した当時婚姻の届出をしていないが、その母と事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にあつた者を含むものとする。
childmachine translation
「児童」
A person up to the first 31 March on or after the day they turn 18, or a person under 20 who has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
public pension benefitmachine translation
「公的年金給付」
Any of the benefits Article 3, paragraph (2) lists: pension benefits under the National Pension Act, the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including those paid by the mutual aid associations (共済組合) of Article 28 of its supplementary provisions (附則)), the Mariners Insurance Act (only those kept under the earlier rules by Article 39 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Act Partially Amending the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 30 of 2007)), the Public Officers Pension Act, local ordinances (条例) on retirement pensions for local public officers, the Act on Special Measures concerning Beneficiaries of Pension of Mutual Aid Association Established under Former Ordinances (those paid by the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations (国家公務員共済組合連合会)), the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors and the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act; the family allowance (留守家族手当) and special allowance (特別手当) under the Act on Aid to Families and Others Related to Unrepatriated Persons; and annuity compensation (年金たる補償) under the National Public Officers' Accident Compensation Act, the Local Public Officers Accident Compensation Act and ordinances (条例) under it, and ordinances under the Act on Occupational Accident Compensation for Public School Physicians, Dentists, and Pharmacists.
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
marriagemachine translation
「婚姻」
Marriage, including a relationship that is in fact the same as a marriage though the marriage has not been registered (婚姻の届出).
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
spousemachine translation
「配偶者」
A spouse, including a partner in an unregistered marriage: a person who has not registered the marriage (婚姻の届出) but whose relationship is in fact the same as a marriage.
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance
条例
A rule a local government makes for itself: a prefecture (都道府県), a city, town or village (市町村), or one of Tokyo's special wards (特別区) (Local Autonomy Act, Articles 1-3, 281 and 283). Its assembly (議会), whose members the residents elect, passes it (Articles 89 and 96, paragraph (1), item (i)), and its head — the governor or the mayor (Article 139) — promulgates it, that is, makes it public so that it can take effect (Article 16). The Constitution lets local governments make them within the limits of Acts (Constitution, Article 94), and one may not go against the national laws and regulations (法令), such as Acts, Cabinet Orders (政令) and Ministerial Orders (省令) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 14, paragraph (1)). Unless national laws and regulations provide otherwise, a local government can impose a duty or restrict a right only by one of these (Article 14, paragraph (2)), and it may write into one penalties for breaking it, within limits the Local Autonomy Act sets (Article 14, paragraph (3)). It is made for that local government's own affairs (Article 2, paragraph (2) and Article 14, paragraph (1)), so the same matter can be handled differently from one place to the next. It is a local rule, not a national one: an "ordinance" in the name of a national rule, such as an Ordinance for Enforcement of an Act, is usually a Ministerial Order (省令) or another national instrument.
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 94 and Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 1-3, 2, 14, 16, 89, 96, 139, 281, 283 as a reference.