Child Rearing Allowance Act

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the allowance for a child who falls under paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a) (excluding a child who at the same time falls under any of item (i), (b) through (e) or item (ii), (b) through (e) of that paragraph) is not paid if the income of the child's father or mother in the year preceding the year that includes the day on which the parents dissolved their marriage (in the case where a claim for certification under Article 6 for that allowance is made between January 1 and May 31 of the year that includes the day on which that marriage was dissolved, the year before the preceding year; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is the amount specified by Cabinet Order or more, according to the presence and number of dependents (excluding the child) of that person as provided for in the Income Tax Act (Act No. 33 of 1965) and of children who are not dependents of that father or mother as provided for in that Act and whom that person was supporting on December 31 of the year preceding the year that includes the day on which the parents dissolved their marriage; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is found difficult for the father, mother or person raising the child to request the father or mother to perform the duty of support for the child because of special circumstances such as the father or mother having no domicile in Japan or the whereabouts of the father or mother being unknown for a long period.

The scope of the income prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the method of calculating its amount are specified by Cabinet Order.

When the prefectural governor, etc. finds it necessary, the prefectural governor, etc. may order an eligible recipient to submit documents (including those relating to expenses necessary for raising the child that the child's father or mother has paid) and other articles concerning matters necessary for determining whether there is eligibility and the amount of the allowance, or may have the official in charge question the eligible recipient, the child, the parents of a child who falls under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a), and other persons concerned about those matters.

When the prefectural governor, etc. finds it necessary in connection with a disposition concerning payment of the allowance, the prefectural governor, etc. may, concerning the status of the assets or income of an eligible recipient, the child, the father or mother of a child who falls under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a), or the spouse or a person under a duty of support of the eligible recipient, or the status of payment of public pension benefits to an eligible recipient, the child, or the father or mother of the child, request a government agency, the Japan Pension Service, a mutual aid association organized by law, the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations, or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan to allow inspection of necessary documents or to provide materials, or request a bank, a trust company or other institution, or the employer of an eligible recipient or another person concerned, to report necessary matters.