A person who falls under the requirements for payment of the allowance (hereinafter referred to as an "eligible recipient"), when seeking to receive payment of the allowance, must obtain certification from the prefectural governor, etc. as to the person's eligibility and the amount of the allowance.
Where a person who has obtained the certification under the preceding paragraph, after ceasing to fall under the requirements for payment of the allowance, again comes to fall under those requirements, the same applies as under that paragraph when the person seeks to receive payment of the allowance for the period after coming to fall under them.
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allowancemachine translation
「手当」
Short for the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当), which the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) pays to the mother who has custody (監護) of, or the father who has custody of and shares a livelihood with, a child whose parents have divorced or whose other parent has died, has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, is missing or is in a similar situation, or to another person raising the child (養育者).
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
prefectural governor, etc.machine translation
「都道府県知事等」
A prefectural governor, a city mayor (including the mayor of a special ward (特別区)), or the mayor of a town or village that runs a welfare office (福祉事務所) under the Social Welfare Act — the authorities that pay the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当).
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
eligible recipientmachine translation
「受給資格者」
A person who meets the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) — the mother, father or person raising the child (養育者) that Article 4, paragraph (1) names — and who must be certified (認定) by the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) as to their eligibility and the amount before it is paid.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1)