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Child Rearing Allowance Act

児童扶養手当法(じどうふようてあてほう)

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allowance

手当(てあて)

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).

Article 4, paragraph (1)
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child

児童(じどう)

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.

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

Article 3, paragraph (1)
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eligible recipient

受給資格者(じゅきゅうしかくしゃ)

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.

Article 6, paragraph (1)
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public pension benefit

公的年金給付(こうてきねんきんきゅうふ)

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.

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Article 3, paragraph (2)
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prefectural governor, etc.

都道府県知事等(とどうふけんちじとう)

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).

Article 4, paragraph (1)
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spouse

配偶者(はいぐうしゃ)

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.

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む

Article 3, paragraph (3)
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dependents and similar persons

扶養親族等(ふようしんぞくとう)

The spouse in the same household (同一生計配偶者) and the dependents (扶養親族) of a person, as defined in the Income Tax Act, whose number, with that of other children the person supports, sets the income limit above which the allowance is withheld in whole or in part.

Article 9, paragraph (1)
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welfare office

福祉事務所(ふくしじむしょ)

A welfare office (福祉に関する事務所) under the Social Welfare Act, which a prefecture or city must, and a town or village may, set up by ordinance (条例) to handle measures under the welfare laws.

社会福祉法(昭和二十六年法律第四十五号)に定める福祉に関する事務所

Article 4, paragraph (1)
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child in custody, etc.

監護等児童(かんごとうじどう)

A child (児童) who meets the requirements of Article 4 and whom the father has custody of (監護) and shares a livelihood with, whom the mother has custody of, or whom a person raising the child (養育者) raises; where there are two or more, 10,750 yen a month is added to the basic amount (基本額) for each one after the first.

Article 5, paragraph (2)
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marriage

婚姻(こんいん)

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).

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む

Article 3, paragraph (3)
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disaster victim

被災者(ひさいしゃ)

A person whose home, household goods or other property a Cabinet Order (政令) names — their own, or that of their spouse in the same household (同一生計配偶者) or of their dependents (扶養親族), as the Income Tax Act defines them — has suffered damage of about half its value or more, not counting what insurance or compensation covers, in an earthquake, storm, flood, fire or similar disaster; under Article 12, paragraph (1), their income of the year before or two years before is then not used to withhold the allowance.

Article 12, paragraph (1)
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allowance

手当(てあて)

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).

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new requirements for payment

新支給要件(しんしきゅうようけん)

In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2010, the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as amended by that Act, which came into effect on 1 August 2010; a person who would meet them on that day, and did not meet the earlier ones, could claim certification (認定の請求) before it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 40 of 2010.

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new allowance

新手当(しんてあて)

In Article 4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 28 of 2014, the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as amended by Article 3 of that Act, which came into effect on 1 December 2014.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
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new requirements for payment

新支給要件(しんしきゅうようけん)

In Article 4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 28 of 2014, the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as amended by Article 3 of that Act, which came into effect on 1 December 2014; a person who would meet them on that day, and did not meet the earlier ones, could claim certification (認定の請求) before it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
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the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Article 3 of Act No. 28 of 2014.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
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New Laws and Regulations

新法令(しんほうれい)

In Articles 2 and 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 76 of 2022, the Act that revised related laws when the Children and Families Agency (こども家庭庁) was set up, the Acts (法律) that Act amended, as amended by it, together with the orders made under them.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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Former Laws and Regulations

旧法令(きゅうほうれい)

In Articles 2 and 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 76 of 2022, the Act that revised related laws when the Children and Families Agency (こども家庭庁) was set up, the Acts (法律) that Act amended, as they stood before it amended them, together with the orders made under them.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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basic amount

基本額(きほんがく)

In Article 5-2, paragraphs (1) and (2), the monthly amount of the allowance that Article 5, paragraph (1) sets — 41,100 yen — before the extra amount for each child after the first is added; it is revised by the rise or fall of the price index (物価指数).

Article 5, paragraph (2)
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prefecture, etc.

都道府県等(とどうふけんとう)

A prefecture, a city (including a special ward (特別区)) or a town or village that has set up a welfare office (福祉事務所), to which allowance paid under the disaster rule of Article 12, paragraph (1) must be repaid where the disaster victim's (被災者) income in the year of the damage turns out to be at or over the limit.

Article 12, paragraph (2)
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disability basic pension, etc.

障害基礎年金等(しょうがいきそねんきんとう)

A disability basic pension (障害基礎年金) under the National Pension Act, or another benefit paid on account of disability that a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, as Article 13-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Child Rearing Allowance Act defines it.

Article 13-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
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administrative appeals, etc.

訴願等(そがんとう)

A petition, request for examination, objection or other administrative appeal filed under the old appeal system.

Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)
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the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

The Act as it stood before the amendment these supplementary provisions deal with.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)
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former requirements for payment

旧支給要件(きゅうしきゅうようけん)

In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2010, the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as it stood before that Act amended it on 1 August 2010.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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former requirements for payment

旧支給要件(きゅうしきゅうようけん)

In Article 4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 28 of 2014, the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act as it stood before Article 3 of that Act amended it on 1 December 2014.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
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first month of payment

支給開始月(しきゅうかいしづき)

The month after the month in which the eligible recipient (受給資格者) made the claim for certification (認定の請求) under Article 6, when payment of the allowance begins; Article 13-3, paragraph (1) counts five years from its first day before part of the allowance is withheld.

Article 7, paragraph (1)
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survivors' compensation, etc.

遺族補償等(いぞくほしょうとう)

In Article 13-2, survivors' compensation (遺族補償) under the Labor Standards Act for the death of the father or mother, or an equivalent benefit under another law or regulation a Cabinet Order (政令) names; while it can be received, within six years of the event that gave rise to it, the allowance is withheld in whole or in part.

Article 13-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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determination, etc.

裁決等(さいけつとう)

A ruling, decision or other disposition on an administrative appeal.

Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)
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person already certified, etc.

既認定者等(きにんていしゃとう)

In Articles 5 and 6 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 48 of 1985, a person who, when that Act came into effect, held a certification (認定) under Article 6 of the Child Rearing Allowance Act as it stood before, or had claimed one and was then certified under the amended Article 6; the cost of their allowance follows the earlier rules, and the national government handles its payment until a date a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)
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affairs of the State, etc.

国等の事務(くにとうのじむ)

In the supplementary provisions of Act No. 87 of 1999, work of the State, of another local government or of another public body that an organ of a local government managed or carried out under an Act (法律) or a Cabinet Order (政令) before that Act comes into effect, which the local government then handles as its own affairs.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 159, paragraph (1)
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higher administrative agency

上級行政庁(じょうきゅうぎょうせいちょう)

The government agency ranking above the one that made a decision, which hears administrative appeals against that decision.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)
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the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Article 2 of Act No. 119 of 2002.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
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New Child Rearing Allowance Act

新児童扶養手当法(しんじどうふようてあてほう)

In Article 6 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 44 of 2018, the Child Rearing Allowance Act as amended by Article 6 of that Act, under which the allowance for July 2019 paid under the earlier Article 7, paragraph (3) counts as paid, and the allowance for August 2019 is paid in November 2019.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)
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disability basic pension, etc.

障害基礎年金等(しょうがいきそねんきんとう)

A disability basic pension (障害基礎年金) under the National Pension Act, or another benefit paid on account of disability that a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, as Article 13-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Child Rearing Allowance Act defines it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (1), item (i)
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father

父(ちち)

A father, including a person who, when the mother conceived the child, was living with her in a de facto marriage that had not been registered (婚姻の届出).

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

Article 3, paragraph (3)
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price index

物価指数(ぶっかしすう)

The national consumer price index (全国消費者物価指数) compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省), as an average for the year, by whose rise or fall the basic amount (基本額) of the allowance is revised from the following April.

Article 5-2, paragraph (1)
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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 152 of 1962, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 152 of 1964, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 121 of 1967, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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Act No. 92

法律第九十二号(ほうりつだいきゅうじゅうにごう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of later amending Acts from 1975 to 1985, the 1973 Act partially amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and other Acts (Act No. 92 of 1973).

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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 34 of 1985, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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Employees' Pension Insurance Act as Amended

改正後の厚生年金保険法(かいせいごのこうせいねんきんほけんほう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 86 of 1989, the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 2 of that Act.

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National Pension Act as Amended

改正後の国民年金法(かいせいごのこくみんねんきんほう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 86 of 1989 and Act No. 95 of 1994, this Act as amended by Article 1 of the Act in question.

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the agency that made the disposition

処分庁(しょぶんちょう)

The administrative agency that issued the decision being appealed.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)
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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 18 of 2007, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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Child Rearing Allowance, etc.

児童扶養手当等(じどうふようてあてとう)

In Article 123, paragraph (2) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 4 of 2017, the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) under the Child Rearing Allowance Act, the Special Child Rearing Allowance (特別児童扶養手当) under the Act on Special Child Rearing Allowance and the Special Disability Benefit (特別障害給付金) under the Act on Provision of Special Disability Benefit to Specified Persons with Disabilities, whose restriction on payment for months up to July 2019 follows the earlier rules.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 123, paragraph (2)
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2012 Pension Unification Act

平成二十四年一元化法(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほう)

Short name, in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2020, for the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012), the 2012 Act to unify the employees' pension systems (被用者年金制度).

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