Article 62Obligation to Follow Instructions, etc.

①When a public assistance administrator has decided, pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 30, paragraph (1), to provide public assistance by having a public assistance recipient admitted into a relief facility, a rehabilitation facility, a residential facility for daily living support or any other appropriate facility, or by entrusting such admission to any such facility, or by entrusting nursing care to the home of a private individual, or when a public assistance administrator has given the necessary guidance or instruction to a public assistance recipient, pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, the public assistance recipient shall follow such decision, guidance or instruction.

②A public assistance recipient using a public assistance facility shall follow the management rules of said public assistance facility that have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 46.

③When a public assistance recipient has violated any obligation under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, a public assistance administrator may change, suspend or discontinue the public assistance.

④In the case where a public assistance administrator gives a disposition to change, suspend or discontinue public assistance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall grant said public assistance recipient an opportunity for explanation. In this case, he/she shall notify the reason for said disposition and the date and place for giving the explanation, in advance.

⑤The provisions of Chapter 3 (excluding Articles 12 and 14) of the Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply to a disposition under the provisions of paragraph (3).