Changes on a date not yet set (Act No. 48 of 1985)
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 and other persons concerned about those matters.
When the prefectural governor, etc. finds it necessary, the prefectural governor, etc. may order an eligible recipient to have the child, or the father or mother of the child, in respect of whom payment of the allowance is made by reason of being in a condition of disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (c), undergo a diagnosis by a physician designated by the prefectural governor, etc., or may have the official in charge diagnose that person's condition of disability.
The official in charge who conducts questioning or diagnosis under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must carry a certificate showing the official's status and present it when a person concerned so requests.
前二項の規定によつて質問又は診断を行なう当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、かつ、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。
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
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)