Part of the administrative work concerning payment of the allowance may be performed by the head of a town or village (excluding the head of a town or village that administers a welfare office), as provided by Cabinet Order.
A prefectural governor, etc. may delegate all or part of the administrative work concerning payment of the allowance, only to the head of an administrative organ under that person's control.
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)
welfare officemachine translation
「福祉事務所」
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.
Defined 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)