The allowance is to be paid in units of months, and the amount is 41,100 yen per month.
手当は、月を単位として支給するものとし、その額は、一月につき、四万千百円とする。
The amount of the allowance paid to a father, mother or person raising the child who has two or more children who fall under the requirements prescribed in Article 4 and who are in the custody of the father and share a livelihood with him, are in the custody of the mother, or are raised by a person raising the child (hereinafter referred to as "children in custody, etc."), is, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the amount prescribed in that paragraph (referred to as the "basic amount" in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article) plus 10,750 yen for each child in custody, etc. other than one of the children in custody, etc.
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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)
basic amountmachine translation
「基本額」
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).
Short name set inArticle 5, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 5-2, paragraphs (1) and (2)
child in custody, etc.machine translation
「監護等児童」
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.
Short name set inArticle 5, paragraph (2)