Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date, etc.
第一条（施行期日等）
This Act comes into effect on August 1, 1985; provided, however, that the provisions adding two paragraphs to Article 4, the provisions amending Article 29, paragraph (1) (limited to the part adding ", the parents of a child who falls under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a)" after ", the child") and the provisions amending Article 30, and the provisions of the following Article come into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order.
この法律は、昭和六十年八月一日から施行する。ただし、第四条に二項を加える改正規定、第二十九条第一項の改正規定（「、当該児童」の下に「、第四条第一項第一号イ若しくは第二号イに該当する児童の父母」を加える部分に限る。）及び第三十条の改正規定並びに次条の規定は、政令で定める日から施行する。
In specifying the Cabinet Order prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the Government must take into consideration the status of performance of the duty of support toward the child by parents who have dissolved their marriage, the status of the methods of ascertaining the income of that father or mother, and other such matters.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Regarding the Amount of the Allowance
第三条（手当額に関する経過措置）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Regarding Claims for Certification
第四条（認定の請求に関する経過措置）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Regarding Cost Burden
第五条（費用負担に関する経過措置）
For the costs required for payment of the allowance to a person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has received certification under Article 6 of the Child Rearing Allowance Act before its amendment by this Act (referred to as "the Former Act" in paragraph (2) of the following Article), or a person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has made a claim for certification under that Article and who has received certification under Article 6 of the New Act (referred to as "person already certified, etc." in paragraph (1) of the following Article), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures Regarding Administration of Payment of the Allowance
第六条（手当の支給事務に関する経過措置）
The administrative work relating to payment of the allowance to a person already certified, etc. is to be handled by the State until the date specified by Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第七条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
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
marriagemachine translation
「婚姻」
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).
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (3)· 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)
person already certified, etc.machine translation
「既認定者等」
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.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)