# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23)
- Law: 児童手当法 (Child Allowance Act), 昭和四十六年法律第七十三号
- English title "Child Allowance Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（時効） — address `art-23`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-23
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### 第二十三条（時効） — Prescription
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art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-23
**第一項** 児童手当の支給を受ける権利及び第十四条第一項の規定による徴収金を徴収する権利は、これらを行使することができる時から二年を経過したときは、時効によつて消滅する。
art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-23/par-1
The right to receive payment of child allowance and the right to collect money to be collected under Article 14, paragraph (1) are extinguished by prescription when two years have passed from the time when they became exercisable.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 児童手当の支給に関する処分についての審査請求は、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、裁判上の請求とみなす。
art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-23/par-2
A request for review of a disposition concerning payment of child allowance is deemed to be a judicial claim with regard to the postponement of the completion and renewal of prescription.
machine translation, not official
**第三項** 第十四条第一項の規定による徴収金の納入の告知又は督促は、時効の更新の効力を有する。
art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-23/par-3
Notice of payment or demand for payment of money to be collected under Article 14, paragraph (1) has the effect of renewing prescription.
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- art-23/par-1: 第十四条第一項 → 児童手当法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-14/par-1
- art-23/par-3: 第十四条第一項 → 児童手当法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-14/par-1
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 児童手当法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000073/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 児童手当法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/968), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T094943-004, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 児童手当法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09