# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第四条 (Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（支給要件） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（支給要件） — Requirement for Payment caption: machine translation, not official art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4 **第一項** 児童手当は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者に支給する。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1 Child allowance is to be paid to a person who falls under any of the following items: machine translation, not official **一** 施設入所等児童以外の児童（以下「支給要件児童」という。）を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくするその父又は母（当該支給要件児童に係る未成年後見人があるときは、その未成年後見人とする。以下この項において「父母等」という。）であつて、日本国内に住所（未成年後見人が法人である場合にあつては、主たる事務所の所在地とする。）を有するもの art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1 the father or mother of a child other than a child placed in a facility, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a "child under the requirements for payment") who raises that child and shares a livelihood with that child (or, if there is a guardian of a minor for that child under the requirements for payment, that guardian of a minor; hereinafter referred to as a "parent, etc." in this paragraph), and who has a domicile in Japan (if the guardian of a minor is a corporation, the domicile is the location of its principal office); machine translation, not official **二** 日本国内に住所を有しない父母等がその生計を維持している支給要件児童と同居し、これを監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくする者（当該支給要件児童と同居することが困難であると認められる場合にあつては、当該支給要件児童を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくする者とする。）のうち、当該支給要件児童の生計を維持している父母等が指定する者であつて、日本国内に住所を有するもの（当該支給要件児童の父母等を除く。以下「父母指定者」という。） art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-2 among persons who live with, raise, and share a livelihood with a child under the requirements for payment whose livelihood is maintained by a parent, etc. who does not have a domicile in Japan (or, if it is found difficult to live with that child under the requirements for payment, persons who raise, and share a livelihood with, that child under the requirements for payment), a person who is designated by the parent, etc. maintaining the livelihood of that child under the requirements for payment and who has a domicile in Japan (excluding the parent, etc. of that child under the requirements for payment; hereinafter referred to as a "parent's designee"); machine translation, not official **三** 父母等又は父母指定者のいずれにも監護されず又はこれらと生計を同じくしない支給要件児童を監護し、かつ、その生計を維持する者であつて、日本国内に住所を有するもの art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-3 a person who has a domicile in Japan and who raises, and maintains the livelihood of, a child under the requirements for payment who is not raised by any parent, etc. or parent's designee, or who does not share a livelihood with any of them; machine translation, not official **四** 施設入所等児童に対し児童自立生活援助を行う者、施設入所等児童が委託されている小規模住居型児童養育事業を行う者若しくは里親又は施設入所等児童が入所若しくは入院をしている母子生活支援施設、障害児入所施設、指定発達支援医療機関、乳児院等、障害者支援施設、のぞみの園、救護施設、更生施設、日常生活支援住居施設若しくは女性自立支援施設（以下「障害児入所施設等」という。）の設置者 art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-4 a person who conducts child independent living assistance for a child placed in a facility, etc., a person who conducts the small-scale residential child care project or a foster parent to whom a child placed in a facility, etc. has been entrusted, or the founder of a maternal and child living support facility, residential facility for children with disabilities, designated medical institution for developmental support, infant home, etc., facility designed to support persons with disabilities, Nozominosono, relief facility, rehabilitation facility, residential facility for daily living support or women's self-reliance support facility (hereinafter referred to as a "residential facility for children with disabilities, etc.") in which a child placed in a facility, etc. is admitted or hospitalized. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項第一号の場合において、児童を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくするその未成年後見人が数人あるときは、当該児童は、当該未成年後見人のうちいずれか当該児童の生計を維持する程度の高い者によつて監護され、かつ、これと生計を同じくするものとみなす。 art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-2 In the case of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, if there are several guardians of a minor who raise a child and share a livelihood with that child, that child is deemed to be raised by, and to share a livelihood with, whichever of those guardians of minors maintains the livelihood of that child to the higher degree. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項第一号又は第二号の場合において、父及び母、未成年後見人並びに父母指定者のうちいずれか二以上の者が当該父及び母の子である児童を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくするときは、当該児童は、当該父若しくは母、未成年後見人又は父母指定者のうちいずれか当該児童の生計を維持する程度の高い者によつて監護され、かつ、これと生計を同じくするものとみなす。 art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-3 In the case of item (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1), if two or more of the father and mother, a guardian of a minor, and a parent's designee raise a child who is a child of the father and mother and share a livelihood with that child, that child is deemed to be raised by, and to share a livelihood with, whichever of that father or mother, guardian of a minor or parent's designee maintains the livelihood of that child to the higher degree. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前二項の規定にかかわらず、児童を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくするその父若しくは母、未成年後見人又は父母指定者のうちいずれか一の者が当該児童と同居している場合（当該いずれか一の者が当該児童を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくするその他の父若しくは母、未成年後見人又は父母指定者と生計を同じくしない場合に限る。）は、当該児童は、当該同居している父若しくは母、未成年後見人又は父母指定者によつて監護され、かつ、これと生計を同じくするものとみなす。 art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-4 Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if any one of the father or mother, a guardian of a minor, or a parent's designee who raises a child and shares a livelihood with that child lives with that child (limited to the case where that one does not share a livelihood with any other father or mother, guardian of a minor or parent's designee who raises that child and shares a livelihood with that child), that child is deemed to be raised by, and to share a livelihood with, the father or mother, guardian of a minor, or parent's designee who lives with that child. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1/item-1: この項 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1 - art-4/par-2: 前項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1 - art-4/par-3: 第二号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-2 - art-4/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1 - art-4/par-4: 前二項 → 児童手当法 第四条第三項 (Article 4, paragraph (3)), art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-3 - art-4/par-4: 前二項 → 児童手当法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-2 ## Cited by 26 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 児童手当法 第三条第三項第三号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-3/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-3/par-3/item-3 - 児童手当法 第三条第三項第五号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-3/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-3/par-3/item-5 - 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1 - 児童手当法 第四条第二項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-2 - 児童手当法 第四条第三項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-3 - 児童手当法 第四条第四項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-4 - 児童手当法 第六条第二項第六号（児童手当の額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-6 - 児童手当法 第七条第一項（認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-1 - 児童手当法 第七条第二項（認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-1 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-2 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-1 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-2 - 児童手当法 附則第六条第一項第一号（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1 - 児童手当法 附則第六条第一項第二号（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2 - 児童手当法 附則第六条第一項第三号（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3 - 児童手当法 附則第六条第一項第四号（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4 - 児童手当法 附則第七条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-7/par-1/item-2 - 児童手当法 附則第十三条第一項第一号（児童手当及び新特例給付の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-13/par-1/item-1 - 児童手当法 附則第十三条第一項第二号（児童手当及び新特例給付の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-13/par-1/item-2 - 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