# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3591-71` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和五九年八月一〇日法律第七一号 suppl-3591-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-71/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、昭和六十年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-3591-71/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 1985. machine translation, not official ### 第十九条（児童手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Child Allowance Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-71/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-19 **第一項** 施行日の前日において、旧公社の総裁又はその委任を受けた者がした第四十条の規定による改正前の児童手当法第七条第一項（行政改革を推進するため当面講ずべき措置の一環としての国の補助金等の縮減その他の臨時の特例措置に関する法律（昭和五十六年法律第九十三号。以下この条において「行革関連特例法」という。）第十一条第二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定による認定を受けている者が、施行日において児童手当又は行革関連特例法第十一条第一項の給付（以下この条において「特例給付」という。）の支給要件に該当するときは、その者に対する児童手当又は特例給付の支給に関しては、施行日において第四十条の規定による改正後の児童手当法第七条第一項の規定による市町村長（特別区の区長を含む。）の認定があつたものとみなす。この場合において、児童手当又は特例給付の支給は、同法第八条第二項（行革関連特例法第十一条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、昭和六十年四月から始める。 suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1 If a person who, on the day preceding the Effective Date, has received certification from the President of the former Public Corporation or a person delegated by him or her under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 40 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act on Reduction of State Subsidies and Other Temporary Special Measures, as Part of Measures to be Urgently Implemented for Advancement of Administrative Reform (Act No. 93 of 1981; hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "Administrative Reform Special Measures Act"); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) satisfies, on the Effective Date, the requirements for payment of child allowance or of the benefit under Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Reform Special Measures Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "special benefit"), then with regard to the payment of child allowance or special benefit to that person, certification by the mayor of the municipality (including the head of a special ward) under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 40 is deemed to have been made on the Effective Date; in this case, payment of child allowance or special benefit is to begin in April 1985, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Administrative Reform Special Measures Act). machine translation, not official ### 第二十六条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-71/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-26 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3591-71/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-26/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Act that relate to matters for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第二十七条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-71/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-27 **第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1: 行政改革を推進するため当面講ずべき措置の一環としての国の補助金等の縮減その他の臨時の特例措置に関する法律（昭和五十六年法律第九十三号。以下この条において「行革関連特例法」という。）第十一条第二項 → e-Gov law 356AC0000000093, 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — not held in this collection - suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1: 行革関連特例法第十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 356AC0000000093, 第十一条第一項 (Article 11, paragraph (1)), art-11/par-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1: この条 → 児童手当法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-3591-71/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-19 - suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1: 同法第八条第二項 → 児童手当法 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-8/par-2 - suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1: 児童手当法第七条第一項 → 児童手当法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-1 - suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 児童手当法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-3591-71/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-19 - suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 児童手当法 附則第二十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 26), suppl-3591-71/art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-26 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 児童手当法 附則第十九条第一項（児童手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-19/par-1 - 児童手当法 附則第二十七条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3591-71/art-27/par-1 --- ## 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-20261009T094943-006, translated 2026-10-09 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T162006-001, translated 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 165 — 児童手当法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09