# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第二百五十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 251)
- 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
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- Provision: 第二百五十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 251) — address `suppl-4111-87/art-251`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4111-87/art-251
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### 第二百五十一条
suppl-4111-87/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4111-87/art-251
**第一項** 政府は、地方公共団体が事務及び事業を自主的かつ自立的に執行できるよう、国と地方公共団体との役割分担に応じた地方税財源の充実確保の方途について、経済情勢の推移等を勘案しつつ検討し、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1
The government is to consider ways of enhancing and securing local tax revenue sources in accordance with the division of roles between the State and local governments so that local governments are able to carry out their affairs and business autonomously and independently, while taking into consideration changes in economic conditions and other circumstances, and is to take necessary measures based on the results of that consideration.
machine translation, not official
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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-20261009T094943-009, 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