# 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-4161-108` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108 - 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 平成一六年六月一八日法律第一〇八号 suppl-4161-108 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108 ### 第一条（施行期日等） — Effective Date, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-108/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4161-108/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律による改正後の児童手当法（以下「新法」という。）附則第七条第一項及び第四項並びに第八条第四項の規定は、平成十六年四月一日から適用する。 suppl-4161-108/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-1/par-2 The provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) and (4) and Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Child Allowance Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") apply as of April 1, 2004. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Payment and Revision of Amounts caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-108/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる者が、平成十六年九月三十日までの間に新法附則第七条第四項において準用する新法第七条第一項（新法第十七条第一項において読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の規定による認定の請求をしたときは、その者に対する新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給は、同条第四項において準用する新法第八条第二項の規定にかかわらず、それぞれ当該各号に定める月から始める。 suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1 If a person set forth in the following items makes, by September 30, 2004, a claim for certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act (including where it is applied with terms replaced pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New Act), payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act to that person begins in the month specified in the relevant item, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article: machine translation, not official **一** 平成十六年四月一日において新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給要件に該当している者であって、同日において、その者が養育する同項第一号イに規定する三歳以上小学校第三学年修了前の児童（以下「三歳以上小学校第三学年修了前の児童」という。）のすべてが、六歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日を経過し、九歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にある児童（以下「小学校就学後第三学年修了前の児童」という。）であるもの　平成十六年四月 suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1/item-1 a person who meets, on April 1, 2004, the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act, and for whom, on that date, every child aged three or over before completion of the third grade of elementary school prescribed in item (i), (a) of that paragraph that the person is raising (hereinafter referred to as "child aged three or over before completion of the third grade of elementary school") is a child who has passed the first March 31 on or after the day on which the child reaches the age of six and is within the period up to the first March 31 on or after the day on which the child reaches the age of nine (hereinafter referred to as "child after entry to elementary school and before completion of its third grade"): April 2004; machine translation, not official **二** 平成十六年四月一日から同年九月三十日までの間に新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給要件に該当するに至った者であって、当該支給要件に該当するに至った日において、その者が養育する三歳以上小学校第三学年修了前の児童のすべてが小学校就学後第三学年修了前の児童であるもの　その者が同項の給付の支給要件に該当するに至った日の属する月の翌月 suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1/item-2 a person who has come to meet the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act during the period from April 1, 2004 to September 30, 2004, and for whom, on the day on which the person came to meet those requirements, every child aged three or over before completion of the third grade of elementary school that the person is raising is a child after entry to elementary school and before completion of its third grade: the month following the month that includes the day on which that person came to meet the requirements for payment of the benefit under that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第二項** 次の各号に掲げる者が、平成十六年九月三十日までの間に新法附則第七条第四項において準用する新法第九条第一項の規定による認定の請求をしたときは、その者に対する新法附則第七条第一項の給付の額の改定は、同条第四項において準用する新法第九条第一項の規定にかかわらず、それぞれ当該各号に定める月から行う。 suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2 If a person set forth in the following items makes, by September 30, 2004, a claim for certification under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act, the amount of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act for that person is revised from the month specified in the relevant item, notwithstanding Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article: machine translation, not official **一** 平成十六年四月一日において現に小学校就学後第三学年修了前の児童を養育していることにより新法附則第七条第一項の給付の額が増額することとなるに至った者　同月 suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2/item-1 a person for whom the amount of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act has come to be increased by reason of actually raising, on April 1, 2004, a child after entry to elementary school and before completion of its third grade: that month; machine translation, not official **二** 平成十六年四月一日から同年九月三十日までの間に小学校就学後第三学年修了前の児童を養育することとなったことにより新法附則第七条第一項の給付の額が増額することとなるに至った者　当該小学校就学後第三学年修了前の児童を養育することとなった日の属する月の翌月 suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2/item-2 a person for whom the amount of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act has come to be increased by reason of having come to raise a child after entry to elementary school and before completion of its third grade during the period from April 1, 2004 to September 30, 2004: the month following the month that includes the day on which the person came to raise that child after entry to elementary school and before completion of its third grade. machine translation, not official ### 第三条 suppl-4161-108/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-3 **第一項** 前条の規定は、新法附則第八条第一項の給付に係る支給及び額の改定について準用する。この場合において、前条第一項中「附則第七条第四項」とあるのは「附則第八条第四項」と、「附則第七条第一項」とあるのは「附則第八条第一項」と、「同項第一号イ」とあるのは「新法附則第七条第一項第一号イ」と、前条第二項中「附則第七条第四項」とあるのは「附則第八条第四項」と、「附則第七条第一項」とあるのは「附則第八条第一項」と読み替えるものとする。 suppl-4161-108/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-3/par-1 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to payment and revision of the amount pertaining to the benefit under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act. In this case, in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions", "Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions" with "Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions", and "item (i), (a) of that paragraph" with "Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act", and in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, "Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions" and "Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions" with "Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1: 新法第十七条第一項 → 児童手当法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17/par-1 - suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1: 新法第八条第二項 → 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-4161-108/art-2/par-1: 新法第七条第一項 → 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-4161-108/art-2/par-2: 新法第九条第一項 → 児童手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-9/par-1 - suppl-4161-108/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 児童手当法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4161-108/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2 - suppl-4161-108/art-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4161-108/art-3/par-1: 前条第二項 → 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-108/art-2/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. 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