# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)

- 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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) — address `suppl-4241-24/art-16`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-16
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### 第十六条
<sup>suppl-4241-24/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-16</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号に掲げる者（附則第十四条の規定の適用を受ける者を除く。）が、平成二十四年六月一日から同年十一月三十日までの間に新児童手当法第九条第一項の規定による認定の請求をしたときは、その者に対する児童手当の額の改定は、同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。
<sup>suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1</sup>
If a person listed in the following items (excluding a person to whom Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions applies) makes a claim for certification under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New Child Allowance Act during the period from June 1, 2012 to November 30 of the same year, the revision of the amount of child allowance for that person is to be made, notwithstanding that paragraph, from the month specified in the respective items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  十五歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日を経過した児童である父又は母であって、平成二十四年六月一日において現にその子である中学校修了前の児童と障害者支援施設等に入所していることにより児童手当の額が増額することとなるに至ったもの　同月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a father or mother who is a child who has passed the first March 31 on or after the day on which that father or mother reaches the age of fifteen, and who, by being currently admitted as of June 1, 2012 to a facility designed to support persons with disabilities, etc. together with the child before completion of lower secondary school who is that person's child, has come to be one for whom the amount of child allowance is to increase: that month;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  十五歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日を経過した児童である父又は母であって、平成二十四年六月一日から同年十一月三十日までの間にその子である中学校修了前の児童と障害者支援施設等に入所することとなったことにより児童手当の額が増額することとなるに至ったもの　その者がその子である中学校修了前の児童と当該障害者支援施設等に入所することとなった日の属する月の翌月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a father or mother who is a child who has passed the first March 31 on or after the day on which that father or mother reaches the age of fifteen, and who, by coming, during the period from June 1, 2012 to November 30 of the same year, to be admitted to a facility designed to support persons with disabilities, etc. together with the child before completion of lower secondary school who is that person's child, has come to be one for whom the amount of child allowance is to increase: the month following the month that includes the day on which that person came to be admitted to that facility designed to support persons with disabilities, etc. together with the child before completion of lower secondary school who is that person's child;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  平成二十四年六月一日から同年十一月三十日までの間に指定医療機関の設置者として中学校修了前の施設入所等児童を養育することとなったことにより児童手当の額が増額することとなるに至った者　その者が当該中学校修了前の施設入所等児童を養育することとなった日の属する月の翌月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who has come to be one for whom the amount of child allowance is to increase by coming, during the period from June 1, 2012 to November 30 of the same year, to raise a child placed in a facility, etc. before completion of lower secondary school as the founder of a designated medical institution: the month following the month that includes the day on which that person came to raise that child placed in a facility, etc. before completion of lower secondary school.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1: 附則第十四条 → 児童手当法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4241-24/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-14
- suppl-4241-24/art-16/par-1: 新児童手当法第九条第一項 → 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

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 児童手当法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 児童手当法 附則第十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-15/par-1/item-1
- 児童手当法 附則第十五条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-15/par-1/item-2
- 児童手当法 附則第十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-17/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-20261009T094943-015, 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
