# 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-5031-50`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 令和三年五月二八日法律第五〇号
<sup>suppl-5031-50 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5031-50/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和四年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2022; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  略
  <sup>suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第二条並びに附則第三条及び第四条の規定　令和四年六月一日
  <sup>suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Article 2 and Articles 3 and 4 of the Supplementary Provisions: June 1, 2022.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（検討） — Review
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5031-50/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、子ども・子育て支援に関する施策の実施状況等を踏まえ、少子化の進展への対処に寄与する観点から、児童手当の支給を受ける者の児童の数等に応じた児童手当の効果的な支給及びその財源の在り方並びに児童手当の支給要件の在り方について検討を加え、その結果に基づき、必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-5031-50/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-2/par-1</sup>
The government is to, taking into consideration the status of implementation of measures concerning support for children and child-rearing, etc., and from the viewpoint of contributing to addressing the advance of the declining birthrate, examine how child allowance is to be effectively paid in accordance with the number of children of persons receiving payment of child allowance, etc., and how the funding for it is to be secured, as well as the requirements for payment of child allowance, and take necessary measures based on the results.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三条（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
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5031-50/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定による改正後の児童手当法附則第二条第一項の規定は、令和四年六月以後の月分の同項の給付の支給について適用し、同年五月以前の月分の第二条の規定による改正前の児童手当法附則第二条第一項の給付の支給については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5031-50/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 apply to payment of the benefit under that paragraph for months on or after June 2022, and the provisions then in force continue to govern payment of the benefit under Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Child Allowance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 2 for months on or before May of that year.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条 → 児童手当法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5031-50/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-5031-50/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-3
- suppl-5031-50/art-3/par-1: 児童手当法附則第二条第一項 → 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-3461-73/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-allowance-act/suppl-3461-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3461-73/art-2/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5031-50/art-1/par-1/item-2

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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-20261009T094943-018, 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