# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第二章 (Chapter 2)

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- Law: 児童扶養手当法 (Child Rearing Allowance Act), 昭和三十六年法律第二百三十八号
- English title "Child Rearing Allowance Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2`
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## 第二章　児童扶養手当の支給 — Chapter II Payment of Child Rearing Allowance
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#ch-2</sup>

### 第四条（支給要件） — Requirement for Payment
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事、市長（特別区の区長を含む。以下同じ。）及び福祉事務所（社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）に定める福祉に関する事務所をいう。以下同じ。）を管理する町村長（以下「都道府県知事等」という。）は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める者に対し、児童扶養手当（以下「手当」という。）を支給する。
<sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1</sup>
The prefectural governor, the mayors of cities (including the heads of special wards; the same applies hereinafter), and the heads of towns and villages that administer a welfare office (meaning an office for welfare prescribed in the Social Welfare Act (Act No. 45 of 1951); the same applies hereinafter) (hereinafter referred to as "prefectural governor, etc.") are to pay Child Rearing Allowance (hereinafter referred to as "the allowance"), according to the categories of cases set out in the following items, to the person prescribed in each such item.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  次のイからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童の母が当該児童を監護する場合　当該母
  <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
  In the case where the mother of a child who falls under any of (a) through (e) has custody of the child: that mother;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  父母が婚姻を解消した児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
    A child whose parents have dissolved their marriage;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  父が死亡した児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
    A child whose father has died;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ハ**  父が政令で定める程度の障害の状態にある児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-3</sup>
    A child whose father is in a state of disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ニ**  父の生死が明らかでない児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4</sup>
    A child whose father's life or death is unknown;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ホ**  その他イからニまでに準ずる状態にある児童で政令で定めるもの
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1/sub-5</sup>
    Any other child in a condition equivalent to that of those under (a) through (d) who is specified by Cabinet Order;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  次のイからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童の父が当該児童を監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくする場合　当該父
  <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
  In the case where the father of a child falling under any of (a) through (e) below has custody of the child and shares a livelihood with the child: that father;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  父母が婚姻を解消した児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    A child whose parents have dissolved their marriage;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  母が死亡した児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    A child whose mother has died;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ハ**  母が前号ハの政令で定める程度の障害の状態にある児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-3</sup>
    A child whose mother has a disability of a degree of severity specified by the Cabinet Order referred to in (c) of the preceding item;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ニ**  母の生死が明らかでない児童
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-4</sup>
    A child whose mother's life or death is unknown;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ホ**  その他イからニまでに準ずる状態にある児童で政令で定めるもの
    <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-5</sup>
    Any other child in a condition equivalent to that of those under (a) through (d) who is specified by Cabinet Order;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第一号イからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童を母が監護しない場合若しくは同号イからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童（同号ロに該当するものを除く。）の母がない場合であつて、当該母以外の者が当該児童を養育する（児童と同居して、これを監護し、かつ、その生計を維持することをいう。以下同じ。）とき、前号イからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童を父が監護しないか、若しくはこれと生計を同じくしない場合（父がない場合を除く。）若しくは同号イからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童（同号ロに該当するものを除く。）の父がない場合であつて、当該父以外の者が当該児童を養育するとき、又は父母がない場合であつて、当該父母以外の者が当該児童を養育するとき　当該養育者
  <sup>art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-3</sup>
  In the case where a mother does not have custody of a child falling under any of (a) through (e) of item (i), or where there is no mother of a child falling under any of (a) through (e) of that item (excluding a child falling under (b) of that item), and a person other than that mother raises the child (meaning living with the child, having custody of the child and maintaining the child's livelihood; the same applies hereinafter); in the case where a father does not have custody of a child falling under any of (a) through (e) of the preceding item or does not share a livelihood with the child (excluding the case where there is no father), or where there is no father of a child falling under any of (a) through (e) of that item (excluding a child falling under (b) of that item), and a person other than that father raises the child; or in the case where there is neither father nor mother, and a person other than that father and mother raises the child: that person raising the child.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、手当は、母又は養育者に対する手当にあつては児童が第一号から第四号までのいずれかに該当するとき、父に対する手当にあつては児童が第一号、第二号、第五号又は第六号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該児童については、支給しない。
<sup>art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the allowance is not paid for a child where, in the case of the allowance for a mother or person raising the child, the child falls under any of items (i) through (iv) of this paragraph, or, in the case of the allowance for a father, the child falls under any of items (i), (ii), (v) or (vi) of this paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  日本国内に住所を有しないとき。
  <sup>art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2/item-1</sup>
  When the child does not have a domicile in Japan;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  児童福祉法（昭和二十二年法律第百六十四号）第六条の四に規定する里親に委託されているとき。
  <sup>art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2/item-2</sup>
  When the child has been entrusted to a foster parent prescribed in Article 6-4 of the Child Welfare Act (Act No. 164 of 1947);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  父と生計を同じくしているとき。ただし、その者が前項第一号ハに規定する政令で定める程度の障害の状態にあるときを除く。
  <sup>art-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2/item-3</sup>
  When the child shares a livelihood with the father; provided, however, that this does not apply when that person has a disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), (c);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  母の配偶者（前項第一号ハに規定する政令で定める程度の障害の状態にある父を除く。）に養育されているとき。
  <sup>art-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2/item-4</sup>
  When the child is being raised by the spouse of the mother (excluding a father who has a disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), (c));
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  母と生計を同じくしているとき。ただし、その者が前項第一号ハに規定する政令で定める程度の障害の状態にあるときを除く。
  <sup>art-4/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2/item-5</sup>
  When the child shares a livelihood with the mother; provided, however, that this does not apply when that person has a disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), (c);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  父の配偶者（前項第一号ハに規定する政令で定める程度の障害の状態にある母を除く。）に養育されているとき。
  <sup>art-4/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-2/item-6</sup>
  When the child is being raised by the spouse of the father (excluding a mother who has a disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), (c)).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定にかかわらず、手当は、母に対する手当にあつては当該母が、父に対する手当にあつては当該父が、養育者に対する手当にあつては当該養育者が、日本国内に住所を有しないときは、支給しない。
<sup>art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-3</sup>
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the allowance is not paid where, in the case of the allowance for a mother, that mother, in the case of the allowance for a father, that father, or in the case of the allowance for a person raising the child, that person raising the child, does not have a domicile in Japan.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項第一号イ又は第二号イに該当する児童（同時に同項第一号ロからホまで又は第二号ロからホまでのいずれかに該当する児童を除く。）についての手当は、父母が婚姻を解消した日の属する年の前年（当該手当に係る第六条の認定の請求が当該婚姻を解消した日の属する年の一月一日から五月三十一日までの間に行われた場合にあつては、前々年。以下この項において同じ。）における当該児童の父又は母の所得が、その者の所得税法（昭和四十年法律第三十三号）に規定する扶養親族（当該児童を除く。）及び当該父又は母の同法に規定する扶養親族でない児童で当該父母が婚姻を解消した日の属する年の前年の十二月三十一日において生計を維持したものの有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以上であるときは、支給しない。ただし、父又は母が日本国内に住所を有しないこと、父又は母の所在が長期間明らかでないことその他の特別の事情により父、母又は養育者が父又は母に当該児童についての扶養義務の履行を求めることが困難であると認められるときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-4</sup>
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the allowance for a child who falls under paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a) (excluding a child who at the same time falls under any of item (i), (b) through (e) or item (ii), (b) through (e) of that paragraph) is not paid if the income of the child's father or mother in the year preceding the year that includes the day on which the parents dissolved their marriage (in the case where a claim for certification under Article 6 for that allowance is made between January 1 and May 31 of the year that includes the day on which that marriage was dissolved, the year before the preceding year; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is the amount specified by Cabinet Order or more, according to the presence and number of dependents (excluding the child) of that person as provided for in the Income Tax Act (Act No. 33 of 1965) and of children who are not dependents of that father or mother as provided for in that Act and whom that person was supporting on December 31 of the year preceding the year that includes the day on which the parents dissolved their marriage; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is found difficult for the father, mother or person raising the child to request the father or mother to perform the duty of support for the child because of special circumstances such as the father or mother having no domicile in Japan or the whereabouts of the father or mother being unknown for a long period.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  前項に規定する所得の範囲及びその額の計算方法は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-5</sup>
The scope of the income prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the method of calculating its amount are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第四条の二（支給の調整） — Adjustment of Payment
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<sup>art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4-2</sup>

**第一項**  同一の児童について、父及び母のいずれもが手当の支給要件に該当するとき、又は父及び養育者のいずれもが手当の支給要件に該当するときは、当該父に対する手当は、当該児童については、支給しない。
<sup>art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4-2/par-1</sup>
When, for the same child, both the father and the mother fall under the requirements for payment of the allowance, or both the father and a person raising the child fall under the requirements for payment of the allowance, the allowance for that father is not paid for that child.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  同一の児童について、母及び養育者のいずれもが手当の支給要件に該当するときは、当該養育者に対する手当は、当該児童については、支給しない。
<sup>art-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4-2/par-2</sup>
When, for the same child, both the mother and a person raising the child fall under the requirements for payment of the allowance, the allowance for that person raising the child is not paid for that child.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五条（手当額） — Amount of Allowance
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<sup>art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5</sup>

**第一項**  手当は、月を単位として支給するものとし、その額は、一月につき、四万千百円とする。
<sup>art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5/par-1</sup>
The allowance is to be paid in units of months, and the amount is 41,100 yen per month.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第四条に定める要件に該当する児童であつて、父が監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくするもの、母が監護するもの又は養育者が養育するもの（以下「監護等児童」という。）が二人以上である父、母又は養育者に支給する手当の額は、前項の規定にかかわらず、同項に定める額（次条第一項及び第二項において「基本額」という。）に監護等児童のうちの一人以外の監護等児童につきそれぞれ一万七百五十円を加算した額とする。
<sup>art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5/par-2</sup>
The amount of the allowance paid to a father, mother or person raising the child who has two or more children who fall under the requirements prescribed in Article 4 and who are in the custody of the father and share a livelihood with him, are in the custody of the mother, or are raised by a person raising the child (hereinafter referred to as "children in custody, etc."), is, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the amount prescribed in that paragraph (referred to as the "basic amount" in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article) plus 10,750 yen for each child in custody, etc. other than one of the children in custody, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第五条の二（手当額の自動改定） — Automatic Revision of Allowance Amount
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<sup>art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2</sup>

**第一項**  基本額については、総務省において作成する年平均の全国消費者物価指数（以下「物価指数」という。）が平成五年（この項の規定による基本額の改定の措置が講じられたときは、直近の当該措置が講じられた年の前年）の物価指数を超え、又は下るに至つた場合においては、その上昇し、又は低下した比率を基準として、その翌年の四月以降の基本額を改定する。
<sup>art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-1</sup>
With respect to the basic amount, when the annual average national consumer price index compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (hereinafter referred to as the "price index") comes to exceed or fall below the price index of 1993 (where a measure to revise the basic amount under this paragraph has been taken, the year preceding the year in which the most recent such measure was taken), the basic amount on or after April of the following year is revised on the basis of the ratio of that rise or fall.
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**第二項**  前項の規定は、前条第二項の規定により基本額に加算する額について準用する。この場合において、前項中「平成五年」とあるのは、「令和五年」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the amount added to the basic amount under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article. In this case, the term "1993" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "2023".
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**第三項**  前二項の規定による手当の額の改定の措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-3</sup>
The measures for revising the amount of the allowance under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第六条（認定） — Certification
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<sup>art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6</sup>

**第一項**  手当の支給要件に該当する者（以下「受給資格者」という。）は、手当の支給を受けようとするときは、その受給資格及び手当の額について、都道府県知事等の認定を受けなければならない。
<sup>art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6/par-1</sup>
A person who falls under the requirements for payment of the allowance (hereinafter referred to as an "eligible recipient"), when seeking to receive payment of the allowance, must obtain certification from the prefectural governor, etc. as to the person's eligibility and the amount of the allowance.
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**第二項**  前項の認定を受けた者が、手当の支給要件に該当しなくなつた後再びその要件に該当するに至つた場合において、その該当するに至つた後の期間に係る手当の支給を受けようとするときも、同項と同様とする。
<sup>art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6/par-2</sup>
Where a person who has obtained the certification under the preceding paragraph, after ceasing to fall under the requirements for payment of the allowance, again comes to fall under those requirements, the same applies as under that paragraph when the person seeks to receive payment of the allowance for the period after coming to fall under them.
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### 第七条（支給期間及び支払期月） — Payment Period and Payment Months
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<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-7</sup>

**第一項**  手当の支給は、受給資格者が前条の規定による認定の請求をした日の属する月の翌月（第十三条の三第一項において「支給開始月」という。）から始め、手当を支給すべき事由が消滅した日の属する月で終わる。
<sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-7/par-1</sup>
Payment of the allowance begins in the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient made the claim for certification under the preceding Article (referred to as the "first month of payment" in Article 13-3, paragraph (1)) and ends in the month that includes the day on which the grounds for paying the allowance ceased to exist.
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**第二項**  受給資格者が災害その他やむを得ない理由により前条の規定による認定の請求をすることができなかつた場合において、その理由がやんだ後十五日以内にその請求をしたときは、手当の支給は、前項の規定にかかわらず、受給資格者がやむを得ない理由により認定の請求をすることができなくなつた日の属する月の翌月から始める。
<sup>art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-7/par-2</sup>
Where an eligible recipient was unable to make the claim for certification under the preceding Article due to a disaster or other unavoidable reason, and makes the claim within 15 days after that reason ceased to exist, payment of the allowance begins, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient became unable to make the claim for certification due to the unavoidable reason.
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**第三項**  手当は、毎年一月、三月、五月、七月、九月及び十一月の六期に、それぞれの前月までの分を支払う。ただし、前支払期月に支払うべきであつた手当又は支給すべき事由が消滅した場合におけるその期の手当は、その支払期月でない月であつても、支払うものとする。
<sup>art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-7/par-3</sup>
The allowance is paid in six installments, in January, March, May, July, September and November of each year, for the portion up to the month preceding each of them. However, allowance that should have been paid in the previous payment month, or allowance for the period in the case where the grounds for payment have ceased to exist, are to be paid even in a month that is not that payment month.
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### 第八条（手当の額の改定時期） — Timing of Revision of Allowance Amount
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<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-8</sup>

**第一項**  手当の支給を受けている者につき、新たに監護等児童があるに至つた場合における手当の額の改定は、その者がその改定後の額につき認定の請求をした日の属する月の翌月から行う。
<sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-8/par-1</sup>
With respect to a person receiving payment of the allowance, the revision of the amount of the allowance in the case where the person newly comes to have a child in custody, etc. is made from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person made a claim for certification for the revised amount.
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**第二項**  前条第二項の規定は、前項の改定について準用する。
<sup>art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-8/par-2</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the revision under the preceding paragraph.
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**第三項**  手当の支給を受けている者につき、監護等児童の数が減じた場合における手当の額の改定は、その減じた日の属する月の翌月から行う。
<sup>art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-8/par-3</sup>
With respect to a person receiving payment of the allowance, the revision of the amount of the allowance in the case where the number of children in custody, etc. has decreased is made from the month following the month that includes the day of the decrease.
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### 第九条（支給の制限） — Restriction on Payment
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<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9</sup>

**第一項**  手当は、受給資格者（第四条第一項第一号ロ又はニに該当し、かつ、母がない児童、同項第二号ロ又はニに該当し、かつ、父がない児童その他政令で定める児童の養育者を除く。以下この項において同じ。）の前年の所得が、その者の所得税法（昭和四十年法律第三十三号）に規定する同一生計配偶者及び扶養親族（以下「扶養親族等」という。）並びに当該受給資格者の扶養親族等でない児童で当該受給資格者が前年の十二月三十一日において生計を維持したものの有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以上であるときは、その年の十一月から翌年の十月までは、政令の定めるところにより、その全部又は一部を支給しない。
<sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-1</sup>
If the previous year's income of an eligible recipient (excluding a person raising a child who falls under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (b) or (d) and has no mother, a child who falls under item (ii), (b) or (d) of that paragraph and has no father, or any other child specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is the amount specified by Cabinet Order or more, according to the presence and number of the spouse in the same household and dependents of that person prescribed in the Income Tax Act (Act No. 33 of 1965) (hereinafter referred to as "dependents and similar persons") and of children who are not dependents and similar persons of that eligible recipient but whom that eligible recipient supported as of December 31 of the previous year, the allowance is not paid, in whole or in part, from November of that year to October of the following year, as provided by Cabinet Order.
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**第二項**  受給資格者が母である場合であつてその監護する児童が父から当該児童の養育に必要な費用の支払を受けたとき、又は受給資格者が父である場合であつてその監護し、かつ、これと生計を同じくする児童が母から当該児童の養育に必要な費用の支払を受けたときは、政令で定めるところにより、受給資格者が当該費用の支払を受けたものとみなして、前項の所得の額を計算するものとする。
<sup>art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-2</sup>
Where the eligible recipient is a mother and a child in her custody has received from the father payment of the expenses necessary for raising that child, or where the eligible recipient is a father and a child in his custody and sharing a livelihood with him has received from the mother payment of the expenses necessary for raising that child, the amount of income under the preceding paragraph is to be calculated, as provided by Cabinet Order, by deeming the eligible recipient to have received payment of those expenses.
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### 第九条の二
<sup>art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9-2</sup>

**第一項**  手当は、受給資格者（前条第一項に規定する養育者に限る。以下この条において同じ。）の前年の所得が、その者の扶養親族等及び当該受給資格者の扶養親族等でない児童で当該受給資格者が前年の十二月三十一日において生計を維持したものの有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以上であるときは、その年の十一月から翌年の十月までは、支給しない。
<sup>art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9-2/par-1</sup>
If the previous year's income of an eligible recipient (limited to a person raising the child prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is the amount specified by Cabinet Order or more, according to the presence and number of dependents and similar persons of that person and of children who are not dependents and similar persons of that eligible recipient but whom that eligible recipient supported as of December 31 of the previous year, the allowance is not paid from November of that year to October of the following year.
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### 第十条
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-10</sup>

**第一項**  父又は母に対する手当は、その父若しくは母の配偶者の前年の所得又はその父若しくは母の民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第八百七十七条第一項に定める扶養義務者でその父若しくは母と生計を同じくするものの前年の所得が、その者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以上であるときは、その年の十一月から翌年の十月までは、支給しない。
<sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-10/par-1</sup>
If the previous year's income of the spouse of a father or mother, or the previous year's income of a person under a duty of support prescribed in Article 877, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896) who shares a livelihood with that father or mother, is the amount specified by Cabinet Order or more, according to the presence and number of that person's dependents and similar persons, the allowance for that father or mother is not paid from November of that year to October of the following year.
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### 第十一条
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-11</sup>

**第一項**  養育者に対する手当は、その養育者の配偶者の前年の所得又はその養育者の民法第八百七十七条第一項に定める扶養義務者でその養育者の生計を維持するものの前年の所得が、その者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、前条に規定する政令で定める額以上であるときは、その年の十一月から翌年の十月までは、支給しない。
<sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-11/par-1</sup>
If the previous year's income of the spouse of a person raising the child, or the previous year's income of a person under a duty of support prescribed in Article 877, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code who supports that person raising the child, is the amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in the preceding Article or more, according to the presence and number of that person's dependents and similar persons, the allowance for that person raising the child is not paid from November of that year to October of the following year.
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### 第十二条
<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12</sup>

**第一項**  震災、風水害、火災その他これらに類する災害により、自己又は所得税法に規定する同一生計配偶者若しくは扶養親族の所有に係る住宅、家財又は政令で定めるその他の財産につき被害金額（保険金、損害賠償金等により補充された金額を除く。）がその価格のおおむね二分の一以上である損害を受けた者（以下「被災者」という。）がある場合においては、その損害を受けた月から翌年の十月までの手当については、その損害を受けた年の前年又は前々年における当該被災者の所得に関しては、第九条から前条までの規定を適用しない。
<sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-1</sup>
Where there is a person who has suffered damage, due to an earthquake, windstorm or flood, fire or other similar disaster, in which the amount of damage (excluding amounts made up by insurance money, compensation for damages, etc.) to a residence, household goods or other property specified by Cabinet Order owned by that person, or by the spouse in the same household or a dependent of that person prescribed in the Income Tax Act, is approximately one-half or more of its value (hereinafter referred to as a "disaster victim"), the provisions of Article 9 through the preceding Article do not apply, with respect to the allowance for the period from the month in which the damage was suffered to October of the following year, to the income of that disaster victim in the year preceding the year in which the damage was suffered or in the year before that.
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**第二項**  前項の規定の適用により同項に規定する期間に係る手当が支給された場合において、次の各号に該当するときは、その支給を受けた者は、政令の定めるところにより、それぞれ当該各号に規定する手当で同項に規定する期間に係るものに相当する金額の全部又は一部を都道府県、市（特別区を含む。）又は福祉事務所を設置する町村（以下「都道府県等」という。）に返還しなければならない。
<sup>art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2</sup>
Where the allowance for the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph has been paid through the application of that paragraph, and any of the following items applies, the person who received that payment must, as provided by Cabinet Order, return to a prefecture, a city (including a special ward) or a town or village that has established a welfare office (hereinafter referred to as a "prefecture, etc.") all or part of an amount equivalent to the allowance prescribed in the respective item for the period prescribed in that paragraph.
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  **一**  当該被災者（第九条第一項に規定する養育者を除く。以下この号において同じ。）の当該損害を受けた年の所得が、当該被災者の扶養親族等及び当該被災者の扶養親族等でない児童で当該被災者がその年の十二月三十一日において生計を維持したものの有無及び数に応じて、第九条第一項に規定する政令で定める額以上であること。　当該被災者に支給された手当
  <sup>art-12/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2/item-1</sup>
  When the income of that disaster victim (excluding a person raising the child prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this item) in the year in which the damage was suffered is the amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) or more, according to the presence and number of dependents and similar persons of that disaster victim and of children who are not dependents and similar persons of that disaster victim but whom that disaster victim supported as of December 31 of that year: the allowance paid to that disaster victim;
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  **二**  当該被災者（第九条第一項に規定する養育者に限る。以下この号において同じ。）の当該損害を受けた年の所得が、当該被災者の扶養親族等及び当該被災者の扶養親族等でない児童で当該被災者がその年の十二月三十一日において生計を維持したものの有無及び数に応じて、第九条の二に規定する政令で定める額以上であること。　当該被災者に支給された手当
  <sup>art-12/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2/item-2</sup>
  When the income of that disaster victim (limited to a person raising the child prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this item) in the year in which the damage was suffered is the amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 9-2 or more, according to the presence and number of dependents and similar persons of that disaster victim and of children who are not dependents and similar persons of that disaster victim but whom that disaster victim supported as of December 31 of that year: the allowance paid to that disaster victim;
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  **三**  当該被災者の当該損害を受けた年の所得が、当該被災者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、第十条に規定する政令で定める額以上であること。　当該被災者を配偶者又は扶養義務者とする者に支給された手当
  <sup>art-12/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2/item-3</sup>
  When the income of that disaster victim in the year in which the damage was suffered is the amount specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 10 or more, according to the presence and number of dependents and similar persons of that disaster victim: the allowance paid to a person whose spouse or person under a duty of support is that disaster victim.
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### 第十三条
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13</sup>

**第一項**  第九条から第十一条まで及び前条第二項各号に規定する所得の範囲及びその額の計算方法は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13/par-1</sup>
The scope of the income prescribed in Articles 9 through 11 and in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and the method of calculating its amount, are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第十三条の二
<sup>art-13-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2</sup>

**第一項**  手当は、母又は養育者に対する手当にあつては児童が第一号、第二号又は第四号のいずれかに該当するとき、父に対する手当にあつては児童が第一号、第三号又は第四号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該児童については、政令で定めるところにより、その全部又は一部を支給しない。
<sup>art-13-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1</sup>
The allowance is not paid, in whole or in part, for a child, as provided by Cabinet Order, where, in the case of the allowance for a mother or person raising the child, the child falls under item (i), (ii) or (iv), or, in the case of the allowance for a father, the child falls under item (i), (iii) or (iv).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  父又は母の死亡について支給される公的年金給付を受けることができるとき。ただし、その全額につきその支給が停止されているときを除く。
  <sup>art-13-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  When a public pension benefit paid on the death of the father or mother can be received; provided, however, that this does not apply when payment of the whole amount has been suspended;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  父に支給される公的年金給付の額の加算の対象となつているとき。
  <sup>art-13-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  When the child is the subject of an addition to the amount of a public pension benefit paid to the father;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  母に支給される公的年金給付の額の加算の対象となつているとき。
  <sup>art-13-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  When the child is the subject of an addition to the amount of a public pension benefit paid to the mother;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  父又は母の死亡について労働基準法（昭和二十二年法律第四十九号）の規定による遺族補償その他政令で定める法令によるこれに相当する給付（以下この条において「遺族補償等」という。）を受けることができる場合であつて、当該遺族補償等の給付事由が発生した日から六年を経過していないとき。
  <sup>art-13-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
  When, on the death of the father or mother, survivors' compensation under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947) or an equivalent benefit under other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "survivors' compensation, etc." in this Article) can be received, and six years have not passed since the day on which the grounds for payment of that survivors' compensation, etc. arose.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  手当は、受給資格者が次に掲げる場合のいずれかに該当するときは、政令で定めるところにより、その全部又は一部を支給しない。
<sup>art-13-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-2</sup>
The allowance is not paid, in whole or in part, as provided by Cabinet Order, where an eligible recipient falls under any of the following cases.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  国民年金法の規定に基づく障害基礎年金その他障害を支給事由とする政令で定める給付（次項において「障害基礎年金等」という。）及び国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第三十四号）附則第三十二条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によるものとされた同法第一条による改正前の国民年金法に基づく老齢福祉年金以外の公的年金給付を受けることができるとき。ただし、その全額につきその支給が停止されているときを除く。
  <sup>art-13-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
  When the eligible recipient can receive a public pension benefit other than a disability basic pension under the provisions of the National Pension Act or any other benefit specified by Cabinet Order whose grounds for payment are disability (referred to as "disability basic pension, etc." in the following paragraph), and other than an old-age welfare pension under the National Pension Act prior to its amendment by Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985), as to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; provided, however, that this does not apply when payment of the whole amount has been suspended;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  遺族補償等（父又は母の死亡について支給されるものに限る。）を受けることができる場合であつて、当該遺族補償等の給付事由が発生した日から六年を経過していないとき。
  <sup>art-13-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
  When survivors' compensation, etc. (limited to that paid on the death of the father or mother) can be received, and six years have not passed since the day on which the grounds for payment of that survivors' compensation, etc. arose.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  手当は、受給資格者が障害基礎年金等の給付を受けることができるとき（その全額につきその支給が停止されているときを除く。）は、政令で定めるところにより、当該障害基礎年金等の給付（子を有する者に係る加算に係る部分に限る。）の額に相当する額を支給しない。
<sup>art-13-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-3</sup>
When an eligible recipient can receive a disability basic pension, etc. (excluding the case where payment of the whole amount has been suspended), the allowance is not paid, as provided by Cabinet Order, in an amount equivalent to the amount of that disability basic pension, etc. (limited to the part relating to the addition for a person having a child).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  第一項各号列記以外の部分及び前項の政令を定めるに当たつては、監護等児童が二人以上である受給資格者に支給される手当の額が監護等児童が一人である受給資格者に支給される手当の額を下回ることのないようにするものとする。
<sup>art-13-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-4</sup>
In specifying the Cabinet Order referred to in the part of paragraph (1) other than the items and in the preceding paragraph, care is to be taken so that the amount of the allowance paid to an eligible recipient with two or more children in custody, etc. does not fall below the amount of the allowance paid to an eligible recipient with one child in custody, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十三条の三
<sup>art-13-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-3</sup>

**第一項**  受給資格者（養育者を除く。以下この条において同じ。）に対する手当は、支給開始月の初日から起算して五年又は手当の支給要件に該当するに至つた日の属する月の初日から起算して七年を経過したとき（第六条第一項の規定による認定の請求をした日において三歳未満の児童を監護する受給資格者にあつては、当該児童が三歳に達した日の属する月の翌月の初日から起算して五年を経過したとき）は、政令で定めるところにより、その一部を支給しない。ただし、当該支給しない額は、その経過した日の属する月の翌月に当該受給資格者に支払うべき手当の額の二分の一に相当する額を超えることができない。
<sup>art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-3/par-1</sup>
Payment of the allowance to an eligible recipient (excluding a person raising the child; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is partly withheld, as provided by Cabinet Order, when five years have elapsed from the first day of the first month of payment, or seven years have elapsed from the first day of the month containing the day on which the requirements for payment of the allowance came to be met (or, in the case of an eligible recipient who had in custody a child under three years of age on the day of making a claim for certification under Article 6, paragraph (1), when five years have elapsed from the first day of the month following the month containing the day on which that child reached the age of three); provided, however, that the amount so withheld may not exceed an amount equivalent to one-half of the amount of the allowance to be paid to that eligible recipient in the month following the month containing the day on which that period elapsed.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  受給資格者が、前項に規定する期間を経過した後において、身体上の障害がある場合その他の政令で定める事由に該当する場合には、当該受給資格者については、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その該当している期間は、同項の規定を適用しない。
<sup>art-13-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-3/par-2</sup>
If an eligible recipient, after the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph has elapsed, has a physical disability or otherwise falls under grounds specified by Cabinet Order, the preceding paragraph does not apply to that eligible recipient during the period in which the recipient falls under such grounds, as provided by Cabinet Office Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十四条
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14</sup>

**第一項**  手当は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、その額の全部又は一部を支給しないことができる。
<sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14/par-1</sup>
In any of the following cases, all or part of the amount of the allowance may be withheld:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  受給資格者が、正当な理由がなくて、第二十九条第一項の規定による命令に従わず、又は同項の規定による当該職員の質問に応じなかつたとき。
  <sup>art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14/par-1/item-1</sup>
  when an eligible recipient, without a justifiable reason, fails to comply with an order under Article 29, paragraph (1), or fails to respond to questioning by the official concerned under that paragraph;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  受給資格者が、正当な理由がなくて、第二十九条第二項の規定による命令に従わず、又は同項の規定による当該職員の診断を拒んだとき。
  <sup>art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14/par-1/item-2</sup>
  when an eligible recipient, without a justifiable reason, fails to comply with an order under Article 29, paragraph (2), or refuses a diagnosis by the official concerned under that paragraph;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  受給資格者が、当該児童の監護又は養育を著しく怠つているとき。
  <sup>art-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14/par-1/item-3</sup>
  when an eligible recipient is grossly neglecting the custody or raising of the child;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  受給資格者（養育者を除く。）が、正当な理由がなくて、求職活動その他内閣府令で定める自立を図るための活動をしなかつたとき。
  <sup>art-14/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14/par-1/item-4</sup>
  when an eligible recipient (excluding a person raising the child), without a justifiable reason, has not engaged in job-seeking activities or other activities for achieving self-reliance specified by Cabinet Office Order; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  受給資格者が、第六条第一項の規定による認定の請求又は第二十八条第一項の規定による届出に関し、虚偽の申請又は届出をしたとき。
  <sup>art-14/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-14/par-1/item-5</sup>
  when an eligible recipient has made a false application or notification in connection with a claim for certification under Article 6, paragraph (1), or a notification under Article 28, paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十五条
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-15</sup>

**第一項**  手当の支給を受けている者が、正当な理由がなくて、第二十八条第一項の規定による届出をせず、又は書類その他の物件を提出しないときは、手当の支払を一時差しとめることができる。
<sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-15/par-1</sup>
If a person receiving payment of the allowance, without a justifiable reason, fails to make a notification under Article 28, paragraph (1), or fails to submit documents or other materials, payment of the allowance may be temporarily suspended.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十六条（未支払の手当） — Unpaid Allowance
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-16</sup>

**第一項**  手当の受給資格者が死亡した場合において、その死亡した者に支払うべき手当で、まだその者に支払つていなかつたものがあるときは、その者の監護等児童であつた者にその未支払の手当を支払うことができる。
<sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-16/par-1</sup>
If an eligible recipient of the allowance dies and there is any allowance that was to be paid to the deceased person but had not yet been paid to that person, the unpaid allowance may be paid to a person who was a child in custody, etc. of the deceased person.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-4/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 前号 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1
- art-4/par-1/item-3: 第一号 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1
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- art-4/par-4: 第六条 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6
- art-4/par-4: この項 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第四項 (Article 4, paragraph (4)), art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-4
- art-4/par-5: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第四項 (Article 4, paragraph (4)), art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-4
- art-5/par-2: 第四条 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4
- art-5/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5/par-1
- art-5/par-2: 次条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-1
- art-5/par-2: 第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条の二第二項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (2)), art-5-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-2
- art-5-2/par-1: この項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-1
- art-5-2/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-1
- art-5-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5/par-2
- art-5-2/par-3: 前二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-1
- art-5-2/par-3: 前二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条の二第二項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (2)), art-5-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5-2/par-2
- art-6/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6/par-1
- art-7/par-1: 前条 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6
- art-7/par-1: 第十三条の三第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三第一項 (Article 13-3, paragraph (1)), art-13-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-3/par-1
- art-7/par-2: 前条 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6
- art-7/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-7/par-1
- art-8/par-2: 前条第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-7/par-2
- art-8/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-8/par-1
- art-9/par-1: 第四条第一項第一号 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1
- art-9/par-1: 同項第二号 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2
- art-9/par-1: この項 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-1
- art-9/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-1
- art-9-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-1
- art-9-2/par-1: この条 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条の二 (Article 9-2), art-9-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9-2
- art-10/par-1: 民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第八百七十七条第一項 → 民法 第八百七十七条第一項 (Article 877, paragraph (1)), art-877/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-877/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-877/par-1
- art-11/par-1: 民法第八百七十七条第一項 → 民法 第八百七十七条第一項 (Article 877, paragraph (1)), art-877/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-877/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-877/par-1
- art-11/par-1: 前条 → 児童扶養手当法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-10
- art-12/par-1: 第九条から前条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-10
- art-12/par-1: 第九条から前条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-11
- art-12/par-1: 第九条から前条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9
- art-12/par-1: 第九条から前条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第九条の二 (Article 9-2), art-9-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9-2
- art-12/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-1
- art-12/par-2/item-1: 第九条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-1
- art-12/par-2/item-1: この号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十二条第二項第一号 (Article 12, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-12/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2/item-1
- art-12/par-2/item-2: 第九条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9/par-1
- art-12/par-2/item-2: この号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十二条第二項第二号 (Article 12, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-12/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2/item-2
- art-12/par-2/item-2: 第九条の二 → 児童扶養手当法 第九条の二 (Article 9-2), art-9-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9-2
- art-12/par-2/item-3: 第十条 → 児童扶養手当法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-10
- art-13/par-1: 第九条から第十一条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-10
- art-13/par-1: 第九条から第十一条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-11
- art-13/par-1: 第九条から第十一条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9
- art-13/par-1: 第九条から第十一条まで → 児童扶養手当法 第九条の二 (Article 9-2), art-9-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-9-2
- art-13/par-1: 前条第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-12/par-2
- art-13-2/par-1: 第一号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第一項第一号 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-13-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-1
- art-13-2/par-1: 第二号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第一項第二号 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-13-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-2
- art-13-2/par-1: 第四号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第一項第四号 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-13-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-4
- art-13-2/par-1: 第三号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第一項第三号 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-13-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1/item-3
- art-13-2/par-1/item-4: この条 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二 (Article 13-2), art-13-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2
- art-13-2/par-2/item-1: 次項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第三項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (3)), art-13-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-3
- art-13-2/par-4: 第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-1
- art-13-2/par-4: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の二第三項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (3)), art-13-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-2/par-3
- art-13-3/par-1: この条 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三 (Article 13-3), art-13-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-3
- art-13-3/par-1: 第六条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6/par-1
- art-13-3/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三第一項 (Article 13-3, paragraph (1)), art-13-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-9#art-13-3/par-1
- art-14/par-1/item-1: 第二十九条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-4#art-29/par-1
- art-14/par-1/item-2: 第二十九条第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-4#art-29/par-2
- art-14/par-1/item-5: 第六条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6/par-1
- art-14/par-1/item-5: 第二十八条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-4#art-28/par-1
- art-15/par-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-4#art-28/par-1

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