# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第二条 (Article 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: 第二条 (Article 2)（児童扶養手当の趣旨） — address `art-2`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第二条（児童扶養手当の趣旨） — Purpose of Child Rearing Allowance
caption: machine translation, not official
art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-2
**第一項** 児童扶養手当は、児童の心身の健やかな成長に寄与することを趣旨として支給されるものであつて、その支給を受けた者は、これをその趣旨に従つて用いなければならない。
art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-2/par-1
Child Rearing Allowance is paid for the purpose of contributing to the sound mental and physical growth of children, and a person who receives it must use it in accordance with that purpose.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 児童扶養手当の支給を受けた父又は母は、自ら進んでその自立を図り、家庭の生活の安定と向上に努めなければならない。
art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-2/par-2
A father or mother who receives payment of Child Rearing Allowance must voluntarily strive for self-reliance and endeavor to stabilize and improve the life of the household.
machine translation, not official
**第三項** 児童扶養手当の支給は、婚姻を解消した父母等が児童に対して履行すべき扶養義務の程度又は内容を変更するものではない。
art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-2/par-3
Payment of Child Rearing Allowance does not alter the degree or content of the duty of support that parents, etc. who have dissolved their marriage are to perform toward their children.
machine translation, not official
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 児童扶養手当法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000238/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-04
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 児童扶養手当法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/788), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-rearing-allowance-act-20261104T155257-001, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 児童扶養手当法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-04