# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第三章 (Chapter 3)

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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
- 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: 第三章 (Chapter 3) — address `ch-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/ch-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/ch-3
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## 第三章　不服申立て — Chapter III Appeals
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<sup>ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/ch-3</sup>

### 第十七条（審査請求） — Request for Review
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<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事のした手当の支給に関する処分に不服がある者は、都道府県知事に審査請求をすることができる。
<sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-17/par-1</sup>
A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition made by a prefectural governor concerning payment of the allowance may file a request for review with the prefectural governor.
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### 第十七条の二（審査庁） — Examining Agency
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<sup>art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-17-2</sup>

**第一項**  第三十三条第二項の規定により市長又は福祉事務所を管理する町村長が手当の支給に関する事務の全部又は一部をその管理に属する行政機関の長に委任した場合における当該事務に関する処分についての審査請求は、都道府県知事に対してするものとする。
<sup>art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-17-2/par-1</sup>
Where the mayor of a city, or the head of a town or village that administers a welfare office, has delegated all or part of the administrative work concerning payment of the allowance to the head of an administrative organ under that person's control pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (2), a request for review of a disposition concerning that work is to be made to the prefectural governor.
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### 第十八条（裁決をすべき期間） — Period for Determination
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<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事は、手当の支給に関する処分についての審査請求がされたときは、当該審査請求がされた日（行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じた場合にあつては、当該不備が補正された日）から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期間内に、当該審査請求に対する裁決をしなければならない。
<sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-1</sup>
When a request for review of a disposition concerning payment of the allowance is made, the prefectural governor must make a determination on the request for review within the period specified in each of the following items for the case classified as set out in that item, counted from the day on which the request for review was made (or, where an order to correct a defect has been issued under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014), the day on which the defect was corrected):
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  **一**  行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項の規定による諮問をする場合　八十日
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-1/item-1</sup>
  in the case of a consultation under Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act: 80 days;
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  **二**  前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　六十日
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-1/item-2</sup>
  in a case other than that set out in the preceding item: 60 days.
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**第二項**  審査請求人は、審査請求をした日（行政不服審査法第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じられた場合にあつては、当該不備を補正した日。第一号において同じ。）から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期間内に裁決がないときは、都道府県知事が当該審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。
<sup>art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-2</sup>
If no determination has been made on a request for review within the period specified in each of the following items for the case classified as set out in that item, counted from the day on which the request for review was made (or, where the requestor for review has been ordered to correct a defect under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act, the day on which the requestor for review corrected the defect; the same applies in item (i)), the requestor for review may deem that the prefectural governor has rejected the request for review:
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  **一**  当該審査請求をした日から六十日以内に行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項の規定により通知を受けた場合　八十日
  <sup>art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-2/item-1</sup>
  in a case where notice has been received under Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act within 60 days from the day on which the request for review was made: 80 days;
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  **二**  前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　六十日
  <sup>art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-2/item-2</sup>
  in a case other than that set out in the preceding item: 60 days.
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### 第十九条（時効の完成猶予及び更新） — Suspension of Completion and Renewal of Prescription
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<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  手当の支給に関する処分についての不服申立ては、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、裁判上の請求とみなす。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-19/par-1</sup>
An appeal against a disposition concerning payment of the allowance is deemed to be a judicial claim with regard to the suspension of completion and renewal of prescription.
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### 第二十条（再審査請求） — Requests for Re-Examination
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<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-20</sup>

**第一項**  手当の支給に関する処分に係る審査請求についての都道府県知事の裁決に不服がある者は、内閣総理大臣に対して再審査請求をすることができる。
<sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-20/par-1</sup>
A person who is dissatisfied with a determination of a prefectural governor on a request for review of a disposition concerning payment of the allowance may file a request for re-examination with the Prime Minister.
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## Cites
- art-17-2/par-1: 第三十三条第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-33/par-2
- art-18/par-1: 行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23
- art-18/par-1/item-1: 行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-1
- art-18/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十八条第一項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-18/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-1/item-1
- art-18/par-2: 行政不服審査法第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23
- art-18/par-2: 第一号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十八条第二項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-2/item-1
- art-18/par-2/item-1: 行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-3
- art-18/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 児童扶養手当法 第十八条第二項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-18/par-2/item-1

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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-20261104T155257-004, translated 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch child-rearing-allowance-act-20261104T155257-004, 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