# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（児童扶養手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-3491-89/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第三条（児童扶養手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Revision of the Child Rearing Allowance Act
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<sup>suppl-3491-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-3491-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-3491-89/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  昭和四十九年八月以前の月分の児童扶養手当の額については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to the amount of Child Rearing Allowance for the months on or before August 1974, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律による児童扶養手当法の改正により新たに同法第三条第一項に規定する児童とされた者を昭和四十九年九月一日において現に監護し又は養育している者が、同月中にした同法第六条第一項又は第八条第一項の認定の請求についてその認定を受けたときは、その者に対する児童扶養手当の支給又はその額の改定は、同法第七条第一項又は第八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、同月から行う。
<sup>suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2</sup>
If a person who is actually caring for or raising, as of September 1, 1974, a person newly made a child prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Child Rearing Allowance Act by the amendment of that Act by this Act receives certification on a claim for certification under Article 6, paragraph (1) or Article 8, paragraph (1) of that Act made during that month, payment of Child Rearing Allowance to that person or the revision of its amount is to be made from that month, notwithstanding Article 7, paragraph (1) or Article 8, paragraph (1) of that Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2: 同法第三条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-3/par-1
- suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2: 同法第六条第一項 → 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/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-6/par-1
- suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2: 第八条第一項 → 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/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-8/par-1
- suppl-3491-89/art-3/par-2: 同法第七条第一項 → 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/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-7/par-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-20261104T155257-007, translated 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-rearing-allowance-act-20261104T155257-008, 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-20261104T155257-008, 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
