# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

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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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（検討） — address `suppl-4221-40/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第五条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4221-40/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4221-40/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4221-40/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後三年を目途として、この法律の施行の状況、父又は母と生計を同じくしていない児童が育成される家庭における父又は母の就業状況及び当該家庭の経済的な状況等を勘案し、当該家庭の生活の安定及び自立の促進並びに児童の福祉の増進を図る観点から、児童扶養手当制度を含め、当該家庭に対する支援施策の在り方について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4221-40/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4221-40/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4221-40/art-5/par-1</sup>
The government is to, with three years after this Act comes into effect as a target, take into consideration the state of enforcement of this Act, the employment status of the father or mother in a household in which a child who does not share a livelihood with the father or mother is raised, the economic conditions of that household, and other circumstances, review measures to support that household, including the Child Rearing Allowance system, from the viewpoint of promoting stability of life and independence of that household and advancing the welfare of children, and take necessary measures based on the results.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261104T155257-011, translated 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-rearing-allowance-act-20261104T155257-012, 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
