# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

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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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4261-28/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4261-28/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十七年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2015; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
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  **一**  第一条中次世代育成支援対策推進法附則第二条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第四条第一項及び第二項、第十四条並びに第十九条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provision in Article 1 revising Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, and the provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 14 and Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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  **二**  略
  <sup>suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Omitted;
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  **三**  第三条並びに附則第四条第三項及び第四項、第五条、第六条、第十一条並びに第十三条の規定　平成二十六年十二月一日
  <sup>suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 3, and Article 4, paragraphs (3) and (4), and Articles 5, 6, 11 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: December 1, 2014.
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## Cites
- suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第四条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-1
- suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-2
- suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十九条 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4261-28/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-19
- suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第四条第三項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-3
- suppl-4261-28/art-1/par-1/item-3: 第四項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第四条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (4)), suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-4

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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-20261104T155257-012, 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
