# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- Law: 次世代育成支援対策推進法 (Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children), 平成十五年法律第百二十号
- English title "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children": Ministry of Justice translation
- 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-4201-85/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4201-85/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十一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-4201-85/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2009; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  附則第三条及び第九条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 3 and 9 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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  **二**  第三条中次世代育成支援対策推進法第四条、第七条から第九条まで及び第二十二条の改正規定　公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Article 3 that amend Article 4, Articles 7 through 9, and Article 22 of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation;
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  **三**  第二条の規定及び第四条中次世代育成支援対策推進法第七条から第九条までの改正規定並びに附則第五条及び第十七条の規定　平成二十二年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the provisions of Article 2, the provisions of Article 4 that amend Articles 7 through 9 of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, and the provisions of Articles 5 and 17 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2010;
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  **四**  第四条中次世代育成支援対策推進法第十二条及び第十六条の改正規定並びに附則第八条の規定　平成二十三年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the provisions of Article 4 that amend Articles 12 and 16 of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2011.
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## Cites
- suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第九条 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4201-85/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-9
- suppl-4201-85/art-1/par-1/item-4: 附則第八条 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4201-85/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-8

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第八条第一項（一般事業主行動計画の届出に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-8/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch next-generation-support-act-20261019T013908-001, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 201 — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19