# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（検討） — address `suppl-4201-85/art-2`
- 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-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-2
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4201-85/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後の児童福祉法等の規定について、その施行の状況等を勘案しつつ検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、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-4201-85/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4201-85/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4201-85/art-2/par-1</sup>
At around the time five years have passed since the enforcement of this Act, the government is to review the provisions of the Child Welfare Act, etc. as revised by this Act, taking into consideration the status of their enforcement, etc., and, if it finds it necessary, take necessary measures based on the results of the review.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, 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