# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第十一章 (Chapter 11) - Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号 - English title "Public Assistance Act": 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: 第十一章 (Chapter 11) — address `ch-11` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2029-06-23 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000046) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/ch-11 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第十一章　不服申立て — Chapter XI Appeals heading: machine translation, not official ch-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11 ### 第六十四条（審査庁） — (Examining Agency) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-64 **第一項** 第十九条第四項の規定により市町村長が保護の決定及び実施に関する事務の全部又は一部をその管理に属する行政庁に委任した場合における当該事務に関する処分並びに第五十五条の四第二項（第五十五条の五第二項において準用する場合を含む。第六十六条第一項において同じ。）の規定により市町村長が就労自立給付金又は進学・就職準備給付金の支給に関する事務の全部又は一部をその管理に属する行政庁に委任した場合における当該事務に関する処分についての審査請求は、都道府県知事に対してするものとする。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-64/par-1 In the case where a municipal mayor has delegated all or a part of the affairs concerning decisions on and the implementation of public assistance to an administrative agency under his/her management pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (4), a request for review of any disposition concerning said affairs, and in the case where a municipal mayor has delegated all or a part of the affairs concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support or the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit to an administrative agency under his/her management pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-4, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55-5, paragraph (2); the same applies in Article 66, paragraph (1)), a request for review of any disposition concerning those affairs, shall be filed with the prefectural governor. machine translation, not official ### 第六十五条（裁決をすべき期間） — (Period for Determination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、保護の決定及び実施に関する処分又は就労自立給付金若しくは進学・就職準備給付金の支給に関する処分についての審査請求がされたときは、当該審査請求がされた日（行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じた場合にあつては、当該不備が補正された日）から次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内に、当該審査請求に対する裁決をしなければならない。 art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-1 When a request for review has been made of a disposition concerning a decision on and the implementation of public assistance, or of a disposition concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support or the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor must make a determination on that request for review within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items, counted from the day on which that request for review was made (in the case where an order to correct a defect has been issued under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014), the day on which the defect was corrected). machine translation, not official **一** 行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項の規定による諮問をする場合　七十日 art-65/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-1/item-1 In the case where consultation is made under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act: 70 days machine translation, not official **二** 前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　五十日 art-65/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-1/item-2 In cases other than the case set out in the preceding item: 50 days machine translation, not official **第二項** 審査請求人は、審査請求をした日（行政不服審査法第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じられた場合にあつては、当該不備を補正した日。第一号において同じ。）から次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内に裁決がないときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事が当該審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。 art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-2 If no determination has been made within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items, counted from the day of making the request for review (in the case where the person was ordered to correct a defect under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act, the day on which the defect was corrected; the same applies in item (i)), the person who made the request for review may deem the request for review to have been dismissed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor. machine translation, not official **一** 当該審査請求をした日から五十日以内に行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項の規定により通知を受けた場合　七十日 art-65/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-2/item-1 In the case where notice has been received under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act within 50 days from the day on which the request for review was made: 70 days machine translation, not official **二** 前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　五十日 art-65/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-2/item-2 In cases other than the case set out in the preceding item: 50 days machine translation, not official ### 第六十六条（再審査請求） — (Request for Re-examination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-66 **第一項** 市町村長がした保護の決定及び実施に関する処分若しくは第十九条第四項の規定による委任に基づいて行政庁がした処分に係る審査請求についての都道府県知事の裁決又は市町村長がした就労自立給付金若しくは進学・就職準備給付金の支給に関する処分若しくは第五十五条の四第二項の規定による委任に基づいて行政庁がした処分に係る審査請求についての都道府県知事の裁決に不服がある者は、厚生労働大臣に対して再審査請求をすることができる。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-66/par-1 A person who is dissatisfied with a determination by the prefectural governor on a request for review of a disposition concerning a decision on and the implementation of public assistance that has been given by a municipal mayor or of a disposition given by an administrative agency based on the delegation under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (4), or with a determination by the prefectural governor on a request for review of a disposition concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support or the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit that has been given by a municipal mayor or of a disposition given by an administrative agency based on the delegation under the provisions of Article 55-4, paragraph (2), may file a request for re-examination with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条第一項（各号を除く。）の規定は、再審査請求の裁決について準用する。この場合において、同項中「当該審査請求」とあるのは「当該再審査請求」と、「第二十三条」とあるのは「第六十六条第一項において読み替えて準用する同法第二十三条」と、「次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内」とあるのは「七十日以内」と読み替えるものとする。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-66/par-2 The provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (excluding the items) apply mutatis mutandis to a determination on a request for re-examination. In this case, the phrase "that request for review" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that request for re-examination", "Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014)" with "Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 66, paragraph (1) of that Act", and "within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items" with "within 70 days". machine translation, not official ### 第六十七条から第六十八条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-67-to-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-67-to-68 **第一項** 削除 art-67-to-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-67-to-68/par-1 no English for this paragraph ### 第六十九条（審査請求と訴訟との関係） — (Relationship Between Request for Examination and Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-69 **第一項** この法律の規定に基づき保護の実施機関又は支給機関がした処分の取消しの訴えは、当該処分についての審査請求に対する裁決を経た後でなければ、提起することができない。 art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-69/par-1 An action for rescission of a disposition given by a public assistance administrator or paying authority based on the provisions of this Act may not be filed until after a determination has been made on a request for review of said disposition. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-64/par-1: 第十九条第四項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-4/from-art-19#art-19/par-4 - art-64/par-1: 第五十五条の四第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第二項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (2)), art-55-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-2 - art-64/par-1: 第五十五条の五第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の五第二項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (2)), art-55-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-8#art-55-5/par-2 - art-64/par-1: 第六十六条第一項 → 生活保護法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-66/par-1 - art-65/par-1: 行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23 - art-65/par-1/item-1: 行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-1 - art-65/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第一項第一号 (Article 65, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-65/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-1/item-1 - art-65/par-2: 行政不服審査法第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23 - art-65/par-2: 第一号 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第二項第一号 (Article 65, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-65/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-2/item-1 - art-65/par-2/item-1: 行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-3 - art-65/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第二項第一号 (Article 65, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-65/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-2/item-1 - art-66/par-1: 第十九条第四項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-4/from-art-19#art-19/par-4 - art-66/par-1: 第五十五条の四第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第二項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (2)), art-55-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-2 - art-66/par-2: 前条第一項 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第一項 (Article 65, paragraph (1)), art-65/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-65/par-1 - art-66/par-2: 第二十三条 → 生活保護法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-4/from-art-19#art-23 - art-66/par-2: 第六十六条第一項 → 生活保護法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-11#art-66/par-1 - art-66/par-2: 同法第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23 --- ## Sources - 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