# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第八章 (Chapter 8) - 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: 第八章 (Chapter 8) — address `ch-8` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2029-06-24 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 24 June 2029 — the amending law allows up to three years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20290624_508AC0000000051) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/ch-8 - 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. --- ## 第八章　就労自立給付金及び進学・就職準備給付金 — Chapter VIII Benefit for Employment and Self-Support and School Enrollment and Job-search Preparation Benefit heading: machine translation, not official ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8 ### 第五十五条の四（就労自立給付金の支給） — Payment of Benefit for Employment and Self-Support caption: machine translation, not official art-55-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4 **第一項** 都道府県知事、市長及び福祉事務所を管理する町村長は、被保護者の自立の助長を図るため、その管理に属する福祉事務所の所管区域内に居住地を有する（居住地がないか、又は明らかでないときは、当該所管区域内にある）被保護者であつて、厚生労働省令で定める安定した職業に就いたことその他厚生労働省令で定める事由により保護を必要としなくなつたと認めたものに対して、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、就労自立給付金を支給する。 art-55-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-1 A prefectural governor, a mayor and the mayor of a town or village that administers a welfare office shall, in order to promote the self-support of public assistance recipients, pay, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a benefit for employment and self-support to a public assistance recipient who has a place of residence within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under their management (or, where there is no place of residence or it is unclear, who is within that jurisdictional district) and who has been found to no longer require public assistance by reason of having taken up stable employment specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or on any other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により就労自立給付金を支給する者は、就労自立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限り、委任することができる。 art-55-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-2 A person who pays the benefit for employment and self-support pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may delegate all or part of the affairs concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support only to an administrative agency under his/her management. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定により就労自立給付金を支給する者は、就労自立給付金の支給に関する事務の一部を、政令で定めるところにより、他の就労自立給付金を支給する者に委託して行うことを妨げない。 art-55-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-3 A person who pays the benefit for employment and self-support pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not precluded from entrusting part of the affairs concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support to another person who pays the benefit for employment and self-support, as provided by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official ### 第五十五条の五（進学・就職準備給付金の支給） — Payment of School Enrollment and Job-search Preparation Benefit caption: machine translation, not official art-55-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-5 **第一項** 都道府県知事、市長及び福祉事務所を管理する町村長は、その管理に属する福祉事務所の所管区域内に居住地を有する（居住地がないか、又は明らかでないときは当該所管区域内にある）被保護者（十八歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にある者その他厚生労働省令で定める者に限る。）であつて、次の各号のいずれかに該当するものに対して、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、進学・就職準備給付金を支給する。 art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-5/par-1 A prefectural governor, a mayor and the mayor of a town or village that administers a welfare office shall pay, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit to a public assistance recipient who has a place of residence within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under their management (or, where there is no place of residence or it is unclear, who is within that jurisdictional district) (limited to a person who is within the period up to the first March 31 on or after the day on which the person reaches the age of 18, and any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) and who falls under any of the following items: machine translation, not official **一** 教育訓練施設のうち教育訓練の内容その他の事情を勘案して厚生労働省令で定めるもの（次条において「特定教育訓練施設」という。）に確実に入学すると見込まれる者 art-55-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-5/par-1/item-1 a person who is expected to definitely enter an educational and training facility specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in consideration of the content of education and training and other circumstances, from among educational and training facilities (referred to as a "specified educational and training facility" in the following Article); machine translation, not official **二** 厚生労働省令で定める安定した職業に確実に就くと見込まれる者その他これに準ずる者として厚生労働省令で定める者 art-55-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-5/par-1/item-2 a person who is expected to definitely take up stable employment specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being equivalent thereto. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条第二項及び第三項の規定は、進学・就職準備給付金の支給について準用する。 art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-5/par-2 The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit. machine translation, not official ### 第五十五条の六（報告） — Reports caption: machine translation, not official art-55-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-6 **第一項** 第五十五条の四第一項の規定により就労自立給付金を支給する者又は前条第一項の規定により進学・就職準備給付金を支給する者（第六十九条において「支給機関」という。）は、就労自立給付金若しくは進学・就職準備給付金の支給又は第七十八条第三項の規定の施行のために必要があると認めるときは、被保護者若しくは被保護者であつた者又はこれらの者に係る雇主（被保護者を雇用しようとする者を含む。）若しくは特定教育訓練施設の長その他の関係人に、報告を求めることができる。 art-55-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-6/par-1 A person who pays the benefit for employment and self-support pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-4, paragraph (1) or a person who pays the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as a "paying authority" in Article 69) may, when finding it necessary for the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support or the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit or for the enforcement of the provisions of Article 78, paragraph (3), request a report from a public assistance recipient or a person who was a public assistance recipient, or from the employer pertaining to those persons (including a person who intends to employ a public assistance recipient), the head of a specified educational and training facility, or any other person concerned. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-4/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第一項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (1)), art-55-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-1 - art-55-4/par-3: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第一項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (1)), art-55-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-1 - art-55-5/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の六 (Article 55-6), art-55-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-6 - art-55-5/par-2: 前条第二項 → 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/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-2 - art-55-5/par-2: 第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第三項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (3)), art-55-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-3 - art-55-6/par-1: 第五十五条の四第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第一項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (1)), art-55-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-4/par-1 - art-55-6/par-1: 前条第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の五第一項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (1)), art-55-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-8#art-55-5/par-1 - art-55-6/par-1: 第六十九条 → 生活保護法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-11#art-69 - art-55-6/par-1: 第七十八条第三項 → 生活保護法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-12/from-art-75#art-78/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text as 令和八年法律第五十一号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20290624_508AC0000000051), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-004, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19