# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（葬祭扶助） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十八条（葬祭扶助） — (Funeral Assistance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18 **第一項** 葬祭扶助は、困窮のため最低限度の生活を維持することのできない者に対して、左に掲げる事項の範囲内において行われる。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-1 Funeral assistance shall be provided within the scope of the following matters to a person who is unable to maintain a minimum standard of living due to poverty: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 検案 art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-1/item-1 Postmortem examination Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 死体の運搬 art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-1/item-2 Transportation of the corpse Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 火葬又は埋葬 art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-1/item-3 Cremation or burial Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 納骨その他葬祭のために必要なもの art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-1/item-4 Cineration and any other things necessary for a funeral Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 左に掲げる場合において、その葬祭を行う者があるときは、その者に対して、前項各号の葬祭扶助を行うことができる。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-2 In any of the following cases, if there is a person who intends to conduct the funeral, funeral assistance set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph may be provided to said person: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 被保護者が死亡した場合において、その者の葬祭を行う扶養義務者がないとき。 art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-2/item-1 Where, in the case of the death of a public assistance recipient, there is no person responsible for his/her support who intends to conduct his/her funeral Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 死者に対しその葬祭を行う扶養義務者がない場合において、その遺留した金品で、葬祭を行うに必要な費用を満たすことのできないとき。 art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-2/item-2 Where, in the case of the absence of a person responsible for support who intends to conduct the funeral of a deceased, it is not possible to cover the expenses necessary for conducting the funeral with the money and goods left behind by the deceased Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第十八条第二項（葬祭扶助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-18/par-2 - 生活保護法 第七十六条第一項（遺留金品の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-76/par-1 - 生活保護法 附則第八十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-123/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-123/art-81/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20261001_507AC0000000087), 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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19