# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) - 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（実施機関） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（実施機関） — (Public Assistance Administrators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19 **第一項** 都道府県知事、市長及び社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）に規定する福祉に関する事務所（以下「福祉事務所」という。）を管理する町村長は、次に掲げる者に対して、この法律の定めるところにより、保護を決定し、かつ、実施しなければならない。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-1 A prefectural governor, a city mayor, or a mayor of a town or village managing an office concerning welfare (hereinafter referred to as a "welfare office") prescribed in the Social Welfare Act (Act No. 45 of 1951) (a city mayor and such mayor of a town or village shall be collectively referred to as a "municipal mayor") shall decide on and implement public assistance, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, for the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 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要保護者 art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-1/item-1 Any person requiring public assistance whose place of residence is within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under the management of the prefectural governor or municipal mayor Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 居住地がないか、又は明らかでない要保護者であつて、その管理に属する福祉事務所の所管区域内に現在地を有するもの art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-1/item-2 Any person requiring public assistance who does not have a place of residence or whose place of residence is unclear and whose current location is within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under the management of the prefectural governor or municipal mayor Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 居住地が明らかである要保護者であつても、その者が急迫した状況にあるときは、その急迫した事由が止むまでは、その者に対する保護は、前項の規定にかかわらず、その者の現在地を所管する福祉事務所を管理する都道府県知事又は市町村長が行うものとする。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-2 Even when the place of residence of a person requiring public assistance is clear, if said person is under urgent circumstances, public assistance for said person shall be provided by the prefectural governor or the municipal mayor managing the welfare office having jurisdiction over the current location of said person, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, until the urgent circumstances cease to exist. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三十条第一項ただし書の規定により被保護者を救護施設、更生施設若しくはその他の適当な施設に入所させ、若しくはこれらの施設に入所を委託し、又は私人の家庭に養護を委託した場合においては、当該入所又は委託の継続中、その者に対して保護を行うべき者は、その者に係る入所又は委託前の居住地又は現在地によつて定めるものとする。 art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-3 In the case of having a public assistance recipient admitted into a relief facility, a rehabilitation facility or any other appropriate facility, or entrusting such admission to any such facility, or entrusting nursing care to the home of a private individual pursuant to the proviso to Article 30, paragraph (1), the person who should provide public assistance to said person while said admission or entrustment remains valid shall be decided based on the place of residence or the current location of said person prior to said admission or entrustment. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前三項の規定により保護を行うべき者（以下「保護の実施機関」という。）は、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限り、委任することができる。 art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-4 The person who should provide public assistance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs (hereinafter referred to as the "public assistance administrator") may delegate all or a part of the affairs concerning decisions about and implementation of public assistance, but only to an administrative agency under his/her management. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 保護の実施機関は、保護の決定及び実施に関する事務の一部を、政令の定めるところにより、他の保護の実施機関に委託して行うことを妨げない。 art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-5 A public assistance administrator shall not be precluded from entrusting a part of the affairs concerning decisions about and implementation of public assistance to another public assistance administrator pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 福祉事務所を設置しない町村の長（以下「町村長」という。）は、その町村の区域内において特に急迫した事由により放置することができない状況にある要保護者に対して、応急的処置として、必要な保護を行うものとする。 art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-6 The mayor of a town or village without a welfare office (hereinafter referred to as the "mayor of a town or village") shall provide the necessary public assistance, as emergency treatment, to a person requiring public assistance within the district of that town or village who is in such a state that he/she cannot be left unattended due to particularly urgent circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 町村長は、保護の実施機関又は福祉事務所の長（以下「福祉事務所長」という。）が行う保護事務の執行を適切ならしめるため、次に掲げる事項を行うものとする。 art-19/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-7 The mayor of a town or village shall carry out the following matters in order to ensure the appropriate execution of public assistance affairs conducted by the public assistance administrator or the head of the welfare office (hereinafter referred to as the "welfare office director"): machine translation, not official **一** 要保護者を発見し、又は被保護者の生計その他の状況の変動を発見した場合において、速やかに、保護の実施機関又は福祉事務所長にその旨を通報すること。 art-19/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-7/item-1 On discovering a person requiring public assistance or discovering any change to the livelihood or any other circumstances of a public assistance recipient, the mayor of a town or village shall promptly inform the public assistance administrator or the welfare office director to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二十四条第十項の規定により保護の開始又は変更の申請を受け取つた場合において、これを保護の実施機関に送付すること。 art-19/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-7/item-2 On receiving an application for the commencement of or a change to public assistance pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (10), the mayor of a town or village shall send said application to the public assistance administrator. machine translation, not official **三** 保護の実施機関又は福祉事務所長から求められた場合において、被保護者等に対して、保護金品を交付すること。 art-19/par-7/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-7/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-7/item-3 On being requested by the public assistance administrator or the welfare office director, the mayor of a town or village shall deliver a public assistance benefit to a public assistance recipient, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 保護の実施機関又は福祉事務所長から求められた場合において、要保護者に関する調査を行うこと。 art-19/par-7/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-7/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-7/item-4 On being requested by the public assistance administrator or the welfare office director, the mayor of a town or village shall carry out an investigation concerning a person requiring public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-3: 第三十条第一項 → 生活保護法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-30/par-1 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-2 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-3 - art-19/par-7/item-2: 第二十四条第十項 → 生活保護法 第二十四条第十項 (Article 24, paragraph (10)), art-24/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-24/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-24/par-10 ## Cited by 21 provisions cite this one. 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