# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29)

- 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（資料の提供等） — address `art-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29
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### 第二十九条（資料の提供等） — Provision of Materials, etc.
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<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29</sup>

**第一項**  保護の実施機関及び福祉事務所長は、保護の決定若しくは実施又は第七十七条若しくは第七十八条の規定の施行のために必要があると認めるときは、次の各号に掲げる者の当該各号に定める事項につき、官公署、日本年金機構若しくは国民年金法（昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号）第三条第二項に規定する共済組合等（次項において「共済組合等」という。）に対し、必要な書類の閲覧若しくは資料の提供を求め、又は銀行、信託会社、次の各号に掲げる者の雇主その他の関係人に、報告を求めることができる。
<sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1</sup>
When a public assistance administrator or a welfare office director finds it necessary for deciding on or implementing public assistance or for the enforcement of the provisions of Article 77 or Article 78, it may, with regard to the matters specified in each of the following items for the person listed in that item, request a government agency, the Japan Pension Service or the mutual aid associations, etc. prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act (Act No. 141 of 1959) (referred to as "mutual aid associations, etc." in the following paragraph) to allow inspection of necessary documents or to provide materials, or request a report from a bank, a trust company, the employer of a person listed in each of the following items, or any other person concerned.
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  **一**  要保護者又は被保護者であつた者　氏名及び住所又は居所、資産及び収入の状況、健康状態、他の保護の実施機関における保護の決定及び実施の状況その他政令で定める事項（被保護者であつた者にあつては、氏名及び住所又は居所、健康状態並びに他の保護の実施機関における保護の決定及び実施の状況を除き、保護を受けていた期間における事項に限る。）
  <sup>art-29/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1/item-1</sup>
  A person requiring public assistance or a person who was a public assistance recipient: name and address or residence, state of assets and income, health conditions, state of decisions on and implementation of public assistance by another public assistance administrator, and other matters specified by Cabinet Order (for a person who was a public assistance recipient, excluding name and address or residence, health conditions, and the state of decisions on and implementation of public assistance by another public assistance administrator, and limited to matters in the period during which that person received public assistance)
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  **二**  前号に掲げる者の扶養義務者　氏名及び住所又は居所、資産及び収入の状況その他政令で定める事項（被保護者であつた者の扶養義務者にあつては、氏名及び住所又は居所を除き、当該被保護者であつた者が保護を受けていた期間における事項に限る。）
  <sup>art-29/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1/item-2</sup>
  A person responsible for the support of a person listed in the preceding item: name and address or residence, state of assets and income, and other matters specified by Cabinet Order (for a person responsible for the support of a person who was a public assistance recipient, excluding name and address or residence, and limited to matters in the period during which that person who was a public assistance recipient received public assistance)
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**第二項**  別表第一の上欄に掲げる官公署の長、日本年金機構又は共済組合等は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる情報につき、保護の実施機関又は福祉事務所長から前項の規定による求めがあつたときは、速やかに、当該情報を記載し、若しくは記録した書類を閲覧させ、又は資料の提供を行うものとする。
<sup>art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-2</sup>
The head of a government agency listed in the left hand column of Appended Table 1, the Japan Pension Service or the mutual aid associations, etc. are to, when requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph by a public assistance administrator or a welfare office director with regard to the information listed in the right hand column of that table respectively, promptly allow inspection of documents in which that information is written or recorded, or provide materials.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-29/par-1: 第七十七条 → 生活保護法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-77
- art-29/par-1: 第七十八条 → 生活保護法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-78
- art-29/par-1: 国民年金法（昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号）第三条第二項 → 国民年金法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-3/par-2
- art-29/par-1: 次項 → 生活保護法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-2
- art-29/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 生活保護法 第二十九条第一項第一号 (Article 29, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-29/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1/item-1
- art-29/par-2: 別表第一 → 生活保護法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-1
- art-29/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 生活保護法 第二十八条第一項（報告、調査及び検診） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-1
- 生活保護法 第二十九条第一項（資料の提供等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1
- 生活保護法 第二十九条第一項第二号（資料の提供等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1/item-2
- 生活保護法 第二十九条第二項（資料の提供等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-2
- 生活保護法 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-3
- 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 第十九条第一項第一号（特定個人情報の提供の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-19/par-1/item-1

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-001, 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
