# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第四十三条 (Article 43) - 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: 第四十三条 (Article 43)（指導） — address `art-43` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43 - 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. 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. --- ### 第四十三条（指導） — (Guidance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、保護施設の運営について、必要な指導をしなければならない。 art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43/par-1 A prefectural governor shall give the necessary guidance with regard to the administration of public assistance facilities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社会福祉法人又は日本赤十字社の設置した保護施設に対する前項の指導については、市町村長が、これを補助するものとする。 art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43/par-2 A municipal mayor shall assist in the guidance under the preceding paragraph given to a public assistance facility established by a social welfare juridical person or the Japanese Red Cross Society. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-43/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第四十三条第二項（指導） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43/par-2 - 生活保護法 第七十四条第二項（都道府県の補助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/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 --- ## 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