# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（用語の定義） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（用語の定義） — (Definitions of Terms) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6 **第一項** この法律において「被保護者」とは、現に保護を受けている者をいう。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6/par-1 The term "public assistance recipient" as used in this Act means a person who currently receives public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律において「要保護者」とは、現に保護を受けているといないとにかかわらず、保護を必要とする状態にある者をいう。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6/par-2 The term "person requiring public assistance" is a person who requires public assistance regardless of whether he/she currently receives public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律において「保護金品」とは、保護として給与し、又は貸与される金銭及び物品をいう。 art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6/par-3 The term "public assistance benefit" as used in this Act means the money and/or goods furnished or lent as public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律において「金銭給付」とは、金銭の給与又は貸与によつて、保護を行うことをいう。 art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6/par-4 The term "performance in money" as used in this Act means to provide public assistance by furnishing or lending money. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この法律において「現物給付」とは、物品の給与又は貸与、医療の給付、役務の提供その他金銭給付以外の方法で保護を行うことをいう。 art-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6/par-5 The term "performance in kind" as used in this Act means to provide public assistance by furnishing or lending goods, furnishing medical care, providing services or any other means other than by providing performance in money. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第二十五条第二項第一号（在留資格の変更の許可等に係る手数料の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-25/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-25/par-2/item-1 - 生活保護法 附則第十八条第一項（生活保護法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 - 生活保護法 附則第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4231-72/art-23/par-1 - 生活保護法 附則第三十条第一項（生活保護法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4261-83/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4261-83/art-30/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