# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第六十五条 (Article 65) - 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: 第六十五条 (Article 65)（裁決をすべき期間） — address `art-65` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65 - 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. --- ### 第六十五条（裁決をすべき期間） — (Period for Determination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、保護の決定及び実施に関する処分又は就労自立給付金若しくは進学・就職準備給付金の支給に関する処分についての審査請求がされたときは、当該審査請求がされた日（行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じた場合にあつては、当該不備が補正された日）から次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内に、当該審査請求に対する裁決をしなければならない。 art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-1 When a request for review has been made of a disposition concerning a decision on and the implementation of public assistance, or of a disposition concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support or the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor must make a determination on that request for review within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items, counted from the day on which that request for review was made (in the case where an order to correct a defect has been issued under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014), the day on which the defect was corrected). machine translation, not official **一** 行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項の規定による諮問をする場合　七十日 art-65/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-1/item-1 In the case where consultation is made under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act: 70 days machine translation, not official **二** 前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　五十日 art-65/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-1/item-2 In cases other than the case set out in the preceding item: 50 days machine translation, not official **第二項** 審査請求人は、審査請求をした日（行政不服審査法第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じられた場合にあつては、当該不備を補正した日。第一号において同じ。）から次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内に裁決がないときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事が当該審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。 art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2 If no determination has been made within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items, counted from the day of making the request for review (in the case where the person was ordered to correct a defect under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act, the day on which the defect was corrected; the same applies in item (i)), the person who made the request for review may deem the request for review to have been dismissed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor. machine translation, not official **一** 当該審査請求をした日から五十日以内に行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項の規定により通知を受けた場合　七十日 art-65/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2/item-1 In the case where notice has been received under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act within 50 days from the day on which the request for review was made: 70 days machine translation, not official **二** 前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　五十日 art-65/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2/item-2 In cases other than the case set out in the preceding item: 50 days machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-65/par-1: 行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23 - art-65/par-1/item-1: 行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-1 - art-65/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第一項第一号 (Article 65, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-65/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-1/item-1 - art-65/par-2: 行政不服審査法第二十三条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-23 - art-65/par-2: 第一号 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第二項第一号 (Article 65, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-65/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2/item-1 - art-65/par-2/item-1: 行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項 → 行政不服審査法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-43/par-3 - art-65/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 生活保護法 第六十五条第二項第一号 (Article 65, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-65/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2/item-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第六十五条第一項第二号（裁決をすべき期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-1/item-2 - 生活保護法 第六十五条第二項（裁決をすべき期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2 - 生活保護法 第六十五条第二項第二号（裁決をすべき期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-65/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-65/par-2/item-2 - 生活保護法 第六十六条第二項（再審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-66/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-005, translated 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