# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71) - 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71)（都道府県の支弁） — address `art-71` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条（都道府県の支弁） — (Payment by Prefectures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71 **第一項** 都道府県は、次に掲げる費用を支弁しなければならない。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1 A prefecture shall pay the following expenses: machine translation, not official **一** その長が第十九条第一項の規定により行う保護（同条第五項の規定により委託を受けて行う保護を含む。）に関する保護費、保護施設事務費及び委託事務費 art-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-1 Public assistance expenses, office expenses for a public assistance facility, and office expenses for entrustment concerning public assistance provided by the governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (including public assistance provided by being entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article) Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その長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者に対して、他の都道府県知事又は市町村長が第十九条第二項の規定により行う保護（同条第五項の規定により委託を受けて行う保護を含む。）に関する保護費、保護施設事務費及び委託事務費 art-71/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-2 Public assistance expenses, office expenses for a public assistance facility, and office expenses for entrustment concerning public assistance provided to a person whose place of residence is within the jurisdictional district of a welfare office under the management of the governor, by another prefectural governor or a municipal mayor pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) (including public assistance provided by being entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article) Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その長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者（その所管区域外に居住地を有する者を除く。）に対して、町村長が第十九条第六項の規定により行う保護に関する保護費、保護施設事務費及び委託事務費 art-71/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-3 Public assistance expenses, office expenses for a public assistance facility, and office expenses for entrustment concerning public assistance provided to a person whose current location is within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under the management of the governor (excluding a person who has a place of residence outside said jurisdictional district), by a mayor of a town or village pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (6) Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その設置する保護施設の設備費 art-71/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-4 Equipment expenses for public assistance facilities the prefecture has established Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その長が第五十五条の四第一項の規定により行う就労自立給付金の支給（同条第三項の規定により委託を受けて行うものを含む。）及び第五十五条の五第一項の規定により行う進学・就職準備給付金の支給（同条第二項において準用する第五十五条の四第三項の規定により委託を受けて行うものを含む。）に要する費用 art-71/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-5 Expenses required for the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support made by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-4, paragraph (1) (including that made upon entrustment pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article) and the payment of the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit made by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-5, paragraph (1) (including that made upon entrustment pursuant to Article 55-4, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55-5, paragraph (2)) machine translation, not official **六** その長が第五十五条の七の規定により行う被保護者就労支援事業及び第五十五条の八の規定により行う被保護者健康管理支援事業の実施に要する費用 art-71/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-6 Expenses required for the implementation of the employment support programme for public assistance recipients conducted by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-7 and the health management support programme for public assistance recipients conducted by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-8 machine translation, not official **七** その長が第五十五条の十の規定により行う子どもの進路選択支援事業、被保護者就労準備支援事業、被保護者家計改善支援事業及び被保護者地域居住支援事業の実施に要する費用 art-71/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-7 Expenses required for the implementation of the career path support programme for children, the employment preparation support programme for public assistance recipients, the household finance improvement support programme for public assistance recipients and the community living support programme for public assistance recipients conducted by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-10 machine translation, not official **八** この法律の施行に伴い必要なその人件費 art-71/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-8 Personnel expenses required in connection with the enforcement of this Act machine translation, not official **九** この法律の施行に伴い必要なその行政事務費 art-71/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-9 Administrative office expenses required in connection with the enforcement of this Act Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/par-1/item-1: 第十九条第一項 → 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-71/par-1/item-1: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第五項 (Article 19, paragraph (5)), art-19/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-5 - art-71/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項 → 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-71/par-1/item-2: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第五項 (Article 19, paragraph (5)), art-19/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-5 - art-71/par-1/item-3: 第十九条第六項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第六項 (Article 19, paragraph (6)), art-19/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-6 - art-71/par-1/item-5: 第五十五条の四第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第一項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (1)), art-55-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-4/par-1 - art-71/par-1/item-5: 同条第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第三項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (3)), art-55-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-4/par-3 - art-71/par-1/item-5: 第五十五条の五第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の五第一項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (1)), art-55-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-5/par-1 - art-71/par-1/item-5: 同条第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の五第二項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (2)), art-55-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-5/par-2 - art-71/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条の七 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七 (Article 55-7), art-55-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7 - art-71/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条の八 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8), art-55-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8 - art-71/par-1/item-7: 第五十五条の十 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の十 (Article 55-10), art-55-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10 --- ## 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-20261019T143855-006, 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