# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83)

- 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: 第八十三条 (Article 83)（保護の実施機関が変更した場合の経過規定） — address `art-83`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-83
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### 第八十三条（保護の実施機関が変更した場合の経過規定） — (Provisions on Transitional Measures in the Case Where the Public Assistance Administrator Has Changed)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-83</sup>

**第一項**  町村の福祉事務所の設置又は廃止により保護の実施機関に変更があつた場合においては、変更前の保護の実施機関がした保護の開始又は変更の申請の受理及び保護に関する決定は、変更後の保護の実施機関がした申請の受理又は決定とみなす。但し、変更前に行われ、又は行われるべきであつた保護に関する費用の支弁及び負担については、変更がなかつたものとする。
<sup>art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-83/par-1</sup>
In the case where the public assistance administrator has changed due to the establishment or abolition of a welfare office of a town or municipality, any acceptance of an application for the commencement of or a change to public assistance or any decision on public assistance by the public assistance administrator prior to said change shall be deemed to be an acceptance of an application or a decision by the public assistance administrator after said change; provided, however, that it shall be deemed that no change has been made with regard to the payment or bearing of expenses concerning public assistance that has been provided or should have been provided prior to said change.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19