# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3261-168`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3261-168
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3261-168
- 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.

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## 附　則 昭和二六年五月三一日法律第一六八号
<sup>suppl-3261-168 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3261-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3261-168</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十六年十月一日から施行する。但し、第四十一条から第四十三条まで及び第四十五条の改正規定は、同年六月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3261-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3261-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3261-168/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 1951; provided, however, that the provisions amending Articles 41 to 43 and Article 45 come into effect on June 1 of the same year.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第八十三条の規定は、この法律の施行により保護の実施機関に変更があつた場合に準用する。
<sup>suppl-3261-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3261-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3261-168/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 83 of the Public Assistance Act apply mutatis mutandis in the case where there is a change in the public assistance administrator as a result of the enforcement of this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  社会福祉法附則第七項の規定に基づき置かれた組織の長は、この法律の適用については、福祉事務所長とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3261-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3261-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3261-168/par-3</sup>
The head of an organization established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Social Welfare Act is deemed to be the welfare office director for the purpose of the application of this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-008, translated 2026-10-20
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-009, 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