# 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-3311-179`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3311-179
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3311-179
- 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 昭和三一年一二月二〇日法律第一七九号
<sup>suppl-3311-179 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3311-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3311-179</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3311-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3311-179/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3311-179/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律による改正前の生活保護法第四十九条の規定により都道府県知事が指定した薬剤師がこの法律の施行の際現に調剤に従事している薬局は、この法律による改正後の同法同条の規定により都道府県知事が指定した薬局とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3311-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-3311-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3311-179/par-2</sup>
A pharmacy at which a pharmacist designated by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 49 of the Public Assistance Act prior to amendment by this Act is actually engaged in dispensing at the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to be a pharmacy designated by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of the same Article of that Act as amended by 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-20261019T143855-009, 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