# 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-4121-111` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成一二年六月七日法律第一一一号 suppl-4121-111 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4121-111/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 略 suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-1 Omitted machine translation, not official **二** 第二条（社会福祉法第二条第三項第五号の改正規定を除く。）、第五条、第七条及び第十条の規定並びに第十三条中生活保護法第八十四条の三の改正規定（「収容されている」を「入所している」に改める部分を除く。）並びに附則第十一条から第十四条まで、第十七条から第十九条まで、第二十二条、第三十二条及び第三十五条の規定、附則第三十九条中国有財産特別措置法第二条第二項第一号の改正規定（「社会福祉事業法」を「社会福祉法」に改める部分を除く。）及び同項第五号を同項第七号とし、同項第四号を同項第六号とし、同項第三号を同項第五号とし、同項第二号の次に二号を加える改正規定、附則第四十条の規定、附則第四十一条中老人福祉法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十三号）第二十五条の改正規定（「社会福祉事業法第五十六条第二項」を「社会福祉法第五十八条第二項」に改める部分を除く。）並びに附則第五十二条（介護保険法施行法（平成九年法律第百二十四号）第五十六条の改正規定を除く。）の規定　平成十五年四月一日 suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 2 (excluding the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (3), item (v) of the Social Welfare Act), Articles 5, 7 and 10, the provisions of Article 13 amending Article 84-3 of the Public Assistance Act (excluding the part replacing "are accommodated" with "are admitted"), the provisions of Articles 11 through 14, Articles 17 through 19, Article 22, Article 32 and Article 35 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 39 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act on Special Measures concerning National Property (excluding the part replacing "Social Welfare Service Act" with "Social Welfare Act") and the provisions making item (v) of that paragraph item (vii), item (iv) of that paragraph item (vi) and item (iii) of that paragraph item (v), and adding two items after item (ii) of that paragraph, the provisions of Article 40 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 41 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 25 of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly (Act No. 133 of 1963) (excluding the part replacing "Article 56, paragraph (2) of the Social Welfare Service Act" with "Article 58, paragraph (2) of the Social Welfare Act"), and the provisions of Article 52 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions amending Article 56 of the Act for Enforcement of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Act No. 124 of 1997)): April 1, 2003 machine translation, not official ### 第二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4121-111/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-2 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後十年を経過した場合において、この法律の規定の施行の状況について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4121-111/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-2/par-1 In the case where ten years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to examine the state of enforcement of the provisions of this Act and take necessary measures based on the results. machine translation, not official ### 第二十八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4121-111/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-28 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び附則第二十六条の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4121-111/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-28/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the case where the provisions then in force are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 26 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第二十九条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4121-111/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-29 **第一項** 附則第三条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4121-111/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-29/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 3 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4121-111/art-1/par-1/item-2: 社会福祉法第五十八条第二項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — not held in this collection - suppl-4121-111/art-29/par-1: 附則第三条から前条まで → 生活保護法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4121-111/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-28 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 附則第二十九条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4121-111/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4121-111/art-29/par-1 --- ## 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-20261019T143855-012, 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