# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4181-83/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十八年十月一日から施行する。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。
<sup>suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2006; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items, respectively:
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  **一**  第十条並びに附則第四条、第三十三条から第三十六条まで、第五十二条第一項及び第二項、第百五条、第百二十四条並びに第百三十一条から第百三十三条までの規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 10, and Article 4, Articles 33 through 36, Article 52, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 105, Article 124 and Articles 131 through 133 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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  **二から五まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-5</sup>
  Omitted
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  **六**  第五条、第九条、第十四条、第二十条及び第二十六条並びに附則第五十三条、第五十八条、第六十七条、第九十条、第九十一条、第九十六条、第百十一条、第百十一条の二及び第百三十条の二の規定　平成二十四年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-6</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 5, 9, 14, 20 and 26, and Articles 53, 58, 67, 90, 91, 96, 111, 111-2 and 130-2 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2012.
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## Cites
- suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第百三十一条から第百三十三条まで → 生活保護法 附則第百三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131), suppl-4181-83/art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-131
- suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第百三十一条から第百三十三条まで → 生活保護法 附則第百三十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 132), suppl-4181-83/art-132 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-132 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-132
- suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第百三十一条から第百三十三条まで → 生活保護法 附則第百三十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 133), suppl-4181-83/art-133 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-133 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-133
- suppl-4181-83/art-1/par-1/item-6: 第百三十条の二 → 生活保護法 附則第百三十条の二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 130-2), suppl-4181-83/art-130-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-130-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-130-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 生活保護法 附則第百三十一条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-83/art-131/par-1

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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-20261019T143855-014, 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