# 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-4241-51`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51
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## 附　則 平成二四年六月二七日法律第五一号
<sup>suppl-4241-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4241-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十五年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2013; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  附則第十条及び第二十八条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 10 and 28 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第二条、第四条、第六条及び第八条並びに附則第五条から第八条まで、第十二条から第十六条まで及び第十八条から第二十六条までの規定　平成二十六年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 2, 4, 6 and 8, and Articles 5 through 8, Articles 12 through 16 and Articles 18 through 26 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2014.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4241-51/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  附則第四条から前条まで、第十六条及び第二十五条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。
<sup>suppl-4241-51/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-10/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 4 through the preceding Article, Article 16 and Article 25 of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十条 → 生活保護法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4241-51/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-10

## Cited by

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

- 生活保護法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4241-51/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261019T143855-016, 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