# 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-4271-31` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二七年五月二九日法律第三一号 suppl-4271-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成三十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、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第一条の規定、第五条中健康保険法第九十条第二項及び第九十五条第六号の改正規定、同法第百五十三条第一項の改正規定、同法附則第四条の四の改正規定、同法附則第五条の改正規定、同法附則第五条の二の改正規定、同法附則第五条の三の改正規定並びに同条の次に四条を加える改正規定、第七条中船員保険法第七十条第四項の改正規定及び同法第八十五条第二項第三号の改正規定、第八条の規定並びに第十二条中社会保険診療報酬支払基金法第十五条第二項の改正規定並びに次条第一項並びに附則第六条から第九条まで、第十五条、第十八条、第二十六条、第五十九条、第六十二条及び第六十七条から第六十九条までの規定　公布の日 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 1, the provisions in Article 5 revising Article 90, paragraph (2) and Article 95, item (vi) of the Health Insurance Act, the provision revising Article 153, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision revising Article 4-4 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the provision revising Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the provision revising Article 5-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and the provision revising Article 5-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act and the provision adding four Articles after that Article, the provisions in Article 7 revising Article 70, paragraph (4) of the Mariners Insurance Act and the provision revising Article 85, paragraph (2), item (iii) of that Act, the provisions of Article 8, and the provision in Article 12 revising Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Act on Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund, and the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article and Article 6 through Article 9, Article 15, Article 18, Article 26, Article 59, Article 62 and Article 67 through Article 69 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official **二** 第二条、第五条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第七条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第九条、第十二条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）及び第十四条の規定並びに附則第十六条、第十七条、第十九条、第二十一条から第二十五条まで、第三十三条から第四十四条まで、第四十七条から第五十一条まで、第五十六条、第五十八条及び第六十四条の規定　平成二十八年四月一日 suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 2, Article 5 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), Article 7 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), Article 9, Article 12 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item) and Article 14, and the provisions of Articles 16, 17 and 19, Articles 21 through 25, Articles 33 through 44, Articles 47 through 51, and Articles 56, 58 and 64 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2016 machine translation, not official ### 第六十八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-31/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-68 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によ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-4271-31/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-68/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) comes into effect and to conduct engaged in after this Act comes into effect in the case where the provisions then in force are to remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第六十九条（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-4271-31/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-69 **第一項** この附則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（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-4271-31/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-69/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第六十七条から第六十九条まで → 生活保護法 附則第六十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 68), suppl-4271-31/art-68 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-68 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第六十七条から第六十九条まで → 生活保護法 附則第六十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 69), suppl-4271-31/art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-69 - suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 生活保護法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4271-31/art-68/par-1: 附則第一条 → 生活保護法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4271-31/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1 - suppl-4271-31/art-68/par-1: この条 → 生活保護法 附則第六十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 68), suppl-4271-31/art-68 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-68 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite 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-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 生活保護法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 生活保護法 附則第六十八条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4271-31/art-68/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-20261019T143855-019, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-020, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19