# 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-5071-35`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 令和七年五月一六日法律第三五号
<sup>suppl-5071-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。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-5071-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一及び二**  略
<sup>suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
Omitted
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**三**  第六条の規定及び附則第三項の規定　令和八年四月一日
<sup>suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 6 and the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2026.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第六条の規定による改正後の生活保護法第五十四条の二第三項、第四項及び第七項並びに別表第二の規定は、同表の第一欄に掲げる介護機関であって、第六条の規定の施行の際現に生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項の指定を受けているもの（同条第二項本文の規定により同条第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされたもの及び生活保護法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第百四号）附則第六条第一項の規定により同法第一条の規定による改正後の生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされたものを含む。）についても適用する。
<sup>suppl-5071-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 54-2, paragraphs (3), (4) and (7) and Appended Table 2 of the Public Assistance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 6 also apply to a long-term care provider listed in the first column of that table that is actually designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act at the time the provisions of Article 6 come into effect (including one deemed to have been so designated under the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article, and one deemed to have been designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act as amended by Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the Public Assistance Act (Act No. 104 of 2013) pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-3: 附則第三項 → 生活保護法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-5071-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-3
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: 生活保護法第五十四条の二第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第三項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (3)), art-54-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-3
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: 第四項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第四項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (4)), art-54-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-4
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: 第七項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第七項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (7)), art-54-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-7
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: 別表第二 → 生活保護法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-2
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: 生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-1
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: 同条第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-2
- suppl-5071-35/par-3: の指定を受けたものとみなされたもの及び生活保護法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第百四号）附則第六条第一項 → 生活保護法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 生活保護法 附則第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-1/item-3

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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-20261019T143855-023, 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