# 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 / Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - Law: 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 (Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims), 平成十三年法律第三十一号 - English title "Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims": 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（都道府県及び市町村の支弁） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27 - 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. --- ### 第二十七条（都道府県及び市町村の支弁） — (Payment by Prefectures and Municipalities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27 **第一項** 都道府県は、次の各号に掲げる費用を支弁しなければならない。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1 Prefectures must pay the expenses set forth in the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三条第三項の規定に基づき同項に掲げる業務を行う女性相談支援センターの運営に要する費用（次号に掲げる費用を除く。） art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1/item-1 expenses needed to operate women's counseling and support centers that perform the activities listed in Article 3, paragraph (3) based on the provisions of the same paragraph (excluding expenses listed in the following item); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三条第三項第三号の規定に基づき女性相談支援センターが行う一時保護（同条第四項に規定する厚生労働大臣が定める基準を満たす者に委託して行う場合を含む。）及びこれに伴い必要な事務に要する費用 art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1/item-2 expenses needed for temporary protection provided by women's counseling and support centers based on the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (3), item (iii) (including when duties are entrusted to persons who meet the criteria specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in paragraph (4) of the same Article) and expenses needed for the necessary clerical work associated with this temporary protection; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第四条の規定に基づき都道府県が置く女性相談支援員が行う業務に要する費用 art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1/item-3 expenses needed for the services provided by women's counseling and support officers assigned by prefectures based on the provisions of Article 4; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第五条の規定に基づき都道府県が行う保護（市町村、社会福祉法人その他適当と認める者に委託して行う場合を含む。）及びこれに伴い必要な事務に要する費用 art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1/item-4 expenses needed for protection by prefectures based on the provisions of Article 5 (including when the duties are entrusted to municipalities, social welfare corporations, or other persons whom prefectures find appropriate) and expenses needed for the necessary clerical work associated with this protection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 市町村は、第四条の規定に基づき市町村が置く女性相談支援員が行う業務に要する費用を支弁しなければならない。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-2 Municipalities must pay expenses needed for the services provided by women's counseling and support officers assigned by municipalities based on the provisions of Article 4. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1/item-1: 第三条第三項 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第三条第三項 (Article 3, paragraph (3)), art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-3/par-3 - art-27/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十七条第一項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-27/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1/item-2 - art-27/par-1/item-2: 第三条第三項第三号 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第三条第三項第三号 (Article 3, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-3/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-3/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-3/par-3/item-3 - art-27/par-1/item-2: 同条第四項 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第三条第四項 (Article 3, paragraph (4)), art-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-3/par-4 - art-27/par-1/item-3: 第四条 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-4 - art-27/par-1/item-4: 第五条 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-5 - art-27/par-2: 第四条 → 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十七条第一項第一号（都道府県及び市町村の支弁） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-27/par-1/item-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十八条第一項（国の負担及び補助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-28/par-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十八条第二項第一号（国の負担及び補助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-28/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-28/par-2/item-1 - 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 第二十八条第二項第二号（国の負担及び補助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-28/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0100000031/art-28/par-2/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0100000031/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4476/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10