# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第十七条 (Article 17)

- Law: 児童手当法 (Child Allowance Act), 昭和四十六年法律第七十三号
- English title "Child Allowance Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（公務員に関する特例） — address `art-17`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17
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### 第十七条（公務員に関する特例） — Special Provisions for Public Employees
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<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  次の表の上欄に掲げる者（以下「公務員」という。）である一般受給資格者についてこの章の規定を適用する場合においては、第七条第一項中「住所地（一般受給資格者が未成年後見人であり、かつ、法人である場合にあつては、主たる事務所の所在地とする。）の市町村長（特別区の区長を含む。以下同じ。）」とあり、第八条第一項及び第十四条第一項中「市町村長」とあるのは、それぞれ同表の下欄のように読み替えるものとする。
一　常時勤務に服することを要する国家公務員その他政令で定める国家公務員（独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第四項に規定する行政執行法人に勤務する者を除く。）	当該国家公務員の所属する各省各庁（財政法（昭和二十二年法律第三十四号）第二十一条に規定する各省各庁をいう。以下同じ。）の長（裁判所にあつては、最高裁判所長官とする。以下同じ。）又はその委任を受けた者
二　常時勤務に服することを要する地方公務員その他政令で定める地方公務員（地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第二項に規定する特定地方独立行政法人に勤務する者を除く。）	当該地方公務員の所属する都道府県若しくは市町村の長又はその委任を受けた者（市町村立学校職員給与負担法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十五号）第一条又は第二条に規定する職員にあつては、当該職員の給与を負担する都道府県の長又はその委任を受けた者）
<sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17/par-1</sup>
In the case of applying the provisions of this Chapter to a general eligible recipient who is a person set forth in the left column of the following table (hereinafter referred to as a "public employee"), the phrase "the mayor of the municipality (including the head of a special ward; the same applies hereinafter) of the place of domicile (or, where the general eligible recipient is a guardian of a minor and is a corporation, the location of the principal office)" in Article 7, paragraph (1), and the term "mayor of the municipality" in Article 8, paragraph (1) and Article 14, paragraph (1), are deemed to be replaced with the wording in the right column of that table, respectively.
(i) National public employees required to be in constant service and other national public employees specified by Cabinet Order (excluding persons working for an administrative executive agency prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999))	The head of each ministry and agency to which that national public employee belongs (meaning each ministry and agency prescribed in Article 21 of the Public Finance Act (Act No. 34 of 1947); the same applies hereinafter) (in the case of the courts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; the same applies hereinafter), or a person delegated by that head
(ii) Local public employees required to be in constant service and other local public employees specified by Cabinet Order (excluding persons working for a specified local independent administrative agency prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 118 of 2003))	The head of the prefecture or municipality to which that local public employee belongs, or a person delegated by that head (for personnel prescribed in Article 1 or Article 2 of the Act on Sharing of Salaries for Personnel of Municipal Schools (Act No. 135 of 1948), the head of the prefecture that bears the salary of that personnel, or a person delegated by that head)
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**第二項**  第七条第三項の規定は、前項の規定によつて読み替えられる同条第一項の認定を受けた者が当該認定をした者を異にすることとなつた場合について準用する。
<sup>art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a person who has received the certification under paragraph (1) of that Article as deemed to be replaced under the preceding paragraph comes to have a different person who made that certification.
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**第三項**  第一項の規定によつて読み替えられる第七条第一項の認定を受けた者については、第八条第三項中「住所を変更した」とあるのは、「当該認定をした者を異にすることとなつた」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17/par-3</sup>
With regard to a person who has received the certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) as deemed to be replaced under the provisions of paragraph (1), the phrase "changed domicile" in Article 8, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "had a change in the person who makes that certification".
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## Cites
- art-17/par-1: 第十四条第一項 → 児童手当法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-14/par-1
- art-17/par-1: 独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第四項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-17/par-1: 財政法（昭和二十二年法律第三十四号）第二十一条 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000034, 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — not held in this collection
- art-17/par-1: 地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 415AC0000000118, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-17/par-1: 市町村立学校職員給与負担法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十五号）第一条 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000135, 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — not held in this collection
- art-17/par-1: 第二条 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000135, 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — not held in this collection
- art-17/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 児童手当法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-8/par-1
- art-17/par-1: 第七条第一項 → 児童手当法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-1
- art-17/par-2: 前項 → 児童手当法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17/par-1
- art-17/par-2: 第七条第三項 → 児童手当法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-3
- art-17/par-2: 同条第一項 → 児童手当法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-1
- art-17/par-3: 第一項 → 児童手当法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-17/par-1
- art-17/par-3: 第八条第三項 → 児童手当法 第八条第三項 (Article 8, paragraph (3)), art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-8/par-3
- art-17/par-3: 第七条第一項 → 児童手当法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-1

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