# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（児童手当の額） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（児童手当の額） — Amount of Child Allowance caption: machine translation, not official art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6 **第一項** 児童手当は、月を単位として支給するものとし、その額は、一月につき、次の各号に掲げる児童手当の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額とする。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-1 Child allowance is to be paid on a monthly basis, and its amount per month is the amount specified in each of the following items according to the category of child allowance set forth in that item. machine translation, not official **一** 個人受給資格者の児童手当　次の表の第三子以降算定額算定対象者及び支給対象児童の人数の欄に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ支給額の欄に掲げる額 第三子以降算定額算定対象者及び支給対象児童の人数 支給額 第三子以降算定額算定対象者がない場合 三歳以上支給対象児童がない場合 三歳未満支給対象児童が一人の場合 三歳未満児童算定額 三歳未満支給対象児童が二人以上の場合 次に掲げる額を合算した額 一　三歳未満児童算定額に二を乗じた額 二　第三子以降算定額に、三歳未満支給対象児童の数から二を減じた数を乗じた額 三歳以上支給対象児童が一人の場合 三歳未満支給対象児童がない場合 三歳以上児童算定額 三歳未満支給対象児童がある場合 次に掲げる額を合算した額 一　三歳以上児童算定額 二　三歳未満児童算定額 三　第三子以降算定額に、三歳未満支給対象児童の数から一を減じた数を乗じた額 三歳以上支給対象児童が二人以上の場合 次に掲げる額を合算した額 一　三歳以上児童算定額に二を乗じた額 二　第三子以降算定額に、三歳以上支給対象児童の数から二を減じた数を乗じた額 三　第三子以降算定額に、三歳未満支給対象児童の数を乗じた額 第三子以降算定額算定対象者が一人の場合 三歳以上支給対象児童がない場合 次に掲げる額を合算した額 一　三歳未満児童算定額 二　第三子以降算定額に、三歳未満支給対象児童の数から一を減じた数を乗じた額 三歳以上支給対象児童がある場合 次に掲げる額を合算した額 一　三歳以上児童算定額 二　第三子以降算定額に、三歳以上支給対象児童の数から一を減じた数を乗じた額 三　第三子以降算定額に、三歳未満支給対象児童の数を乗じた額 第三子以降算定額算定対象者が二人以上の場合 第三子以降算定額に、支給対象児童の数を乗じた額 art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-1/item-1 child allowance for an individual eligible recipient: the amount set forth in the column of the amount paid, according to the categories set forth in the column of the number of persons counted for the amount for third and later children and covered children in the following table; Number of persons counted for the amount for third and later children and covered children Amount paid If there is no person counted for the amount for third and later children If there is no covered child aged three or over If there is one covered child under three Amount for children under three If there are two or more covered children under three The sum of the following amounts: (i) the amount for children under three multiplied by two (ii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number obtained by subtracting two from the number of covered children under three If there is one covered child aged three or over If there is no covered child under three Amount for children aged three or over If there is a covered child under three The sum of the following amounts: (i) the amount for children aged three or over (ii) the amount for children under three (iii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number obtained by subtracting one from the number of covered children under three If there are two or more covered children aged three or over The sum of the following amounts: (i) the amount for children aged three or over multiplied by two (ii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number obtained by subtracting two from the number of covered children aged three or over (iii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number of covered children under three If there is one person counted for the amount for third and later children If there is no covered child aged three or over The sum of the following amounts: (i) the amount for children under three (ii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number obtained by subtracting one from the number of covered children under three If there is a covered child aged three or over The sum of the following amounts: (i) the amount for children aged three or over (ii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number obtained by subtracting one from the number of covered children aged three or over (iii) the amount for third and later children multiplied by the number of covered children under three If there are two or more persons counted for the amount for third and later children The amount for third and later children multiplied by the number of persons each of whom is a covered child machine translation, not official **二** 法人受給資格者の児童手当　三歳以上児童算定額に三歳以上支給対象児童の数を乗じた額と、三歳未満児童算定額に三歳未満支給対象児童の数を乗じた額を合算した額 art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-1/item-2 child allowance for a corporate eligible recipient: the sum of the amount obtained by multiplying the amount for children aged three or over by the number of persons each of whom is a covered child aged three or over and the amount obtained by multiplying the amount for children under three by the number of persons each of whom is a covered child under three; machine translation, not official **三** 施設等受給資格者の児童手当　三歳以上児童算定額に三歳以上施設入所等児童の数を乗じた額と、三歳未満児童算定額に三歳未満施設入所等児童の数を乗じた額を合算した額 art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-1/item-3 child allowance for a facility eligible recipient: the sum of the amount obtained by multiplying the amount for children aged three or over by the number of persons each of whom is a child placed in a facility, etc. aged three or over and the amount obtained by multiplying the amount for children under three by the number of persons each of whom is a child placed in a facility, etc. under three. machine translation, not official **第二項** この条において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、当該各号に定めるところによる。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2 In this Article, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 個人受給資格者　次条第一項に規定する一般受給資格者（第六号において「一般受給資格者」という。）のうち、法人受給資格者以外のものをいう。 art-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-1 "individual eligible recipient" means a general eligible recipient prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article (referred to as a "general eligible recipient" in item (vi)) other than a corporate eligible recipient; machine translation, not official **二** 第三子以降算定額算定対象者　二十二歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にある者（児童及び延長者等（児童福祉法第三十一条第四項に規定する延長者及びこれに類する者として内閣府令で定めるものをいい、十八歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日を経過した者に限る。）を除く。）のうち、個人受給資格者によつて監護に相当する日常生活上の世話及び必要な保護並びにその生計費の相当部分の負担が行われている者として内閣府令で定めるものであつて、日本国内に住所を有するもの又は留学その他の内閣府令で定める理由により日本国内に住所を有しないものをいう。 art-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-2 "person counted for the amount for third and later children" means a person who is in the period up to the first March 31 on or after the day on which the person attains the age of 22 (excluding children and extended persons, etc. (meaning extended persons prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (4) of the Child Welfare Act and persons similar thereto specified by Cabinet Office Order, limited to those who have passed the first March 31 on or after the day on which they attained the age of 18)), who is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a person for whom an individual eligible recipient provides daily care equivalent to raising the person and necessary protection and bears a considerable part of the person's living expenses, and who has a domicile in Japan or does not have a domicile in Japan for a reason specified by Cabinet Office Order, such as study abroad; machine translation, not official **三** 支給対象児童　次条第一項の認定に係る支給要件児童をいう。 art-6/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-3 "covered child" means a child under the requirements for payment pertaining to the certification under paragraph (1) of the following Article; machine translation, not official **四** 三歳以上支給対象児童　三歳以上の支給対象児童（月の初日に生まれた支給対象児童にあつては、出生の日から三年を経過したもの）をいう。 art-6/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-4 "covered child aged three or over" means a covered child aged three or over (in the case of a covered child born on the first day of a month, one for whom three years have passed from the day of birth); machine translation, not official **五** 三歳未満支給対象児童　三歳未満の支給対象児童（月の初日に生まれた支給対象児童にあつては、出生の日から三年を経過しないもの）をいう。 art-6/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-5 "covered child under three" means a covered child under the age of three (in the case of a covered child born on the first day of a month, one for whom three years have not passed from the day of birth); machine translation, not official **六** 法人受給資格者　一般受給資格者（第四条第一項第一号に該当する者に限る。）のうち、未成年後見人であり、かつ、法人であるものをいう。 art-6/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-6 "corporate eligible recipient" means a general eligible recipient (limited to a person falling under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)) who is a guardian of a minor and is a corporation; machine translation, not official **七** 施設等受給資格者　次条第二項に規定する施設等受給資格者をいう。 art-6/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-7 "facility eligible recipient" means a facility eligible recipient prescribed in paragraph (2) of the following Article; machine translation, not official **八** 三歳以上施設入所等児童　次条第二項の認定に係る三歳以上の施設入所等児童（月の初日に生まれた施設入所等児童にあつては、出生の日から三年を経過したもの）をいう。 art-6/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-8 "child placed in a facility, etc. aged three or over" means a child placed in a facility, etc. aged three or over pertaining to the certification under paragraph (2) of the following Article (in the case of a child placed in a facility, etc. born on the first day of a month, one for whom three years have passed from the day of birth); machine translation, not official **九** 三歳未満施設入所等児童　次条第二項の認定に係る三歳未満の施設入所等児童（月の初日に生まれた施設入所等児童にあつては、出生の日から三年を経過しないもの）をいう。 art-6/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-9 "child placed in a facility, etc. under three" means a child placed in a facility, etc. under the age of three pertaining to the certification under paragraph (2) of the following Article (in the case of a child placed in a facility, etc. born on the first day of a month, one for whom three years have not passed from the day of birth). machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の「三歳未満児童算定額」は一万五千円とし、「三歳以上児童算定額」は一万円とし、「第三子以降算定額」は三万円とする。 art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-3 The "amount for children under three" in paragraph (1) is 15,000 yen, the "amount for children aged three or over" is 10,000 yen, and the "amount for third and later children" is 30,000 yen. machine translation, not official **第四項** 児童手当の額は、国民の生活水準その他の諸事情に著しい変動が生じた場合には、変動後の諸事情に応ずるため、速やかに改定の措置が講ぜられなければならない。 art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-4 If a significant change occurs in the standard of living of the people or other circumstances, the amount of child allowance must be promptly revised so as to respond to the circumstances after the change. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-6/par-2: この条 → 児童手当法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6 - art-6/par-2/item-1: 次条第一項 → 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-6/par-2/item-1: 第六号 → 児童手当法 第六条第二項第六号 (Article 6, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-6/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-6 - art-6/par-2/item-2: 児童福祉法第三十一条第四項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000164, 第三十一条第四項 (Article 31, paragraph (4)), art-31/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-6/par-2/item-3: 次条第一項 → 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-6/par-2/item-6: 第四条第一項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1 - art-6/par-2/item-7: 次条第二項 → 児童手当法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - art-6/par-2/item-8: 次条第二項 → 児童手当法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - art-6/par-2/item-9: 次条第二項 → 児童手当法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - art-6/par-3: 第一項 → 児童手当法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 児童手当法 第六条第二項（児童手当の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2 - 児童手当法 第六条第二項第一号（児童手当の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-2/item-1 - 児童手当法 第六条第三項（児童手当の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-6/par-3 - 児童手当法 第十八条第一項（児童手当に要する費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-18/par-1 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-1 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3601-74/art-2/par-2 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-1 - 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項（支給要件等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-2 - 児童手当法 附則第十三条第四項（児童手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5061-47/art-13/par-4 - 児童手当法 附則第十三条第五項（児童手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-5061-47/art-13/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 児童手当法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000073/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-09 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 児童手当法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/968), retrieved 2026-09-23 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T094943-001, translated 2026-10-09 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T094943-002, translated 2026-10-09 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T110211-001, translated 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 165 — 児童手当法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09