# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3531-46`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46
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## 附　則 昭和五三年五月一六日法律第四六号
<sup>suppl-3531-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3531-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の規定は、次の各号に掲げる区分に従い、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1</sup>
The provisions of this Act come into effect on the dates specified in the following items, according to the categories set forth in those items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第三条及び第五条の規定並びに第八条中児童手当法第二十九条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに附則第十三条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 3 and 5, the provisions in Article 8 adding one Article after Article 29 of the Child Allowance Act, and the provisions of Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二から四まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  第八条中児童手当法第六条第一項の改正規定及び附則第九条の規定　昭和五十三年十月一日
  <sup>suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-5</sup>
  The provisions of Article 8 amending Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act, and the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 1978.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第九条（児童手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Child Allowance Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3531-46/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  昭和五十三年九月以前の月分の児童手当の額については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3531-46/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-9/par-1</sup>
With regard to the amount of child allowance for months up to and including September 1978, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-5: 附則第九条 → 児童手当法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-3531-46/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-9

## Cited by

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

- 児童手当法 附則第一条第一項第五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-3531-46/art-1/par-1/item-5

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## 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-20261009T094943-005, translated 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T094943-006, 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