# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-4031-54/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-5
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### 第五条
<sup>suppl-4031-54/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  平成四年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間においては、新法附則第六条第一項中「第四条」とあるのは「児童手当法の一部を改正する法律（平成三年法律第五十四号。以下「法律第五十四号」という。）附則第二条第一項の規定により読み替えられた第四条」と、同条第二項中「第五条から第十七条まで」とあるのは「第五条、法律第五十四号附則第二条第一項の規定により読み替えられた第六条、第七条から第十七条まで」とする。
<sup>suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-1</sup>
During the period from January 1 to December 31, 1992, the phrase "Article 4" in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 4 as read pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Child Allowance Act (Act No. 54 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as "Act No. 54")", and the phrase "Articles 5 through 17" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 5, Article 6 as read pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of Act No. 54, and Articles 7 through 17".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  平成五年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間においては、新法附則第六条第一項中「第四条」とあるのは「児童手当法の一部を改正する法律（平成三年法律第五十四号。以下「法律第五十四号」という。）附則第二条第二項の規定により読み替えられた第四条」と、同条第二項中「第五条から第十七条まで」とあるのは「第五条、法律第五十四号附則第二条第二項の規定により読み替えられた第六条、第七条から第十七条まで」とする。
<sup>suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-2</sup>
During the period from January 1 to December 31, 1993, the phrase "Article 4" in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 4 as read pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Child Allowance Act (Act No. 54 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as "Act No. 54")", and the phrase "Articles 5 through 17" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 5, Article 6 as read pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of Act No. 54, and Articles 7 through 17".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-1: 児童手当法の一部を改正する法律（平成三年法律第五十四号。以下「法律第五十四号」という。）附則第二条第一項 → 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-1 — 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
- suppl-4031-54/art-5/par-2: 児童手当法の一部を改正する法律（平成三年法律第五十四号。以下「法律第五十四号」という。）附則第二条第二項 → 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4031-54/art-2/par-2 — 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

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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-20261009T094943-008, 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
