# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（認定の請求等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4121-84/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第二条（認定の請求等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Claims for Certification, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4121-84/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  平成十二年六月一日において改正後の児童手当法（以下「新法」という。）附則第七条第一項の給付の支給要件に該当すべき者は、同日前においても、同日にその要件に該当することを条件として、当該給付について同条第四項において準用する新法第七条第一項（新法第十七条第一項において読み替えて適用する場合を含む。以下同じ。）の規定による認定の請求の手続をとることができる。
<sup>suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1</sup>
A person who is to meet, on June 1, 2000, the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amended Child Allowance Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") may, even before that date, on condition that the person meets those requirements on that date, take the procedures for a claim for certification of that benefit under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Act (including where it is applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New Act; the same applies hereinafter) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act.
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**第二項**  前項の手続をとった者が、平成十二年六月一日において、新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給要件に該当しているときは、その者に対する同項の給付の支給は、同条第四項において準用する新法第八条第二項の規定にかかわらず、同月から始める。
<sup>suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2</sup>
If a person who has followed the procedure under the preceding paragraph meets, on June 1, 2000, the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act, payment of the benefit under that paragraph to that person begins in that month, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act.
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**第三項**  次の各号に掲げる者が、平成十二年九月三十日までの間に新法附則第七条第四項において準用する新法第七条第一項の規定による認定の請求をしたときは、その者に対する新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給は、同条第四項において準用する新法第八条第二項の規定にかかわらず、それぞれ当該各号に定める月から始める。
<sup>suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3</sup>
If a person set forth in the following items makes, by September 30, 2000, a claim for certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act, payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act to that person begins in the month specified in the relevant item, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act:
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  **一**  平成十二年六月一日において現に新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給要件に該当している者　同月
  <sup>suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3/item-1</sup>
  a person who currently meets, on June 1, 2000, the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act: that month;
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  **二**  平成十二年六月一日から同年九月三十日までの間に新法附則第七条第一項の給付の支給要件に該当するに至った者　その者が同項の給付の支給要件に該当するに至った日の属する月の翌月
  <sup>suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3/item-2</sup>
  a person who has come to meet the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act during the period from June 1, 2000 to September 30, 2000: the month following the month that includes the day on which that person came to meet the requirements for payment of the benefit under that paragraph.
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## Cites
- suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1: 新法第十七条第一項 → 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
- suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1: 新法第七条第一項 → 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
- suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2: 新法第八条第二項 → 児童手当法 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-8/par-2
- suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 児童手当法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-1
- suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3: 新法第八条第二項 → 児童手当法 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-8/par-2
- suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-3: 新法第七条第一項 → 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

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 児童手当法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-1/par-1
- 児童手当法 附則第二条第二項（認定の請求等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-2/par-2
- 児童手当法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4121-84/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4121-84/art-3/par-1

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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-20261009T094943-010, 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
