# 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-4161-21`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-21
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-21
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 平成一六年三月三一日法律第二一号
<sup>suppl-4161-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-21</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-21/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-21/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-21/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十六年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4161-21/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-21/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-21/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2004.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-21/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-21/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-21/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の規定は、平成十六年度以降の年度の予算に係る国又は都道府県の負担（平成十五年度以前の年度における事務又は事業の実施により平成十六年度以降の年度に支出される国又は都道府県の負担を除く。）について適用し、平成十五年度以前の年度における事務又は事業の実施により平成十六年度以降の年度に支出される国又は都道府県の負担及び平成十六年度以降の年度に行われる第三条の規定による改正前の児童扶養手当法第二十一条の二の規定に基づく交付金の交付については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-21/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4161-21/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4161-21/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions after amendment by this Act apply to the burden borne by the State or prefectures pertaining to the budget of fiscal year 2004 and thereafter (excluding the burden borne by the State or prefectures expended in fiscal year 2004 or thereafter by reason of the performance of affairs or business in fiscal year 2003 or earlier), and the provisions then in force continue to govern the burden borne by the State or prefectures expended in fiscal year 2004 or thereafter by reason of the performance of affairs or business in fiscal year 2003 or earlier and the provision of grants made in fiscal year 2004 or thereafter under Article 21-2 of the Child Rearing Allowance Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261009T094943-011, 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
