# 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
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- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4181-20`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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## 附　則 平成一八年三月三一日法律第二〇号
<sup>suppl-4181-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十八年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2006.
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### 第二条（児童手当法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Child Allowance Act, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の規定は、平成十八年度以降の年度の予算に係る国、都道府県若しくは市町村（特別区を含む。以下同じ。）の負担（平成十七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十八年度以降の年度に支出される国、都道府県又は市町村の負担を除く。）又は交付金の交付について適用し、平成十七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十八年度以降の年度に支出される国、都道府県又は市町村の負担については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions as amended by this Act apply to the burden of the national government, prefectures, or municipalities (including special wards; the same applies hereinafter) pertaining to the budgets of fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years (excluding the burden of the national government, prefectures, or municipalities to be disbursed in fiscal year 2006 or subsequent fiscal years as a result of the implementation of administrative affairs or projects in fiscal year 2005 or earlier) or to the payment of grants, and with regard to the burden of the national government, prefectures, or municipalities to be disbursed in fiscal year 2006 or subsequent fiscal years as a result of the implementation of administrative affairs or projects in fiscal year 2005 or earlier, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第三条（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Payment of Child Allowance and Revision of Its Amount
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<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号に掲げる者が、平成十八年九月三十日までの間に第一条の規定による改正後の児童手当法（以下「新児童手当法」という。）附則第七条第四項において準用する新児童手当法第七条第一項（新児童手当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をしたときは、その者に対する新児童手当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児童手当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-4181-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1</sup>
If a person set forth in the following items files, by September 30, 2006, a claim for certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Child Allowance Act") as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act (including the case where it is applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New Child Allowance Act; the same applies hereinafter), payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act to that person is to start from the month specified respectively in those items, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of the New Child Allowance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article.
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  **一**  この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）において現に新児童手当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であって、施行日において、その者が養育する同項第一号イに規定する三歳以上小学校修了前の児童（以下「三歳以上小学校修了前の児童」という。）のすべてが、九歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日を経過し、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児童（以下「小学校第三学年修了後小学校修了前の児童」という。）であるもの　施行日の属する月
  <sup>suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  A person who, as of the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), currently satisfies the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act, and for whom, as of the Effective Date, every child aged three or over before completion of elementary school prescribed in item (i), (a) of that paragraph whom the person is raising (hereinafter referred to as "child aged three or over before completion of elementary school") is a child who has passed the first March 31 on or after the day on which the child reaches the age of nine and is within the period up to the first March 31 on or after the day on which the child reaches the age of twelve (hereinafter referred to as "child after completion of the third grade and before completion of elementary school"): the month in which the Effective Date falls;
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  **二**  施行日から平成十八年九月三十日までの間に新児童手当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であって、当該支給要件に該当するに至った日において、その者が養育する三歳以上小学校修了前の児童のすべてが小学校第三学年修了後小学校修了前の児童であるもの　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-4181-20/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  A person who has come to satisfy the requirements for payment of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act during the period from the Effective Date to September 30, 2006, and for whom, on the day on which the person came to satisfy those requirements for payment, every child aged three or over before completion of elementary school whom the person is raising is a child after completion of the third grade and before completion of elementary school: the month following the month in which the day on which the person came to satisfy the requirements for payment of the benefit under that paragraph falls.
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**第二項**  次の各号に掲げる者が、平成十八年九月三十日までの間に新児童手当法附則第七条第四項において準用する新児童手当法第九条第一項の規定による認定の請求をしたときは、その者に対する新児童手当法附則第七条第一項の給付の額の改定は、同条第四項において準用する新児童手当法第九条第一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行う。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2</sup>
If a person set forth in the following items files, by September 30, 2006, a claim for certification under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New Child Allowance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act, revision of the amount of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act for that person is to be made from the month specified respectively in those items, notwithstanding Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New Child Allowance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article.
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  **一**  施行日において現に小学校第三学年修了後小学校修了前の児童を養育していることにより新児童手当法附則第七条第一項の給付の額が増額することとなるに至った者　施行日の属する月
  <sup>suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2/item-1</sup>
  A person for whom the amount of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act has come to be increased by reason of currently raising, as of the Effective Date, a child after completion of the third grade and before completion of elementary school: the month in which the Effective Date falls;
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  **二**  施行日から平成十八年九月三十日までの間に小学校第三学年修了後小学校修了前の児童を養育することとなったことにより新児童手当法附則第七条第一項の給付の額が増額することとなるに至った者　当該小学校第三学年修了後小学校修了前の児童を養育することとなった日の属する月の翌月
  <sup>suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2/item-2</sup>
  A person for whom the amount of the benefit under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act has come to be increased by reason of having come to raise a child after completion of the third grade and before completion of elementary school during the period from the Effective Date to September 30, 2006: the month following the month in which the day on which the person came to raise that child after completion of the third grade and before completion of elementary school falls.
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定は、新児童手当法附則第八条第一項の給付に係る支給及び額の改定について準用する。この場合において、前条第一項中「附則第七条第四項」とあるのは「附則第八条第四項」と、「附則第七条第一項」とあるのは「附則第八条第一項」と、「同項第一号イ」とあるのは「新児童手当法附則第七条第一項第一号イ」と、同条第二項中「附則第七条第四項」とあるのは「附則第八条第四項」と、「附則第七条第一項」とあるのは「附則第八条第一項」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to payment and revision of the amount of the benefit under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act. In this case, the phrase "Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions" in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions", the phrase "Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions" with "Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "item (i), (a) of that paragraph" with "Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Child Allowance Act", and the phrase "Article 7, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions" and the phrase "Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions" with "Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions".
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### 第十一条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4181-20/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-11/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1: 新児童手当法第十七条第一項 → 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-4181-20/art-3/par-1: 新児童手当法第八条第二項 → 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-4181-20/art-3/par-1: 新児童手当法第七条第一項 → 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-4181-20/art-3/par-2: 新児童手当法第九条第一項 → 児童手当法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-9/par-1
- suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1: 同条第二項 → 児童手当法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-2
- suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 児童手当法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1: 前条 → 児童手当法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4181-20/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-3

## Cited by

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

- 児童手当法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4181-20/art-4/par-1

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