# 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-4191-109`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
- Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below.

Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text
below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and
says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this
site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names.
They are never merged and never substituted for one another.

---

## 附　則 平成一九年七月六日法律第一〇九号
<sup>suppl-4191-109 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十二年四月一日までの間において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period ending on April 1, 2010; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  附則第三条から第六条まで、第八条、第九条、第十二条第三項及び第四項、第二十九条並びに第三十六条の規定、附則第六十三条中健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十八年法律第八十三号）附則第十八条第一項の改正規定、附則第六十四条中特別会計に関する法律（平成十九年法律第二十三号）附則第二十三条第一項、第六十七条第一項及び第百九十一条の改正規定並びに附則第六十六条及び第七十五条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 3 to Article 6, Article 8, Article 9, Article 12, paragraphs (3) and (4), Article 29, and Article 36 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provision amending Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 83 of 2006) in Article 63 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 23, paragraph (1), Article 67, paragraph (1), and Article 191 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Special Accounts (Act No. 23 of 2007) in Article 64 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 66 and Article 75 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第七十三条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下同じ。）の施行前に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官、地方社会保険事務局長又は社会保険事務所長（以下「社会保険庁長官等」という。）がした裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分又は通知その他の行為は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定に基づいて、厚生労働大臣、地方厚生局長若しくは地方厚生支局長又は機構（以下「厚生労働大臣等」という。）がした裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分又は通知その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1</sup>
A determination, approval, designation, authorization, or other disposition, or notification or other act, made before this Act (or, for the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter) comes into effect, by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, the director of a Regional Social Insurance Bureau, or the head of a Social Insurance Office (hereinafter referred to as the "Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc.") under the provisions of laws and regulations, is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be a determination, approval, designation, authorization, or other disposition, or notification or other act, made by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the director of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, the director of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare's branch office, or the Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc."), based on the corresponding provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行の際現に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官等に対してされている申請、届出その他の行為は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定に基づいて、厚生労働大臣等に対してされた申請、届出その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-2</sup>
An application, notification, or other act made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. under the provisions of laws and regulations that is in effect at the time this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an application, notification, or other act made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., based on the corresponding provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  この法律の施行前に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官等に対し報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならないとされている事項で、施行日前にその手続がされていないものについては、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、これを、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定により厚生労働大臣等に対して、報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならないとされた事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律の施行後の法令の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-3</sup>
With regard to a matter for which a report, notification, submission, or other procedure is required to be made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. under the provisions of laws and regulations before this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made before the effective date, the provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect apply, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, by deeming it, after this Act comes into effect, to be a matter for which a report, notification, submission, or other procedure is required to be made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. under the corresponding provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  なお従前の例によることとする法令の規定により、社会保険庁長官等がすべき裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分若しくは通知その他の行為又は社会保険庁長官等に対してすべき申請、届出その他の行為については、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の規定に基づく権限又は権限に係る事務の区分に応じ、それぞれ、厚生労働大臣等がすべきものとし、又は厚生労働大臣等に対してすべきものとする。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-4</sup>
With regard to a determination, approval, designation, authorization, or other disposition, or notification or other act, to be made by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., or an application, notification, or other act to be made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., under the provisions of laws and regulations for which the provisions then in force continue to govern, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, to make it, or it is to be made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., respectively, according to the classification of the authority, or of affairs pertaining to the authority, based on the provisions of laws and regulations after this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第七十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-74</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-74/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第七十五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-75</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4191-109/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-75/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

---

## Cites
- suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第七十五条 → 児童手当法 附則第七十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 75), suppl-4191-109/art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-75
- suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1: 附則第一条 → 児童手当法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4191-109/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-1

## Cited by

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

- 児童手当法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 児童手当法 附則第七十三条第一項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1

---

## 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-20261009T094943-012, translated 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-allowance-act-20261009T094943-013, 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
