# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第七十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73)

- 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: 第七十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73)（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4191-109/art-73`
- 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/art-73
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4191-109/art-73
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### 第七十三条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
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<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.
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**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.
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**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.
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**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.
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## Cites
- 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

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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-20261009T094943-012, 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
