# 児童手当法 / Child Allowance Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- Law: 児童手当法 (Child Allowance Act), 昭和四十六年法律第七十三号
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- Provision: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4241-24/art-6`
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### 第六条（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
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4241-24/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号に掲げる者が、施行日から平成二十四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第七条第一項（同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。）又は第二項の規定による認定の請求をしたときは、その者に対する児童手当の支給は、同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-4241-24/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1</sup>
If a person set forth in the following items files, during the period from the Effective Date to September 30, 2012, a claim for certification under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (including the case where it is applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of that Act) or paragraph (2) of that Article, payment of child allowance to that person is to start from the month specified respectively in those items, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of that Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  施行日において第一条の規定による改正後の児童手当法第四条第四項の規定が適用されることにより同条第一項第一号に掲げる者に該当している父又は母　施行日の属する月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1</sup>
  A father or mother who, as of the Effective Date, falls under the persons set forth in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 by reason of the application of paragraph (4) of that Article: the month in which the Effective Date falls;
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  **二**  施行日において未成年後見人、父母指定者（第一条の規定による改正後の児童手当法第四条第一項第二号に規定する父母指定者をいう。以下同じ。）又は同項第四号に掲げる者として中学校修了前の児童（同法第二十二条の三に規定する中学校修了前の児童をいう。以下この条、次条、附則第十三条及び第十四条において同じ。）を養育していることにより同項第一号、第二号又は第四号に掲げる者に該当している者　施行日の属する月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2</sup>
  A person who, as of the Effective Date, falls under the persons set forth in item (i), (ii), or (iv) of that paragraph by reason of raising a child before completion of lower secondary school (meaning a child before completion of lower secondary school prescribed in Article 22-3 of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, the following Article, and Articles 13 and 14 of the Supplementary Provisions) as a guardian of a minor, a parent's designee (meaning a parent's designee prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1; the same applies hereinafter), or a person set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph: the month in which the Effective Date falls;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  施行日から平成二十四年五月三十一日までの間に児童手当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、第一条の規定による改正後の児童手当法第四条第四項の規定が適用されることにより同条第一項第一号に掲げる者に該当するに至った父又は母　その者が同号に掲げる者に該当するに至った日の属する月の翌月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3</sup>
  A father or mother who has come to satisfy the requirements for payment of child allowance during the period from the Effective Date to May 31, 2012, and who, on the day on which the father or mother came to satisfy those requirements for payment, has come to fall under the persons set forth in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 by reason of the application of paragraph (4) of that Article: the month following the month in which the day on which the person came to fall under the persons set forth in that item falls;
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  **四**  施行日から平成二十四年五月三十一日までの間に児童手当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、未成年後見人、父母指定者又は第一条の規定による改正後の児童手当法第四条第一項第四号に掲げる者として中学校修了前の児童を養育することとなったことにより同項第一号、第二号又は第四号に掲げる者に該当するに至った者　その者が同項第一号、第二号又は第四号に掲げる者に該当するに至った日の属する月の翌月
  <sup>suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4</sup>
  A person who has come to satisfy the requirements for payment of child allowance during the period from the Effective Date to May 31, 2012, and who, on the day on which the person came to satisfy those requirements for payment, has come to fall under the persons set forth in item (i), (ii), or (iv) of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 by reason of coming to raise a child before completion of lower secondary school as a guardian of a minor, a parent's designee, or a person set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph: the month following the month in which the day on which the person came to fall under the persons set forth in item (i), (ii), or (iv) of that paragraph falls.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1: 同法第十七条第一項 → 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-4241-24/art-6/par-1: 第二項 → 児童手当法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-7/par-2
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1: 同法第八条第二項 → 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-4241-24/art-6/par-1: 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-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1: 児童手当法第四条第四項 → 児童手当法 第四条第四項 (Article 4, paragraph (4)), art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-4
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-1: 同条第一項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: 第十四条 → 児童手当法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4241-24/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-14
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: 児童手当法第四条第一項第二号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: 同項第四号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第四号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-4/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-4
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: この条 → 児童手当法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4241-24/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: 同項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: 次条 → 児童手当法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4241-24/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-7
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2: 附則第十三条 → 児童手当法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4241-24/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-13
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3: 児童手当法第四条第四項 → 児童手当法 第四条第四項 (Article 4, paragraph (4)), art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-4
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-3: 同条第一項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4: 第二号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4: 児童手当法第四条第一項第四号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第四号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-4/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-4
- suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-4: 同項第一号 → 児童手当法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/art-4/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

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- 児童手当法 附則第六条第一項第二号（児童手当の支給及び額の改定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-allowance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000073/suppl-4241-24/art-6/par-1/item-2

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