# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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- Law: 児童扶養手当法 (Child Rearing Allowance Act), 昭和三十六年法律第二百三十八号
- English title "Child Rearing Allowance Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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## 附　則 昭和六〇年六月七日法律第四八号
<sup>suppl-3601-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日等） — Effective Date, etc.
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<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和六十年八月一日から施行する。ただし、第四条に二項を加える改正規定、第二十九条第一項の改正規定（「、当該児童」の下に「、第四条第一項第一号イ若しくは第二号イに該当する児童の父母」を加える部分に限る。）及び第三十条の改正規定並びに次条の規定は、政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on August 1, 1985; provided, however, that the provisions adding two paragraphs to Article 4, the provisions amending Article 29, paragraph (1) (limited to the part adding ", the parents of a child who falls under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a)" after ", the child") and the provisions amending Article 30, and the provisions of the following Article come into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order.
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**第二項**  政府は、前項ただし書に規定する政令を定めるに当たつては、婚姻を解消した父母の児童に対する扶養義務の履行の状況、当該父又は母の所得の把握方法の状況等を勘案しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-2</sup>
In specifying the Cabinet Order prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the Government must take into consideration the status of performance of the duty of support toward the child by parents who have dissolved their marriage, the status of the methods of ascertaining the income of that father or mother, and other such matters.
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### 第二条（支給要件に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Requirements for Payment
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<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の児童扶養手当法（以下「新法」という。）第四条第四項の規定は、前条第一項ただし書に規定する政令で定める日以後に父母が婚姻（婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある場合を含む。）を解消したことにより新法第四条第一項第一号イ又は第二号イに該当するに至つた児童についての児童扶養手当（以下「手当」という。）に関して適用する。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (4) of the Child Rearing Allowance Act after the amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") apply to Child Rearing Allowance (hereinafter referred to as the "allowance") for a child who has come to fall under Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) or item (ii), (a) of the New Act as a result of the parents having, on or after the day specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, dissolved their marriage (including cases where the parents have not submitted a notification of marriage but are in circumstances equivalent to a de facto marital relationship).
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### 第三条（手当額に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Regarding the Amount of the Allowance
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<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  新法第五条の規定は、昭和六十年八月以降の月分の手当について適用し、同年七月以前の月分の額については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 5 of the New Act apply to the allowance for the months on or after August 1985, and for the amount for the months on or before July of that year, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第四条（認定の請求に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Regarding Claims for Certification
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<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新法第六条第二項の規定は、この法律の施行後に手当の支給要件に該当するに至つた者の当該手当の認定の請求について適用する。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the New Act apply to a claim for certification of that allowance by a person who has come to satisfy the requirements for payment of the allowance after the enforcement of this Act.
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### 第五条（費用負担に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Regarding Cost Burden
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<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際この法律による改正前の児童扶養手当法（次条第二項において「旧法」という。）第六条の規定による認定を受けている者又はこの法律の施行の際同条の規定による認定の請求をしている者であつて新法第六条の規定による認定を受けたもの（次条第一項において「既認定者等」という。）に係る手当の支給に要する費用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-5/par-1</sup>
For the costs required for payment of the allowance to a person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has received certification under Article 6 of the Child Rearing Allowance Act before its amendment by this Act (referred to as "the Former Act" in paragraph (2) of the following Article), or a person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, has made a claim for certification under that Article and who has received certification under Article 6 of the New Act (referred to as "person already certified, etc." in paragraph (1) of the following Article), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第六条（手当の支給事務に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Regarding Administration of Payment of the Allowance
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  既認定者等に係る手当の支給に関する事務は、政令で定める日までの間は、国が取り扱うものとする。
<sup>suppl-3601-48/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-6/par-1</sup>
The administrative work relating to payment of the allowance to a person already certified, etc. is to be handled by the State until the date specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第七条（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-3601-48/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-7</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-3601-48/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-7/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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1: 次条 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-3601-48/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-2
- suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1
- suppl-3601-48/art-2/par-1: 第四条第四項 → 児童扶養手当法 第四条第四項 (Article 4, paragraph (4)), art-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-4
- suppl-3601-48/art-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-1/par-1
- suppl-3601-48/art-2/par-1: 新法第四条第一項第一号 → 児童扶養手当法 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-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-1
- suppl-3601-48/art-2/par-1: 第二号 → 児童扶養手当法 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-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-4/par-1/item-2
- suppl-3601-48/art-3/par-1: 新法第五条 → 児童扶養手当法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-5
- suppl-3601-48/art-4/par-1: 新法第六条第二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6/par-2
- suppl-3601-48/art-5/par-1: 新法第六条 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/ch-2/from-art-4#art-6
- suppl-3601-48/art-5/par-1: 次条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-48/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/amendments/21171231_360AC0000000048/text/suppl-3601-48#suppl-3601-48/art-6/par-1

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