# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第十三条の三 (Article 13-3)

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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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- Provision: 第十三条の三 (Article 13-3) — address `art-13-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第十三条の三
<sup>art-13-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3</sup>

**第一項**  受給資格者（養育者を除く。以下この条において同じ。）に対する手当は、支給開始月の初日から起算して五年又は手当の支給要件に該当するに至つた日の属する月の初日から起算して七年を経過したとき（第六条第一項の規定による認定の請求をした日において三歳未満の児童を監護する受給資格者にあつては、当該児童が三歳に達した日の属する月の翌月の初日から起算して五年を経過したとき）は、政令で定めるところにより、その一部を支給しない。ただし、当該支給しない額は、その経過した日の属する月の翌月に当該受給資格者に支払うべき手当の額の二分の一に相当する額を超えることができない。
<sup>art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3/par-1</sup>
Payment of the allowance to an eligible recipient (excluding a person raising the child; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is partly withheld, as provided by Cabinet Order, when five years have elapsed from the first day of the first month of payment, or seven years have elapsed from the first day of the month containing the day on which the requirements for payment of the allowance came to be met (or, in the case of an eligible recipient who had in custody a child under three years of age on the day of making a claim for certification under Article 6, paragraph (1), when five years have elapsed from the first day of the month following the month containing the day on which that child reached the age of three); provided, however, that the amount so withheld may not exceed an amount equivalent to one-half of the amount of the allowance to be paid to that eligible recipient in the month following the month containing the day on which that period elapsed.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  受給資格者が、前項に規定する期間を経過した後において、身体上の障害がある場合その他の政令で定める事由に該当する場合には、当該受給資格者については、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その該当している期間は、同項の規定を適用しない。
<sup>art-13-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3/par-2</sup>
If an eligible recipient, after the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph has elapsed, has a physical disability or otherwise falls under grounds specified by Cabinet Order, the preceding paragraph does not apply to that eligible recipient during the period in which the recipient falls under such grounds, as provided by Cabinet Office Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-13-3/par-1: この条 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三 (Article 13-3), art-13-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3
- art-13-3/par-1: 第六条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-6/par-1
- art-13-3/par-2: 前項 → 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三第一項 (Article 13-3, paragraph (1)), art-13-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 児童扶養手当法 第七条第一項（支給期間及び支払期月） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-7/par-1
- 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3/par-1
- 児童扶養手当法 第十三条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-13-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-13-3/par-2
- 児童扶養手当法 附則第四条第四項（児童扶養手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-4261-28/art-4/par-4
- 児童扶養手当法 附則第十三条第二項（児童扶養手当法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/suppl-5021-40/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/suppl-5021-40/art-13/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 児童扶養手当法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000238/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-04
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 児童扶養手当法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/788), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch child-rearing-allowance-act-20261104T155257-004, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 児童扶養手当法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-04
