# 児童扶養手当法 / Child Rearing Allowance Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（調査） — address `art-29` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29 - 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. --- ### 第二十九条（調査） — Investigation caption: machine translation, not official art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29 **第一項** 都道府県知事等は、必要があると認めるときは、受給資格者に対して、受給資格の有無及び手当の額の決定のために必要な事項に関する書類（当該児童の父又は母が支払つた当該児童の養育に必要な費用に関するものを含む。）その他の物件を提出すべきことを命じ、又は当該職員をしてこれらの事項に関し受給資格者、当該児童その他の関係人に質問させることができる。 art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29/par-1 When the prefectural governor, etc. finds it necessary, the prefectural governor, etc. may order an eligible recipient to submit documents (including those relating to expenses necessary for raising the child that the child's father or mother has paid) and other articles concerning matters necessary for determining whether there is eligibility and the amount of the allowance, or may have the official in charge question the eligible recipient, the child and other persons concerned about those matters. machine translation, not official **第二項** 都道府県知事等は、必要があると認めるときは、受給資格者に対して、第三条第一項若しくは第四条第一項第一号ハに規定する政令で定める程度の障害の状態にあることにより手当の支給が行われる児童若しくは児童の父若しくは母につき、その指定する医師の診断を受けさせるべきことを命じ、又は当該職員をしてその者の障害の状態を診断させることができる。 art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29/par-2 When the prefectural governor, etc. finds it necessary, the prefectural governor, etc. may order an eligible recipient to have the child, or the father or mother of the child, in respect of whom payment of the allowance is made by reason of being in a condition of disability of a degree of severity specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i), (c), undergo a diagnosis by a physician designated by the prefectural governor, etc., or may have the official in charge diagnose that person's condition of disability. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の規定によつて質問又は診断を行なう当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、かつ、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29/par-3 The official in charge who conducts questioning or diagnosis under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must carry a certificate showing the official's status and present it when a person concerned so requests. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-29/par-2: 第三条第一項 → 児童扶養手当法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-3/par-1 - art-29/par-2: 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/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-4/par-1/item-1 - art-29/par-3: 前二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29/par-1 - art-29/par-3: 前二項 → 児童扶養手当法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 児童扶養手当法 第十四条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-14/par-1/item-1 - 児童扶養手当法 第十四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-14/par-1/item-2 - 児童扶養手当法 第二十九条第三項（調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/child-rearing-allowance-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000238/art-29/par-3 --- ## 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-20261104T155257-005, translated 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch child-rearing-allowance-act-20261104T155257-005, 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