# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二章 (Chapter 2) - Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号 - English title "Public Assistance Act": Ministry of Justice translation - 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: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2029-06-24 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 24 June 2029 — the amending law allows up to three years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20290624_508AC0000000051) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/ch-2 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第二章　保護の原則 — Chapter II Principles of Public Assistance heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2 ### 第七条（申請保護の原則） — (Principle of Public Assistance Based on Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-7 **第一項** 保護は、要保護者、その扶養義務者又はその他の同居の親族の申請に基いて開始するものとする。但し、要保護者が急迫した状況にあるときは、保護の申請がなくても、必要な保護を行うことができる。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-7/par-1 The provision of public assistance shall start based on an application filed by a person requiring public assistance, a person responsible for his/her support or any other relative living together; provided, however, that necessary public assistance may be provided without an application therefore when a person requiring public assistance is under urgent circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第八条（基準及び程度の原則） — (Principle of Standard and Extent) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-8 **第一項** 保護は、厚生労働大臣の定める基準により測定した要保護者の需要を基とし、そのうち、その者の金銭又は物品で満たすことのできない不足分を補う程度において行うものとする。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-8/par-1 Public assistance shall be provided, based on the level of the demand of a person requiring public assistance, which has been measured according to the standard specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the extent that makes up the shortfall thereof that cannot be satisfied by the money or goods possessed by said person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の基準は、要保護者の年齢別、性別、世帯構成別、所在地域別その他保護の種類に応じて必要な事情を考慮した最低限度の生活の需要を満たすに十分なものであつて、且つ、これをこえないものでなければならない。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-8/par-2 The standard set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be one that sufficiently satisfies but shall not exceed the demand pertaining to a minimum standard of living, taking into consideration the age, sex, household composition and location of the person requiring public assistance and any other necessary circumstances according to the type of public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第九条（必要即応の原則） — (Principle of Conforming to Individual Needs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-9 **第一項** 保護は、要保護者の年齢別、性別、健康状態等その個人又は世帯の実際の必要の相違を考慮して、有効且つ適切に行うものとする。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-9/par-1 Public assistance shall be provided effectively and appropriately by taking into consideration the differences between the actual needs of individuals or households, such as the age, sex and health conditions of the person requiring assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十条（世帯単位の原則） — (Principle of Public Assistance on a Household Basis) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-10 **第一項** 保護は、世帯を単位としてその要否及び程度を定めるものとする。但し、これによりがたいときは、個人を単位として定めることができる。 art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-10/par-1 The need for and extent of public assistance shall be determined on a household basis ; provided, however, that, if this is difficult, such determination may be made on an individual basis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/amendments/20290624_508AC0000000051/text/ch-2#art-8/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text as 令和八年法律第五十一号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20290624_508AC0000000051), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19