# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23) - 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（事務監査） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条（事務監査） — (Audit of Affairs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は都道府県知事及び市町村長の行うこの法律の施行に関する事務について、都道府県知事は市町村長の行うこの法律の施行に関する事務について、その指定する職員に、その監査を行わせなければならない。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall have an official he/she has designated conduct an audit of the affairs concerning the enforcement of this Act carried out by a prefectural governor or municipal mayor, and a prefectural governor shall have an official he/she has designated conduct an audit of the affairs concerning the enforcement of this Act carried out by a municipal mayor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により指定された職員は、都道府県知事又は市町村長に対し、必要と認める資料の提出若しくは説明を求め、又は必要と認める指示をすることができる。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-2 An official designated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may make a request for the submission of materials or the provision of a statement of explanation that he/she finds necessary or give an instruction that he/she finds necessary to a prefectural governor or municipal mayor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により指定すべき職員の資格については、政令で定める。 art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-3 The qualification of an official to be designated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be specified by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-1 - art-23/par-3: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第二十三条第二項（事務監査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-2 - 生活保護法 第二十三条第三項（事務監査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-23/par-3 - 生活保護法 第六十六条第二項（再審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-66/par-2 - 生活保護法 別表第三 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20261001_507AC0000000087), 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