# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（指導及び指示） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27 - 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. --- ### 第二十七条（指導及び指示） — (Guidance and Instruction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27 **第一項** 保護の実施機関は、被保護者に対して、生活の維持、向上その他保護の目的達成に必要な指導又は指示をすることができる。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-1 A public assistance administrator may give a public assistance recipient any guidance or instruction that is necessary for maintaining or improving the recipient's standard of living or for achieving the purpose of public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の指導又は指示は、被保護者の自由を尊重し、必要の最少限度に止めなければならない。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-2 The guidance or instruction under the preceding paragraph shall respect the freedom of the public assistance recipient and be limited to the minimum extent necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は、被保護者の意に反して、指導又は指示を強制し得るものと解釈してはならない。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not be interpreted as those that may force a public assistance recipient to receive guidance or instruction against his/her will. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-3: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第二十七条第二項（指導及び指示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-2 - 生活保護法 第二十七条第三項（指導及び指示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27/par-3 - 生活保護法 第六十二条第一項（指示等に従う義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-62/par-1 - 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