# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二十七条の三 (Article 27-3)

- 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: 第二十七条の三 (Article 27-3)（調整会議） — address `art-27-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3
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### 第二十七条の三（調整会議） — Coordination Meeting
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<sup>art-27-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3</sup>

**第一項**  保護の実施機関は、地域における福祉、就労、教育、住宅その他の被保護者に対する支援に関する業務を行う関係機関、第五十五条の七第二項（第五十五条の八第三項及び第五十五条の十第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による委託を受けた者、当該支援に関係する団体、当該支援に関係する職務に従事する者その他の被保護者に対する支援に関係する者として保護の実施機関が認めたもの（以下この条において「関係機関等」という。）により構成される会議（以下この条において「調整会議」という。）を組織することができる。
<sup>art-27-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-1</sup>
A public assistance administrator may organize a meeting (hereinafter referred to as the "coordination meeting" in this Article) composed of relevant bodies that carry out work relating to support for public assistance recipients in the community, such as welfare, employment, education and housing, persons entrusted pursuant to Article 55-7, paragraph (2) (including where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55-8, paragraph (3) and Article 55-10, paragraph (2)), organizations related to that support, persons engaged in duties related to that support, and other persons whom the public assistance administrator has found to be related to support for public assistance recipients (hereinafter referred to as "relevant bodies, etc." in this Article).
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**第二項**  調整会議は、被保護者に対する自立の助長を図るために必要な情報の交換を行うとともに、被保護者が地域において日常生活及び社会生活を営むのに必要な支援体制に関する検討を行うものとする。
<sup>art-27-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-2</sup>
The coordination meeting is to exchange information necessary for promoting self-support for public assistance recipients and to examine the support structure necessary for public assistance recipients to lead daily life and social life in the community.
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**第三項**  調整会議は、前項に規定する情報の交換及び検討を行うために必要があると認めるときは、関係機関等に対し、被保護者に関する資料又は情報の提供、意見の開陳その他必要な協力を求めることができる。
<sup>art-27-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-3</sup>
When the coordination meeting finds it necessary in order to exchange and examine the information prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it may request relevant bodies, etc. to provide materials or information concerning public assistance recipients, to state their opinions, and to give other necessary cooperation.
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**第四項**  関係機関等は、前項の規定による求めがあつた場合には、これに協力するよう努めるものとする。
<sup>art-27-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-4</sup>
When requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, relevant bodies, etc. are to make efforts to cooperate with the request.
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**第五項**  調整会議は、当該調整会議が組織されている都道府県、市又は福祉事務所を設置する町村に生活困窮者自立支援法（平成二十五年法律第百五号）第九条第一項に規定する支援会議又は社会福祉法第百六条の六第一項に規定する支援会議が組織されているときは、被保護者に対する支援の円滑な実施のため、これらの会議と相互に連携を図るよう努めるものとする。
<sup>art-27-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-5</sup>
When a support conference prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act on Self-Reliance Support for Persons in Need (Act No. 105 of 2013) or a support conference prescribed in Article 106-6, paragraph (1) of the Social Welfare Act has been organized in the prefecture, city, or town or village establishing a welfare office in which the coordination meeting is organized, the coordination meeting is to make efforts to coordinate with those conferences for the smooth implementation of support for public assistance recipients.
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**第六項**  調整会議の事務に従事する者又は従事していた者は、正当な理由がなく、調整会議の事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
<sup>art-27-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-6</sup>
A person engaged or formerly engaged in the affairs of the coordination meeting must not, without a justifiable reason, divulge any secret learned in relation to the affairs of the coordination meeting.
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**第七項**  前各項に定めるもののほか、調整会議の組織及び運営に関し必要な事項は、調整会議が定める。
<sup>art-27-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-7</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, matters necessary for the organization and operation of the coordination meeting are to be specified by the coordination meeting.
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## Cites
- art-27-3/par-1: 第五十五条の七第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七第二項 (Article 55-7, paragraph (2)), art-55-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7/par-2
- art-27-3/par-1: 第五十五条の八第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の八第三項 (Article 55-8, paragraph (3)), art-55-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8/par-3
- art-27-3/par-1: 第五十五条の十第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の十第二項 (Article 55-10, paragraph (2)), art-55-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-2
- art-27-3/par-1: この条 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三 (Article 27-3), art-27-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3
- art-27-3/par-3: 前項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第二項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (2)), art-27-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-2
- art-27-3/par-4: 前項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第三項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (3)), art-27-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-3
- art-27-3/par-5: 生活困窮者自立支援法（平成二十五年法律第百五号）第九条第一項 → e-Gov law 425AC0000000105, 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-27-3/par-5: 社会福祉法第百六条の六第一項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第百六条の六第一項 (Article 106-6, paragraph (1)), art-106-6/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-27-3/par-7: 前各項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第一項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (1)), art-27-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-1
- art-27-3/par-7: 前各項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第二項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (2)), art-27-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-2
- art-27-3/par-7: 前各項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第三項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (3)), art-27-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-3
- art-27-3/par-7: 前各項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第四項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (4)), art-27-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-4
- art-27-3/par-7: 前各項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第五項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (5)), art-27-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-5
- art-27-3/par-7: 前各項 → 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第六項 (Article 27-3, paragraph (6)), art-27-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-6

## Cited by

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

- 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第一項（調整会議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-1
- 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第三項（調整会議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-3
- 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第四項（調整会議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-4
- 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第七項（調整会議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-7
- 生活保護法 第八十五条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-85-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-85-2/par-1

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T141738-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T141738-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
