# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二十八条 (Article 28) - 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: 第二十八条 (Article 28)（報告、調査及び検診） — address `art-28` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十八条（報告、調査及び検診） — Reports, Investigation and Medical Examination caption: machine translation, not official art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28 **第一項** 保護の実施機関は、保護の決定若しくは実施又は第七十七条若しくは第七十八条（第三項を除く。次項及び次条第一項において同じ。）の規定の施行のため必要があると認めるときは、要保護者の資産及び収入の状況、健康状態その他の事項を調査するために、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該要保護者に対して、報告を求め、若しくは当該職員に、当該要保護者の居住の場所に立ち入り、これらの事項を調査させ、又は当該要保護者に対して、保護の実施機関の指定する医師若しくは歯科医師の検診を受けるべき旨を命ずることができる。 art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-1 When a public assistance administrator finds it necessary for deciding on or implementing public assistance or for the enforcement of the provisions of Article 77 or Article 78 (excluding paragraph (3) of Article 78; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (1) of the following Article), it may, in order to investigate the state of the assets and income, health conditions or any other matters of a person requiring public assistance, in accordance with the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, request a report from said person requiring public assistance, or have a relevant official enter the place of residence of said person requiring public assistance and investigate these matters, or order said person requiring public assistance to have a medical examination from a doctor or a dentist designated by the public assistance administrator. machine translation, not official **第二項** 保護の実施機関は、保護の決定若しくは実施又は第七十七条若しくは第七十八条の規定の施行のため必要があると認めるときは、保護の開始又は変更の申請書及びその添付書類の内容を調査するために、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、要保護者の扶養義務者若しくはその他の同居の親族又は保護の開始若しくは変更の申請の当時要保護者若しくはこれらの者であつた者に対して、報告を求めることができる。 art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-2 When a public assistance administrator finds it necessary for deciding on or implementing public assistance or for the enforcement of the provisions of Article 77 or Article 78, it may, in order to investigate the contents of the written application for commencement of or change to public assistance and the documents attached thereto, in accordance with the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, request a report from a person responsible for the support of the person requiring public assistance or any other relative living together, or from a person who was, at the time of the application for commencement of or change to public assistance, the person requiring public assistance or one of those persons. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定によつて立入調査を行う当該職員は、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、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-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-3 A relevant official who conducts on-site investigations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall carry his/her identification and present it when requested to do so by a person concerned, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の規定による立入調査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。 art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-4 The authority for on-site inspections under the provisions of paragraph (1) shall not be interpreted as that granted for criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 保護の実施機関は、要保護者が第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、若しくは立入調査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、又は医師若しくは歯科医師の検診を受けるべき旨の命令に従わないときは、保護の開始若しくは変更の申請を却下し、又は保護の変更、停止若しくは廃止をすることができる。 art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-5 A public assistance administrator may, when a person requiring public assistance has failed to make a report, has made a false report, has refused, obstructed or avoided an on-site investigation, or has failed to follow an order to have a medical examination from a doctor or dentist, under the provisions of paragraph (1), dismiss an application for the commencement of or a change to the public assistance or may change, suspend or abolish the public assistance. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-28/par-1: 第七十七条 → 生活保護法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-77 - art-28/par-1: 第七十八条 → 生活保護法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-78 - art-28/par-1: 第三項 → 生活保護法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-78/par-3 - art-28/par-1: 次項 → 生活保護法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-2 - art-28/par-1: 次条第一項 → 生活保護法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-29/par-1 - art-28/par-2: 第七十七条 → 生活保護法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-77 - art-28/par-2: 第七十八条 → 生活保護法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-78 - art-28/par-3: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-1 - art-28/par-4: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-1 - art-28/par-5: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第二十六条第一項（保護の停止及び廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-26/par-1 - 生活保護法 第二十八条第一項（報告、調査及び検診） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-1 - 生活保護法 第二十八条第三項（報告、調査及び検診） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-3 - 生活保護法 第二十八条第四項（報告、調査及び検診） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-4 - 生活保護法 第二十八条第五項（報告、調査及び検診） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-28/par-5 - 生活保護法 第四十四条第二項（報告の徴収及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-44/par-2 - 生活保護法 第五十四条第二項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54/par-2 - 生活保護法 第八十条の三第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-80-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-80-3/par-2 - 生活保護法 第八十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-86/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 - 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