# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) - 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（管理規程） — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条（管理規程） — (Management Rules) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46 **第一項** 保護施設の設置者は、その事業を開始する前に、左に掲げる事項を明示した管理規程を定めなければならない。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1 The founder of a public assistance facility shall stipulate management rules clearly indicating the following matters, prior to the commencement of the operations: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The establisher of a public assistance facility shall stipulate management rules clearly indicating the following matters, prior to the commencement of the operations:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb **一** 事業の目的及び方針 art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1/item-1 The purpose and policy of the operations Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 職員の定数、区分及び職務内容 art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1/item-2 The fixed number, classification and contents of the duties of the officials Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その施設を利用する者に対する処遇方法 art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1/item-3 The method for treating persons using the facility Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その施設を利用する者が守るべき規律 art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1/item-4 The rules to be observed by persons using the facility Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 入所者に作業を課する場合には、その作業の種類、方法、時間及び収益の処分方法 art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1/item-5 In the case of requiring the admitted persons to work, the type, method and hours of the work and a method for the appropriation of earnings from the work Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** その他施設の管理についての重要事項 art-46/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1/item-6 Any other important matters concerning the management of the facility Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県以外の者は、前項の管理規程を定めたときは、すみやかに、これを都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。届け出た管理規程を変更しようとするときも、同様とする。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-2 When a person other than a prefecture has stipulated the management rules under the preceding paragraph, he/she shall promptly notify them to the prefectural governor. The same shall apply when such person intends to change the management rules that have been notified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により届け出られた管理規程の内容が、その施設を利用する者に対する保護の目的を達するために適当でないと認めるときは、その管理規程の変更を命ずることができる。 art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-3 When a prefectural governor finds that the contents of the management rules that have been notified pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are not appropriate for achieving the purpose of public assistance for persons using said facility, he/she may order changes to said management rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 前項 → 生活保護法 第四十六条第二項 (Article 46, paragraph (2)), art-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第四十六条第二項（管理規程） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-2 - 生活保護法 第四十六条第三項（管理規程） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-46/par-3 - 生活保護法 第六十二条第二項（指示等に従う義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-62/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 - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act (生活保護法), Article 46, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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