# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47) - 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47)（保護施設の義務） — address `art-47` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-47 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条（保護施設の義務） — (Obligations of a Public Assistance Facility) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-47 **第一項** 保護施設は、保護の実施機関から保護のための委託を受けたときは、正当の理由なくして、これを拒んではならない。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-47/par-1 When a public assistance facility has received an entrustment for the purpose of public assistance from a public assistance administrator, it may not refuse the entrustment without justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保護施設は、要保護者の入所又は処遇に当たり、人種、信条、社会的身分又は門地により、差別的又は優先的な取扱いをしてはならない。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-47/par-2 A public assistance facility may not give discriminatory or preferential treatment depending on race, beliefs, social status or family status when admitting or treating a person requiring public assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 保護施設は、これを利用する者に対して、宗教上の行為、祝典、儀式又は行事に参加することを強制してはならない。 art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-47/par-3 A public assistance facility shall not force a person using the facility to participate in a religious act, celebration, ceremony or event. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 保護施設は、当該職員が第四十四条の規定によつて行う立入検査を拒んではならない。 art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-47/par-4 A public assistance facility shall not refuse an on-site inspection carried out by a relevant official pursuant to the provisions of Article 44. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-4: 第四十四条 → 生活保護法 第四十四条 (Article 44), art-44 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-44 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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