# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第四十八条 (Article 48) - 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48)（保護施設の長） — address `art-48` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48 - 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. --- ### 第四十八条（保護施設の長） — (Head of a Public Assistance Facility) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48 **第一項** 保護施設の長は、常に、その施設を利用する者の生活の向上及び更生を図ることに努めなければならない。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48/par-1 The head of a public assistance facility shall constantly endeavor to achieve an improvement in the standards of living and rehabilitation of persons using the facility. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保護施設の長は、その施設を利用する者に対して、管理規程に従つて必要な指導をすることができる。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48/par-2 The head of a public assistance facility may provide necessary guidance to persons using the facility in accordance with the management rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、必要と認めるときは、前項の指導を制限し、又は禁止することができる。 art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48/par-3 A prefectural governor may restrain or prohibit the guidance under the preceding paragraph if he/she finds it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 保護施設の長は、その施設を利用する被保護者について、保護の変更、停止又は廃止を必要とする事由が生じたと認めるときは、すみやかに、保護の実施機関に、これを届け出なければならない。 art-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48/par-4 When the head of a public assistance facility finds that there are grounds requiring a change to or suspension or discontinuance of public assistance with regard to a public assistance recipient using the facility, he/she shall promptly notify this to the public assistance administrator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-48/par-3: 前項 → 生活保護法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第四十八条第三項（保護施設の長） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-48/par-3 - 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