# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第四十九条の三 (Article 49-3) - 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: 第四十九条の三 (Article 49-3)（指定の更新） — address `art-49-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3 - 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. --- ### 第四十九条の三（指定の更新） — Renewal of Designation caption: machine translation, not official art-49-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3 **第一項** 第四十九条の指定は、六年ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によつて、その効力を失う。 art-49-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-1 The designation under Article 49 loses its effect upon the lapse of the period unless it is renewed every six years. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の更新の申請があつた場合において、同項の期間（以下この条において「指定の有効期間」という。）の満了の日までにその申請に対する処分がされないときは、従前の指定は、指定の有効期間の満了後もその処分がされるまでの間は、なおその効力を有する。 art-49-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-2 In the case where an application for renewal under the preceding paragraph has been filed, if the disposition on the application has not been made by the day of expiry of the period under that paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "validity period of designation"), the previous designation remains in force even after the expiry of the validity period of designation until the disposition is made. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の場合において、指定の更新がされたときは、その指定の有効期間は、従前の指定の有効期間の満了の日の翌日から起算するものとする。 art-49-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-3 In a case as set forth in the preceding paragraph, when the designation is renewed, the validity period of designation is to be from the date following the date of expiry of the prior validity period of designation. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前条及び健康保険法第六十八条第二項の規定は、第一項の指定の更新について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-49-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-4 The provisions of the preceding Article and Article 68, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of the designation under paragraph (1). In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms is to be specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-49-3/par-1: 第四十九条 → 生活保護法 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49 - art-49-3/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第四十九条の三第一項 (Article 49-3, paragraph (1)), art-49-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-1 - art-49-3/par-2: この条 → 生活保護法 第四十九条の三 (Article 49-3), art-49-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3 - art-49-3/par-3: 前項 → 生活保護法 第四十九条の三第二項 (Article 49-3, paragraph (2)), art-49-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-2 - art-49-3/par-4: 前条 → 生活保護法 第四十九条の二 (Article 49-2), art-49-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-2 - art-49-3/par-4: 健康保険法第六十八条第二項 → 健康保険法 第六十八条第二項 (Article 68, paragraph (2)), art-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68/par-2 - art-49-3/par-4: 第一項 → 生活保護法 第四十九条の三第一項 (Article 49-3, paragraph (1)), art-49-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第四十九条の三第二項（指定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-2 - 生活保護法 第四十九条の三第三項（指定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-3 - 生活保護法 第四十九条の三第四項（指定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-49-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-49-3/par-4 - 生活保護法 附則第五条第二項（指定医療機関に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-5/par-2 - 生活保護法 附則第五条第三項（指定医療機関に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-5/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-002, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-003, 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