# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第七十条 (Article 70)

- 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: 第七十条 (Article 70)（市町村の支弁） — address `art-70`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70
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### 第七十条（市町村の支弁） — (Payment by Municipalities)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70</sup>

**第一項**  市町村は、次に掲げる費用を支弁しなければならない。
<sup>art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1</sup>
A municipality shall pay the following expenses:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  その長が第十九条第一項の規定により行う保護（同条第五項の規定により委託を受けて行う保護を含む。）に関する次に掲げる費用
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The following expenses concerning public assistance provided by the mayor pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (including public assistance provided by being entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article):
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **イ**  保護の実施に要する費用（以下「保護費」という。）
    <sup>art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
    Expenses required for implementing public assistance (hereinafter referred to as "public assistance expenses")
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ロ**  第三十条第一項ただし書、第三十三条第二項又は第三十六条第二項の規定により被保護者を保護施設に入所させ、若しくは入所を委託し、又は保護施設を利用させ、若しくは保護施設にこれを委託する場合に、これに伴い必要な保護施設の事務費（以下「保護施設事務費」という。）
    <sup>art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
    In the case of having a public assistance recipient admitted into a public assistance facility or entrusting such admission to a public assistance facility, or having a public assistance recipient use a public assistance facility or entrusting such actions to a public assistance facility pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 30, paragraph (1), Article 33, paragraph (2), or Article 36, paragraph (2), the office expenses of the public assistance facility that would be required in connection with such actions (hereinafter referred to as the "office expenses for a public assistance facility")
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **ハ**  第三十条第一項ただし書の規定により被保護者を日常生活支援住居施設若しくはその他の適当な施設に入所させ、若しくはその入所をこれらの施設に委託し、又は私人の家庭に養護を委託する場合に、これに伴い必要な事務費（以下「委託事務費」という。）
    <sup>art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-3</sup>
    In the case of having a public assistance recipient admitted into a residential facility for daily living support or any other appropriate facility, entrusting such admission to any of these facilities, or entrusting nursing care to the home of a private individual pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 30, paragraph (1), the office expenses that would be required in connection with such actions (hereinafter referred to as the "office expenses for entrustment")
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  その長の管理に属する福祉事務所の所管区域内に居住地を有する者に対して、都道府県知事又は他の市町村長が第十九条第二項の規定により行う保護（同条第五項の規定により委託を受けて行う保護を含む。）に関する保護費、保護施設事務費及び委託事務費
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Public assistance expenses, office expenses for a public assistance facility, and office expenses for entrustment concerning public assistance provided to a person whose place of residence is within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under the management of the mayor, by a prefectural governor or another municipal mayor pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) (including public assistance provided by being entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article)
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  その長の管理に属する福祉事務所の所管区域内に居住地を有する者に対して、他の町村長が第十九条第六項の規定により行う保護に関する保護費、保護施設事務費及び委託事務費
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-3</sup>
  Public assistance expenses, office expenses for a public assistance facility, and office expenses for entrustment concerning public assistance provided to a person whose place of residence is within the jurisdictional district of the welfare office under the management of the mayor, by another mayor of a town or village pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (6)
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  その設置する保護施設の設備に要する費用（以下「設備費」という。）
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-4</sup>
  Expenses required for the equipment of public assistance facilities the municipality has established (hereinafter referred to as the "equipment expenses")
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  その長が第五十五条の四第一項の規定により行う就労自立給付金の支給（同条第三項の規定により委託を受けて行うものを含む。）及び第五十五条の五第一項の規定により行う進学・就職準備給付金の支給（同条第二項において準用する第五十五条の四第三項の規定により委託を受けて行うものを含む。）に要する費用
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-5</sup>
  Expenses required for the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support made by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-4, paragraph (1) (including that made upon entrustment pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article) and the payment of the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit made by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-5, paragraph (1) (including that made upon entrustment pursuant to Article 55-4, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 55-5, paragraph (2))
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  その長が第五十五条の七の規定により行う被保護者就労支援事業及び第五十五条の八の規定により行う被保護者健康管理支援事業の実施に要する費用
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-6</sup>
  Expenses required for the implementation of the employment support programme for public assistance recipients conducted by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-7 and the health management support programme for public assistance recipients conducted by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-8
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **七**  その長が第五十五条の十の規定により行う子どもの進路選択支援事業、被保護者就労準備支援事業、被保護者家計改善支援事業及び被保護者地域居住支援事業の実施に要する費用
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-7</sup>
  Expenses required for the implementation of the career path support programme for children, the employment preparation support programme for public assistance recipients, the household finance improvement support programme for public assistance recipients and the community living support programme for public assistance recipients conducted by the head thereof pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-10
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **八**  この法律の施行に伴い必要なその人件費
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-8</sup>
  Personnel expenses required in connection with the enforcement of this Act
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **九**  この法律の施行に伴い必要なその事務費（以下「行政事務費」という。）
  <sup>art-70/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-9</sup>
  Office expenses required in connection with the enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "administrative office expenses")
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-70/par-1/item-1: 第十九条第一項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-1
- art-70/par-1/item-1: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第五項 (Article 19, paragraph (5)), art-19/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-5
- art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 第三十条第一項 → 生活保護法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-30/par-1
- art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 第三十三条第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-33/par-2
- art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 第三十六条第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十六条第二項 (Article 36, paragraph (2)), art-36/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-36/par-2
- art-70/par-1/item-1/sub-3: 第三十条第一項 → 生活保護法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-30/par-1
- art-70/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-2
- art-70/par-1/item-2: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第五項 (Article 19, paragraph (5)), art-19/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-5
- art-70/par-1/item-3: 第十九条第六項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第六項 (Article 19, paragraph (6)), art-19/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-6
- art-70/par-1/item-5: 第五十五条の四第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第一項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (1)), art-55-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-4/par-1
- art-70/par-1/item-5: 同条第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四第三項 (Article 55-4, paragraph (3)), art-55-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-4/par-3
- art-70/par-1/item-5: 第五十五条の五第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の五第一項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (1)), art-55-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-5/par-1
- art-70/par-1/item-5: 同条第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の五第二項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (2)), art-55-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-5/par-2
- art-70/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条の七 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七 (Article 55-7), art-55-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7
- art-70/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条の八 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の八 (Article 55-8), art-55-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-8
- art-70/par-1/item-7: 第五十五条の十 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の十 (Article 55-10), art-55-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 生活保護法 第三十条第一項（生活扶助の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-30/par-1
- 生活保護法 第四十二条第一項（社会福祉法人及び日本赤十字社の保護施設の休止又は廃止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-42/par-1

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## 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-20261019T143855-006, 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