# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第七十四条 (Article 74) - 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: 第七十四条 (Article 74)（都道府県の補助） — address `art-74` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74 - 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. --- ### 第七十四条（都道府県の補助） — (Expenses Subsidized by a Prefecture) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74 **第一項** 都道府県は、左に掲げる場合においては、第四十一条の規定により設置した保護施設の修理、改造、拡張又は整備に要する費用の四分の三以内を補助することができる。 art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-1 In any of the following cases, a prefecture may subsidize up to three-quarters of the amount of the expenses required for the repair, renovation, expansion or maintenance of a public assistance facility established pursuant to the provisions of Article 41: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** その保護施設を利用することがその地域における被保護者の保護のため極めて効果的であるとき。 art-74/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-1/item-1 When use of the public assistance facility proves to be extremely effective for public assistance of the public assistance recipient in the area Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その地域に都道府県又は市町村の設置する同種の保護施設がないか、又はあつてもこれに収容若しくは供用の余力がないとき。 art-74/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-1/item-2 When no public assistance facility of the same type has been established by the prefecture or municipality in that area, or even if there has been, the facility has no spare capacity in terms of space or service Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四十三条から第四十五条までに規定するものの外、前項の規定により補助を受けた保護施設に対する監督については、左の各号による。 art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-2 Besides what is prescribed in Articles 43 to 45, supervision of a public assistance facility subsidized pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be in accordance with the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 厚生労働大臣は、その保護施設に対して、その業務又は会計の状況について必要と認める事項の報告を命ずることができる。 art-74/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-2/item-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the public assistance facility to report on the matters found to be necessary with regard to the state of its operations or accounting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 厚生労働大臣及び都道府県知事は、その保護施設の予算が、補助の効果を上げるために不適当と認めるときは、その予算について、必要な変更をすべき旨を指示することができる。 art-74/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-2/item-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may, when he/she finds the budget of the public assistance facility to be inappropriate for achieving the intended effect of public assistance, instruct that necessary changes should be made with regard to said budget. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 厚生労働大臣及び都道府県知事は、その保護施設の職員が、この法律若しくはこれに基く命令又はこれらに基いてする処分に違反したときは、当該職員を解職すべき旨を指示することができる。 art-74/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-2/item-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may, when an employee of the public assistance facility has violated this Act, an order based on this Act, or a disposition based on this Act or such order, instruct that said employee should be removed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74/par-1: 第四十一条 → 生活保護法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-41 - art-74/par-2: 第四十三条から第四十五条まで → 生活保護法 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-43 - art-74/par-2: 第四十三条から第四十五条まで → 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 - art-74/par-2: 第四十三条から第四十五条まで → 生活保護法 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-45 - art-74/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 生活保護法 第七十四条第二項（都道府県の補助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-74/par-2 - 生活保護法 第七十五条第三項（国の負担及び補助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-75/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-75/par-3 - 生活保護法 第八十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-86/par-1 - 生活保護法 附則第九項（国の無利子貸付け等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3251-144/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3251-144/par-9 - 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