# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)
- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-3381-133/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3381-133/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3381-133/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-3381-133/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3381-133/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3381-133/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一箇月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行し、この法律による改正後の公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号）第四十九条の規定は、この法律の施行の日から起算して三箇月を経過した日後にその期日が公示され、又は告示される選挙から適用する。
suppl-3381-133/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3381-133/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3381-133/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one month from the date of promulgation, and the provisions of Article 49 of the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950) as amended by this Act apply to elections for which the date is publicly notified or announced after the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of enforcement of this Act.
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- suppl-3381-133/art-1/par-1: 公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号）第四十九条 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — not held in this collection
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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-20261019T143855-010, translated 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