# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3601-37` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和六〇年五月一八日法律第三七号 suppl-3601-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3601-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律による改正後の法律の規定（昭和六十年度の特例に係る規定を除く。）は、同年度以降の年度の予算に係る国の負担（当該国の負担に係る都道府県又は市町村の負担を含む。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）若しくは補助（昭和五十九年度以前の年度における事務又は事業の実施により昭和六十年度以降の年度に支出される国の負担又は補助及び昭和五十九年度以前の年度の国庫債務負担行為に基づき昭和六十年度以降の年度に支出すべきものとされた国の負担又は補助を除く。）又は交付金の交付について適用し、昭和五十九年度以前の年度における事務又は事業の実施により昭和六十年度以降の年度に支出される国の負担又は補助、昭和五十九年度以前の年度の国庫債務負担行為に基づき昭和六十年度以降の年度に支出すべきものとされた国の負担又は補助及び昭和五十九年度以前の年度の歳出予算に係る国の負担又は補助で昭和六十年度以降の年度に繰り越されたものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3601-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37/par-2 The provisions of the Acts as amended by this Act (excluding the provisions relating to the special rules for fiscal year 1985) apply to State burdens (including the burdens of prefectures or municipalities relating to those State burdens; the same applies hereafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph) or subsidies (excluding State burdens or subsidies to be paid in fiscal year 1985 or a later fiscal year as a result of the performance of affairs or projects in fiscal year 1984 or earlier, and State burdens or subsidies that are to be paid in fiscal year 1985 or a later fiscal year on the basis of acts incurring obligations on the national treasury in fiscal year 1984 or earlier) or the payment of grants, relating to the budget for fiscal year 1985 and subsequent fiscal years, and the provisions then in force continue to govern State burdens or subsidies to be paid in fiscal year 1985 or a later fiscal year as a result of the performance of affairs or projects in fiscal year 1984 or earlier, State burdens or subsidies that are to be paid in fiscal year 1985 or a later fiscal year on the basis of acts incurring obligations on the national treasury in fiscal year 1984 or earlier, and State burdens or subsidies relating to the expenditure budget for fiscal year 1984 or earlier that have been carried over to fiscal year 1985 or a later fiscal year. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律による改正後の法律の昭和六十年度の特例に係る規定は、同年度の予算に係る国の負担又は補助（昭和五十九年度以前の年度における事務又は事業の実施により昭和六十年度に支出される国の負担又は補助及び昭和五十九年度以前の年度の国庫債務負担行為に基づき昭和六十年度に支出すべきものとされた国の負担又は補助を除く。）並びに同年度における事務又は事業の実施により昭和六十一年度以降の年度に支出される国の負担又は補助、昭和六十年度の国庫債務負担行為に基づき昭和六十一年度以降の年度に支出すべきものとされる国の負担又は補助及び昭和六十年度の歳出予算に係る国の負担又は補助で昭和六十一年度以降の年度に繰り越されるものについて適用し、昭和五十九年度以前の年度における事務又は事業の実施により昭和六十年度に支出される国の負担又は補助、昭和五十九年度以前の年度の国庫債務負担行為に基づき昭和六十年度に支出すべきものとされた国の負担又は補助及び昭和五十九年度以前の年度の歳出予算に係る国の負担又は補助で昭和六十年度に繰り越されたものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3601-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37/par-3 The provisions of the Acts as amended by this Act relating to the special rules for fiscal year 1985 apply to State burdens or subsidies relating to the budget for fiscal year 1985 (excluding State burdens or subsidies to be paid in fiscal year 1985 as a result of the performance of affairs or projects in fiscal year 1984 or earlier, and State burdens or subsidies that are to be paid in fiscal year 1985 on the basis of acts incurring obligations on the national treasury in fiscal year 1984 or earlier), and to State burdens or subsidies to be paid in fiscal year 1986 or a later fiscal year as a result of the performance of affairs or projects in fiscal year 1985, State burdens or subsidies that are to be paid in fiscal year 1986 or a later fiscal year on the basis of acts incurring obligations on the national treasury in fiscal year 1985, and State burdens or subsidies relating to the expenditure budget for fiscal year 1985 that are to be carried over to fiscal year 1986 or a later fiscal year, and the provisions then in force continue to govern State burdens or subsidies to be paid in fiscal year 1985 as a result of the performance of affairs or projects in fiscal year 1984 or earlier, State burdens or subsidies that are to be paid in fiscal year 1985 on the basis of acts incurring obligations on the national treasury in fiscal year 1984 or earlier, and State burdens or subsidies relating to the expenditure budget for fiscal year 1984 or earlier that have been carried over to fiscal year 1985. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3601-37/par-2: この項 → 生活保護法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3601-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37/par-2 - suppl-3601-37/par-2: 次項 → 生活保護法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3601-37/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 附則第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-3601-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-3601-37/par-2 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, 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