# 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-4171-77` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77 - 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 平成一七年六月二九日法律第七七号 suppl-4171-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-77/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十八年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2006; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items, respectively: machine translation, not official **一** 第一条、第五条、第八条、第十一条、第十三条及び第十五条並びに附則第四条、第十五条、第二十二条、第二十三条第二項、第三十二条、第三十九条及び第五十六条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-1 The provisions of Article 1, Article 5, Article 8, Article 11, Article 13 and Article 15, and of Article 4, Article 15, Article 22, Article 23, paragraph (2), Article 32, Article 39 and Article 56 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official ### 第二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-77/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-2 **第一項** 政府は、介護保険制度の被保険者及び保険給付を受けられる者の範囲について、社会保障に関する制度全般についての一体的な見直しと併せて検討を行い、その結果に基づいて、平成二十一年度を目途として所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-2/par-1 The government is to conduct a review of the scope of Insured Persons under the long-term care insurance system and of persons who can receive insurance benefits, in conjunction with an integrated review of the entire system relating to social security, and, based on the results thereof, is to take required measures with fiscal year 2009 as the target. machine translation, not official ### 第十八条（生活保護法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Public Assistance Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-77/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-18 **第一項** 附則第三条第一項の規定により、施行日から平成二十年四月一日までの間において条例で定める日までの間、新介護保険法第十八条第二号、第十九条第二項、第三十二条から第三十四条まで及び第四章第四節の規定が適用されない市町村の区域内に居住地（居住地がないか、又は明らかでない場合にあっては、現在地とする。次項及び次条において同じ。）を有する被保護者（生活保護法第六条第一項に規定する被保護者をいう。以下同じ。）に対しては、第十四条の規定による改正後の生活保護法（以下「新生活保護法」という。）第十五条の二第一項第五号に規定する介護予防、同項第六号に規定する介護予防福祉用具及び同項第七号に規定する介護予防住宅改修に係る介護扶助は行わない。 suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, long-term care assistance pertaining to care prevention services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Public Assistance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 14 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Public Assistance Act"), welfare equipment for care prevention prescribed in item (vi) of that paragraph and home renovation for care prevention prescribed in item (vii) of that paragraph is not provided, until the date specified by Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance within the period from the Effective Date to April 1, 2008, to a public assistance recipient (meaning a public assistance recipient prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act; the same applies hereinafter) who has a place of residence (or, where the person has no place of residence or it is unclear, the current location; the same applies in the following paragraph and the following Article) within the district of a municipality to which the provisions of Article 18, item (ii), Article 19, paragraph (2), Articles 32 through 34 and Chapter IV, Section 4 of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act do not apply. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の場合において、当該市町村の区域内に居住地を有する被保護者については、新介護保険法第七条第四項に規定する要支援者に該当する者を同条第三項に規定する要介護者に該当する者とみなして、新生活保護法第十五条の二の規定を適用する。 suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, with regard to a public assistance recipient who has a place of residence within the district of the municipality concerned, the provisions of Article 15-2 of the New Public Assistance Act apply by deeming a person who falls under a person requiring support prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (4) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act to be a person who falls under a person requiring long-term care prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article. machine translation, not official ### 第十九条 suppl-4171-77/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-19 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に第十四条の規定による改正前の生活保護法（以下「旧生活保護法」という。）第三十四条の二第二項の規定により被保護者に対する介護扶助（旧生活保護法第十五条の二第四項に規定する施設介護（附則第二十一条において「施設介護」という。）に限る。）を旧介護保険法第七条第二十一項に規定する介護老人福祉施設（入所定員が二十九人以下であるものに限る。）に委託して行っている場合は、当該委託の継続中、その者に対して保護を行うべき者については、その者に係る委託前の居住地によって定めるものとする。 suppl-4171-77/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-19/par-1 In the case where, at the time this Act comes into effect, long-term care assistance is actually being provided to a public assistance recipient pursuant to the provisions of Article 34-2, paragraph (2) of the Public Assistance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 14 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Public Assistance Act") (limited to facility care services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (4) of the Former Public Assistance Act (referred to as "facility care services" in Article 21 of the Supplementary Provisions)) by entrusting it to a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (21) of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to one with a capacity of 29 persons or fewer), the person who is to provide public assistance to that person is to be determined, for the duration of that entrustment, by the place of residence of that person before the entrustment. machine translation, not official ### 第二十条 suppl-4171-77/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-20 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧生活保護法第十五条の二の規定により介護扶助が行われている旧介護保険法第七条第三項に規定する要介護者及び同条第四項に規定する要支援者（介護保険の被保険者でない者に限る。）については、施行日から起算して二年間に限り、施行日以後引き続き、新介護保険法第七条第三項に規定する要介護者とみなして、新生活保護法第十五条の二の規定を適用する。 suppl-4171-77/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-20/par-1 With regard to a person requiring long-term care prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act and a person requiring support prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article (limited to a person who is not an Insured Person of Long-Term Care Insurance) for whom long-term care assistance is actually being provided at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 15-2 of the Former Public Assistance Act, the provisions of Article 15-2 of the New Public Assistance Act apply by deeming the person, for a period limited to two years counted from the Effective Date and continuously on or after the Effective Date, to be a person requiring long-term care prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act. machine translation, not official ### 第二十一条 suppl-4171-77/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-21 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧生活保護法第三十四条の二第二項の規定による介護扶助（施設介護に限る。）が旧介護保険法第七条第二十一項に規定する介護老人福祉施設、同条第二十二項に規定する介護老人保健施設又は同条第二十三項に規定する介護療養型医療施設（以下この条において「介護扶助施設」という。）に委託して行われている被保護者であって、新介護保険法第七条第四項に規定する要支援者であるものは、施行日から起算して三年間に限り、施行日以後引き続き当該介護扶助施設に入所し、又は入院している間は、同条第三項に規定する要介護者とみなして、新生活保護法第十五条の二第一項の規定を適用する。 suppl-4171-77/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-21/par-1 With regard to a public assistance recipient who is a person requiring support prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (4) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act and for whom long-term care assistance (limited to facility care services) under the provisions of Article 34-2, paragraph (2) of the Former Public Assistance Act is actually being provided, at the time this Act comes into effect, by entrusting it to a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (21) of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act, a long-term care health facility prescribed in paragraph (22) of that Article or a long-term care sanatorium-type medical facility prescribed in paragraph (23) of that Article (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "long-term care assistance facility"), the provisions of Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of the New Public Assistance Act apply by deeming the person to be a person requiring long-term care prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, for a period limited to three years counted from the Effective Date and while the person continues on or after the Effective Date to be admitted to or hospitalized in that long-term care assistance facility. machine translation, not official ### 第二十二条 suppl-4171-77/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-22 **第一項** 新生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項の指定の手続その他の行為は、施行日前においても行うことができる。 suppl-4171-77/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-22/par-1 The procedures for designation under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the New Public Assistance Act and other acts may be carried out even before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official ### 第五十五条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-77/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-55 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び附則第九条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4171-77/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-55/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第五十六条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4171-77/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-56 **第一項** 附則第三条から第二十七条まで、第三十六条及び第三十七条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-4171-77/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-56/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 3 through Article 27, Article 36 and Article 37 of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二十二条 → 生活保護法 附則第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22), suppl-4171-77/art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-22 - suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第五十六条 → 生活保護法 附則第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56), suppl-4171-77/art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-56 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1: 次項 → 生活保護法 附則第十八条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (2)), suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1: 次条 → 生活保護法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4171-77/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-19 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1: 生活保護法第六条第一項 → 生活保護法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-6/par-1 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1: 第十五条の二第一項第五号 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第一項第五号 (Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-15-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-1/item-5 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1: 同項第六号 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第一項第六号 (Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-15-2/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-1/item-6 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1: 同項第七号 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第一項第七号 (Article 15-2, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-15-2/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-1/item-7 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 附則第十八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (1)), suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-1 - suppl-4171-77/art-18/par-2: 新生活保護法第十五条の二 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二 (Article 15-2), art-15-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2 - suppl-4171-77/art-19/par-1: 附則第二十一条 → 生活保護法 附則第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21), suppl-4171-77/art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-21 - suppl-4171-77/art-20/par-1: 新生活保護法第十五条の二 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二 (Article 15-2), art-15-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2 - suppl-4171-77/art-21/par-1: この条 → 生活保護法 附則第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21), suppl-4171-77/art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4171-77/art-21 - suppl-4171-77/art-21/par-1: 新生活保護法第十五条の二第一項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第一項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (1)), art-15-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-1 - suppl-4171-77/art-22/par-1: 新生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. 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