# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（生活保護法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4181-20/art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-20/art-7 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条（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-4181-20/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-20/art-7 **第一項** この法律の施行前に行われた第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。）附則第九項の規定による国の貸付けについては、旧生活保護法附則第十三項の規定は、この法律の施行後も、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、同項中「附則第九項」とあるのは「国の補助金等の整理及び合理化等に伴う児童手当法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十八年法律第二十号）第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。）附則第九項」と、「第七十五条第一項」とあるのは「旧生活保護法第七十五条第一項」とする。 suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-1 With regard to a loan from the State made before this Act comes into effect pursuant to paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Public Assistance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Public Assistance Act"), the provisions of paragraph (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Public Assistance Act remain in force even after this Act comes into effect. In this case, in that paragraph, the phrase "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Public Assistance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Child Allowance Act, etc. Accompanying the Reorganization and Rationalization of State Subsidies, etc. (Act No. 20 of 2006) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Public Assistance Act")", and the phrase "Article 75, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 75, paragraph (1) of the Former Public Assistance Act". machine translation, not official **第二項** 第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。）附則第十項、第十一項、第十三項及び第十四項の規定は、国がこの法律の施行前に貸し付けた旧生活保護法附則第九項の貸付金についても、適用する。この場合において、新生活保護法附則第十項中「前項」とあるのは「国の補助金等の整理及び合理化等に伴う児童手当法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十八年法律第二十号。附則第十三項において「一部改正法」という。）第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。）附則第九項」と、新生活保護法附則第十一項中「附則第九項」とあるのは「旧生活保護法附則第九項」と、新生活保護法附則第十三項中「都道府県」とあるのは「市町村（指定都市等を除く。次項において同じ。）又は都道府県」と、「附則第九項」とあるのは「旧生活保護法附則第九項」と、「前項」とあるのは「一部改正法附則第七条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされた旧生活保護法附則第十三項」と、新生活保護法附則第十四項中「附則第九項」とあるのは「旧生活保護法附則第九項」と、「都道府県」とあるのは「市町村又は都道府県」とする。 suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-2 The provisions of paragraphs (10), (11), (13) and (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Public Assistance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Public Assistance Act") also apply to a loan under paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Public Assistance Act that the State made before this Act comes into effect. In this case, in paragraph (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Public Assistance Act, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Public Assistance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Child Allowance Act, etc. Accompanying the Reorganization and Rationalization of State Subsidies, etc. (Act No. 20 of 2006; referred to as the "Partial Amendment Act" in paragraph (13) of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Public Assistance Act")"; in paragraph (11) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Public Assistance Act, the phrase "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Public Assistance Act"; in paragraph (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Public Assistance Act, the phrase "a prefecture" is deemed to be replaced with "a municipality (excluding Designated Cities, etc.; the same applies in the following paragraph) or a prefecture", the phrase "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Public Assistance Act", and the phrase "the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Public Assistance Act that is to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Partial Amendment Act"; and in paragraph (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Public Assistance Act, the phrase "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Public Assistance Act", and the phrase "a prefecture" is deemed to be replaced with "a municipality or a prefecture". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-2: 一部改正法附則第七条第一項 → 生活保護法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 附則第七条第二項（生活保護法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4181-20/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4181-20/art-7/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-20261019T143855-014, 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