# 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-4251-103/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-4251-103/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-103/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4251-103/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-103/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-103/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the date prescribed in each item:
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  **一**  略
  <sup>suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Omitted
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  **二**  附則第十七条の規定　薬事法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第八十四号）の公布の日又はこの法律の公布の日のいずれか遅い日
  <sup>suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-103/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions: whichever is later of the date of promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, etc. (Act No. 84 of 2013) or the date of promulgation of this Act
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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-20261019T143855-017, 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