# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)（就労自立給付金に係る施行前の準備） — address `suppl-4251-104/art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-10
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### 第十条（就労自立給付金に係る施行前の準備） — Preparations Prior to Enforcement Concerning the Benefit for Employment and Self-Support
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事、市長及び福祉事務所を管理する町村長は、施行日前においても、平成二十六年改正後生活保護法第五十五条の四の規定による就労自立給付金の支給に必要な準備行為をすることができる。
<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-10/par-1</sup>
A prefectural governor, a municipal mayor and the mayor of a town or village who manages a welfare office may, even before the Effective Date, carry out the preparatory acts necessary for the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support under Article 55-4 of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4251-104/art-10/par-1: 平成二十六年改正後生活保護法第五十五条の四 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の四 (Article 55-4), art-55-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-4

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 生活保護法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 生活保護法 附則第十三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-13/par-1

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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-20261019T143855-018, 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
