# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（検討） — address `suppl-4251-104/art-2`
- 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-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-2
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、第一条及び第二条の規定による改正後の生活保護法の規定の施行の状況を勘案し、同法の規定に基づく規制の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-2/par-1</sup>
The government is to, aiming to do so within five years after this Act comes into effect, take into account the status of enforcement of the provisions of the Public Assistance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 and Article 2, review the state of regulation based on the provisions of that Act, and, when it finds it necessary, take necessary measures based on the results.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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