# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（指定介護機関に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4251-104/art-6`
- 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-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6
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### 第六条（指定介護機関に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Designated Long-Term Care Providers
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<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧法第五十四条の二第一項（旧道州制特区法第十二条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の指定を受けている介護機関は、施行日に、平成二十六年改正後生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項（新道州制特区法第十二条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の指定を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1</sup>
A long-term care provider that is, at the time this Act comes into effect, designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the old Act (including in the case where it is applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Former Consolidated Local Government Special Districts Act) is deemed, on the Effective Date, to have been designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 (including in the case where it is applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (2) of the New Consolidated Local Government Special Districts Act).
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**第二項**  前項の規定により平成二十六年改正後生活保護法第五十四条の二第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされた平成二十六年改正後生活保護法別表第二の上欄に掲げる介護機関であって、旧法第五十四条の二第二項の規定の適用を受けたものについては、平成二十六年改正後生活保護法第五十四条の二第二項の規定の適用を受けたものとみなして、同条第三項の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2</sup>
With regard to a long-term care provider listed in the upper column of Appended Table 2 of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 that has been deemed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to have been designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 and to which the provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (2) of the old Act applied, deeming that the provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (2) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended in 2014 have applied to it, the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article apply.
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## Cites
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1: 旧道州制特区法第十二条第二項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000116, 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — not held in this collection
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1: 平成二十六年改正後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
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-1
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2: 平成二十六年改正後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
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2: 平成二十六年改正後生活保護法別表第二 → 生活保護法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-2
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2: 平成二十六年改正後生活保護法第五十四条の二第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-2
- suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2: 同条第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第三項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (3)), art-54-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 生活保護法 附則第五条第一項（指定医療機関に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-5/par-1
- 生活保護法 附則第六条第二項（指定介護機関に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4251-104/art-6/par-2
- 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
- 生活保護法 附則第三項（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-5071-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5071-35/par-3

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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
