# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（保護の実施機関についての特例に係る経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-44/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4301-44/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4301-44/art-3
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### 第三条（保護の実施機関についての特例に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Relating to the Special Provisions on Public Assistance Administrators
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4301-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4301-44/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に居宅介護（生活保護法第十五条の二第二項に規定する居宅介護をいう。以下この条において同じ。）（特定施設入居者生活介護（同項に規定する特定施設入居者生活介護をいう。）に限る。）を居宅介護を行う者に委託し、又は介護予防（同条第五項に規定する介護予防をいう。以下この条において同じ。）（介護予防特定施設入居者生活介護（同法第十五条の二第五項に規定する介護予防特定施設入居者生活介護をいう。）に限る。）を介護予防を行う者に委託して行っている場合においては、これらの介護扶助を受けている者については、第三条改正後生活保護法第十九条第三項の規定は適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1</sup>
If, at the time this Act comes into effect, in-home care services (meaning in-home care services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (2) of the Public Assistance Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) (limited to care services provided in specified facilities (meaning care services provided in specified facilities prescribed in that paragraph)) are being provided by entrusting them to a person who provides in-home care services, or care prevention services (meaning care prevention services prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) (limited to care services for care prevention provided in specified facilities (meaning care services for care prevention provided in specified facilities prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (5) of that Act)) are being provided by entrusting them to a person who provides care prevention services, Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Public Assistance Act as Amended by Article 3 does not apply to persons receiving that long-term care assistance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1: 生活保護法第十五条の二第二項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第二項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (2)), art-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-2
- suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1: この条 → 生活保護法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4301-44/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4301-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4301-44/art-3
- suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第五項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (5)), art-15-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-5
- suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1: 第三条改正後生活保護法第十九条第三項 → 生活保護法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-19/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 生活保護法 附則第二条第一項（進学準備給付金の支給に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4301-44/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4301-44/art-2/par-1
- 生活保護法 附則第三条第一項（保護の実施機関についての特例に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-4301-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-4301-44/art-3/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-20261019T143855-020, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
