# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5021-41`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41
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## 附　則 令和二年六月一〇日法律第四一号
<sup>suppl-5021-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5021-41/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。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-5021-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第三条、第七条及び第十条の規定並びに附則第四条、第六条、第八条、第十一条、第十三条、第十五条及び第十六条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 3, Article 7 and Article 10, and the provisions of Article 4, Article 6, Article 8, Article 11, Article 13, Article 15 and Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第六条の規定並びに附則第七条（地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）別表第一生活保護法（昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号）の項の改正規定に限る。）及び第十四条の規定　令和二年十月一日
  <sup>suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Article 6, and the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the provision revising the row for the Public Assistance Act (Act No. 144 of 1950) in Appended Table 1 of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947)) and Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 2020.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第六条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5021-41/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5021-41/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-6/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第六条 → 生活保護法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-5021-41/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5021-41/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-6

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5021-41/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261019T143855-021, 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