# 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-5041-104`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5041-104
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5041-104
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
- Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below.

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## 附　則 令和四年一二月一六日法律第一〇四号
<sup>suppl-5041-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5041-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5041-104</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-104/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5041-104/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5041-104/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和六年四月一日から施行する。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-5041-104/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2024; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一から三まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-3</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  第三条の規定、第六条の規定、第八条中精神保健福祉法第四条第一項の改正規定、第十条の規定、第十三条の規定（第二号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第十四条の規定（同号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）及び第十五条中精神保健福祉士法第二条の改正規定（「第五条第十八項」を「第五条第十九項」に改める部分に限る。）並びに附則第六条、第二十七条、第二十八条、第三十一条から第三十四条まで、第三十八条、第四十一条及び第四十二条の規定　公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/suppl-5041-104/art-1/par-1/item-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 3, the provisions of Article 6, the provision amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Mental Health and Welfare Act in Article 8, the provisions of Article 10, the provisions of Article 13 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in item (ii)), the provisions of Article 14 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in that item), and the provision amending Article 2 of the Psychiatric Social Workers Act in Article 15 (limited to the part replacing "Article 5, paragraph (18)" with "Article 5, paragraph (19)"), and the provisions of Articles 6, 27, 28, 31 through 34, 38, 41 and 42 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation
  <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-20261019T143855-022, 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