# 住民基本台帳法 / Residential Basic Book Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31) - Law: 住民基本台帳法 (Residential Basic Book Act), 昭和四十二年法律第八十一号 - English title "Residential Basic Book Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（国又は都道府県の指導等） — address `art-31` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十一条（国又は都道府県の指導等） — Guidance, etc. by the State or Prefectures caption: machine translation, not official art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31 **第一項** 国は都道府県及び市町村に対し、都道府県は市町村に対し、この法律の目的を達成するため、この法律の規定により都道府県又は市町村が処理する事務について、必要な指導を行うものとする。 art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-1 In order to achieve the purpose of this Act, the State is to provide prefectures and municipalities, and prefectures are to provide municipalities, with the guidance necessary concerning the affairs that a prefecture or municipality processes under the provisions of this Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 主務大臣は都道府県知事又は市町村長に対し、都道府県知事は市町村長に対し、前項の事務に関し必要があると認めるときは、報告を求め、又は助言若しくは勧告をすることができる。 art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-2 The competent minister may, with respect to prefectural governors or the mayors of municipalities, and prefectural governors may, with respect to the mayors of municipalities, when finding it necessary in connection with the affairs set forth in the preceding paragraph, request a report, or give advice or a recommendation. machine translation, not official **第三項** 主務大臣は、前項の規定による助言又は勧告をしようとするときは、国民健康保険の被保険者、後期高齢者医療の被保険者、介護保険の被保険者及び国民年金の被保険者に関する事項については厚生労働大臣、児童手当の支給を受けている者に関する事項については内閣総理大臣、米穀の配給を受ける者に関する事項については農林水産大臣に協議するものとする。 art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-3 When the competent minister intends to give advice or make a recommendation under the preceding paragraph, the competent minister is to consult with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with respect to matters concerning an insured person under National Health Insurance, an insured person under latter-stage elderly medical care, an insured person under Long-Term Care Insurance, and an insured person under National Pension; with the Prime Minister with respect to matters concerning a person receiving Child Allowance; and with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with respect to matters concerning a person who receives the distribution of rice. machine translation, not official **第四項** 都道府県知事は主務大臣に対し、市町村長は主務大臣又は都道府県知事に対し、第二項の規定による助言又は勧告を求めることができる。 art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-4 The prefectural governor may request the competent minister, and the mayor of the municipality may request the competent minister or the prefectural governor, to give the advice or make the recommendation under paragraph (2). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-31/par-2: 前項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-1 - art-31/par-3: 前項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-2 - art-31/par-4: 第二項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 第七条第一項第十号（住民票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-7/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-7/par-1/item-10 - 住民基本台帳法 第七条第一項第十号の二（住民票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-7/par-1/item-10-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-7/par-1/item-10-2 - 住民基本台帳法 第七条第一項第十号の三（住民票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-7/par-1/item-10-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-7/par-1/item-10-3 - 住民基本台帳法 第七条第一項第十一号（住民票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-7/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-7/par-1/item-11 - 住民基本台帳法 第七条第一項第十一号の二（住民票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-7/par-1/item-11-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-7/par-1/item-11-2 - 住民基本台帳法 第七条第一項第十二号（住民票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-7/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-7/par-1/item-12 - 住民基本台帳法 第三十一条第二項（国又は都道府県の指導等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-2 - 住民基本台帳法 第三十一条第三項（国又は都道府県の指導等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-3 - 住民基本台帳法 第三十一条第四項（国又は都道府県の指導等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-31/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 住民基本台帳法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000081/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 住民基本台帳法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/883), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T191243-017, translated 2026-09-24 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T191243-018, translated 2026-09-24 - This site's parser, version 211 — 住民基本台帳法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05