The Child Welfare Law (Law No.164 of 1947) shall be partially amended as follows:In this Law "discrimination" shall be amended as "classification" .
In Article 7, Article 27 paragraph 1 item (3), Article 31 and Article 34 paragraph 2, "the home for physically handicapped children, the home for blind, deaf and dumb children" shall be amended as "the home for blind, deaf and dumb children, the home for physically weak children, the home for cripped children" .
In Article 9 paragraph 3, "shall be appointed or requested" shall be amended as "shall be appointed" .
The following one paragraph shall be added to Article 20:
When the report of pregnancy under the preceding paragraph was made, the mayor of the city as provided for by the Cabinet Order based upon the provision of Article 1 of the Health Center Law shall report to the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture, and the mayor of the city, town or village other than the above to the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture through the head of a health center, matters to be prescribed by Order without delay.
Article 43 shall be deleted, Article 43-(2) shall be made Article 43 and the following two Articles shall be added next to the same Article:
Article 43-(2). The home for phisically weak children shall be an agency which purports to give proper environment for the physically weak children and to promote their health.
Article 43-(3). The home for crippled children shall be an agency which purports to provide the medical treatment to the physically handicapped children, and to provide them with knowledge and skill necessary for self support.
In Article 45, "for the equipments and operation of the child welfare agencies" shall be amended as "for the equipments and operation of the child welfare agencies and the care given by the foster parents" .
In Article 46 paragraph 1, "the heads of such agencies" shall be amended as "the heads of such agencies and the foster parents" .
In Article 48 paragraph 1 and Article 54, "physically handicapped, blind, deaf and dumb children" shall be amended as "blind, deaf and dumb, physically weak and crippled children" .
Article 50 item (3) shall be amended as follows:
(3) Expenses required for the child welfare stations (excepting the expenses under items (8) and (10));
Article 50 items (6) and (7) shall be amended as follows:
(6) Expenses required for keeping the minimum standards for the care of those admitted, under Article 45 in a case where the mayor of the city, town or village took measures as prescribed in Article 22 to Article 24 inclusive with request to the lying-in agency, mother's home or day nursery established by To, Do, Fu or prefecture;
(7) Expenses required for placing and expenses required for keeping the minimum standards under Article 45 for the protection of those admitted, in a case where the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture took measures as prescribed in Article 27 paragraph 1 item (3)(excepting the expenses required for the care of children admitted to the infant home, home for dependent children, home for feebleminded children, home for blind, deaf and dumb children;home for physically weak children, home for crippled children or home for juvenile training and education established by the state).
Article 50 item (9) shall be made item (10), item (8) shall be made item (9) and the following one item shall be added next to item (7):
(8) Expenses required for consultation and classification by the child welfare stations.
Article 51 item (1) shall be amended as follows:
(1) Expenses required for placing and expenses required for keeping the minimum standard under Article 45, for the care of those admitted in case the mayor of the city, town or village took measures in accordance with the provisions prescribed by Article 22, main clause of Article 23 and main clause of Article 24.(excepting the expenses required for the care of the persons admitted to the lying-in agency, mothers'home or day nursery established by the State, To, Do, Fu or prefecture).
In Article 52, "items (5) and (9)" shall be amended as "items (5) and (10)" , "item (9) of Article 50" as "item (10) of Article 50" and "day nursery and home for physically handicapped children" as "day nursery, home for blind, deaf and dumb children, home for physically weak children and home for crippled children" .
The following one Article shall be added next to Article 53:
Article 53-(2). The Minister of Welfare may make the officials concerned recearch and inspect the actual conduct of business of To, Do, Fu, prefecture, city, town or village as to whether the proper payment of the expenses under Article 50 item (6), (7) or Article 51 item (1) is made or not and the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture may make the public body personnel concerned inspect the actual conduct of business of the city, town or village as to whether the proper payment of the expenses under Article 51 item (1) is made or not.
In Article 56 paragraph 1, "items (6) to (8) inclusive" shall be amended as "items (6) and (7)" .