Supplementary Provisions, Article 6
第六条
A person who is accommodated in a hospital or clinic as of July 1, 1957 is not required to pay the co-payment under the provisions of Article 43-8, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the New Act (including the case where it is applied in accordance with Article 43-16, paragraph (2) of the New Act) with regard to the sickness or injury concerned and the sickness arising therefrom; provided, however, that this is limited to the period during which the person continues, on or after that day, to be accommodated in a hospital or clinic by reason of the sickness or injury concerned and the sickness arising therefrom.
昭和三十二年七月一日において現に病院又は診療所に収容されている者は、当該疾病又は負傷及びこれにより発した疾病に関しては、新法第四十三条ノ八第一項第二号（新法第四十三条ノ十六第二項において例による場合を含む。）の規定による一部負担金を支払うことを要しない。ただし、その者が同日以後引き続き当該疾病又は負傷及びこれにより発した疾病により病院又は診療所に収容されている間に限る。