# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百八十四条 (Article 184) - Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号 - English title "Health Insurance 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: 第百八十四条 (Article 184)（設立、人格及び名称） — address `art-184` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-184 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-184 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八十四条（設立、人格及び名称） — (Establishment, Personality and Name) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-184 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-184 **第一項** 健康保険組合は、共同してその目的を達成するため、健康保険組合連合会（以下「連合会」という。）を設立することができる。 art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-184/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-184/par-1 Health insurance societies may establish a federation of health insurance societies (hereinafter referred to as a "federation") to achieve their purpose jointly. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 連合会は、法人とする。 art-184/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-184/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-184/par-2 A federation is a corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 連合会は、その名称中に健康保険組合連合会という文字を用いなければならない。 art-184/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-184/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-184/par-3 A federation must use the characters健康保険組合連合会 (meaning "federation of health insurance societies" and pronounced "kenko hoken kumiai rengoukai") in its name. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 連合会でない者は、健康保険組合連合会という名称を用いてはならない。 art-184/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-184/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-184/par-4 No person other than the federation may use the name 健康保険組合連合会"federation of health insurance societies". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第二百二十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-220/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10