# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二百十三条の二 (Article 213-2)

- 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: 第二百十三条の二 (Article 213-2) — address `art-213-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2
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### 第二百十三条の二
<sup>art-213-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-213-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2/par-1</sup>
In the case where any of the following items applies, the person who committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第百五十条の七第一項の規定による報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告若しくは虚偽の帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示をし、又は同項の規定による当該職員の質問に対して、答弁をせず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をし、若しくは同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避したとき。
  <sup>art-213-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  where a person fails to make a report or to submit or present record books or documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 150-7, paragraph (1), makes a false report or submits or presents false record books or documents, fails to answer a question asked by the relevant official pursuant to the same paragraph or answers the question untruthfully, or refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection pursuant to the same paragraph;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第百八十三条の規定によりその例によるものとされる国税徴収法第百四十一条の規定による徴収職員の質問（協会又は健康保険組合の職員が行うものを除く。）に対して答弁をせず、又は偽りの陳述をしたとき。
  <sup>art-213-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  where a person fails to answer a question (excluding those given by an employee of JHIA or a health insurance society) asked by an employee responsible for collection pursuant to the provisions of Article 141 of the National Tax Collection Act as governed by the provisions of Article 183, or answers the question untruthfully;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第百八十三条の規定によりその例によるものとされる国税徴収法第百四十一条の規定による検査（協会又は健康保険組合の職員が行うものを除く。）を拒み、妨げ、又は忌避したとき。
  <sup>art-213-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  where a person refuses, obstructs or evades an inspection (excluding those conducted by employees of JHIA or a health insurance society) conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 141 of the National Tax Collection Act as governed by the provisions of Article 183; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  第百八十三条の規定によりその例によるものとされる国税徴収法第百四十一条の規定による物件の提示又は提出の要求（協会又は健康保険組合の職員が行うものを除く。）に対し、正当な理由がなくこれに応じず、又は偽りの記載若しくは記録をした帳簿書類その他の物件を提示し、若しくは提出したとき。
  <sup>art-213-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-213-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-213-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
  where a person, without justifiable grounds, fails to comply with a request to present or submit articles pursuant to the provisions of Article 141 of the National Tax Collection Act as governed by the provisions of Article 183 (excluding those made by an employee of JHIA or a health insurance society), or presents or submits record books, documents or other objects containing false statements or records.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-213-2/par-1/item-1: 第百五十条の七第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条の七第一項 (Article 150-7, paragraph (1)), art-150-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-150-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-7/par-1
- art-213-2/par-1/item-2: 第百八十三条 → 健康保険法 第百八十三条 (Article 183), art-183 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-183
- art-213-2/par-1/item-2: 国税徴収法第百四十一条 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000147, 第百四十一条 (Article 141), art-141 — not held in this collection
- art-213-2/par-1/item-3: 第百八十三条 → 健康保険法 第百八十三条 (Article 183), art-183 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-183
- art-213-2/par-1/item-3: 国税徴収法第百四十一条 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000147, 第百四十一条 (Article 141), art-141 — not held in this collection
- art-213-2/par-1/item-4: 第百八十三条 → 健康保険法 第百八十三条 (Article 183), art-183 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-183 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-183
- art-213-2/par-1/item-4: 国税徴収法第百四十一条 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000147, 第百四十一条 (Article 141), art-141 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第二百十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-214/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-214/par-1
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十六第一項第四号（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-26/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-26/par-1/item-4
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第六条第一項第二号（許可の欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-6/par-1/item-2

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-006, translated 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-007, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10
