# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の十六 (Article 7-16)

- 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: 第七条の十六 (Article 7-16)（代表権の制限） — address `art-7-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-16
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### 第七条の十六（代表権の制限） — (Restrictions on Authority of Representation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-16</sup>

  **第一項**  協会と理事長又は理事との利益が相反する事項については、これらの者は、代表権を有しない。この場合には、監事が協会を代表する。
  <sup>art-7-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-16/par-1</sup>
  Regarding any matter in which the president or the director has a conflict of interest with the JHIA, the president or the director have no authority of representation. In this case, an auditor represents JHIA.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10