# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の三十一 (Article 7-31) - 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: 第七条の三十一 (Article 7-31)（借入金） — address `art-7-31` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31 - 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. --- ### 第七条の三十一（借入金） — (Debt) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31 **第一項** 協会は、その業務に要する費用に充てるため必要な場合において、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、短期借入金をすることができる。 art-7-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-1 JHIA may incur short-term debt with authorization from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare if it is necessary for the allocation of expenses for its operations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による短期借入金は、当該事業年度内に償還しなければならない。ただし、資金の不足のため償還することができないときは、その償還することができない金額に限り、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、これを借り換えることができる。 art-7-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-2 Short-term debt pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be repaid within the relevant business year; provided, however that if the short-term debt fails to be repaid due to a lack of funds, only the amount of funds lacking may be refinanced, after obtaining authorization from the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項ただし書の規定により借り換えた短期借入金は、一年以内に償還しなければならない。 art-7-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-3 Short-term debt that is refinanced pursuant to the proviso to the preceding paragraph must be repaid within one year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-31/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十一第一項 (Article 7-31, paragraph (1)), art-7-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-1 - art-7-31/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十一第二項 (Article 7-31, paragraph (2)), art-7-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七条の三十一第二項（借入金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七条の三十一第三項（借入金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-31/par-3 - 健康保険法 第七条の三十二第一項（債務保証） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-32/par-1 - 健康保険法 第七条の四十二第一項第一号（財務大臣との協議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-42/par-1/item-1 - 健康保険法 第二百十七条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-217-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-217-2/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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