# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3231-126`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3231-126
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3231-126
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 昭和二三年七月一〇日法律第一二六号
<sup>suppl-3231-126 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3231-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3231-126</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十三年八月一日から、これを施行する。但し、第七十条及び第七十条ノ二の改正規定は、昭和二十三年度分から、これを適用する。
<sup>suppl-3231-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3231-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3231-126/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on August 1, 1948; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 70 and Article 70-2 apply from the portion for fiscal year 1948.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律施行前に被保険者の資格を取得して、この法律施行の日まで引き続き被保険者の資格を有する者で、健康保険法施行令（大正十五年勅令第二百四十三号）第三条に規定する標準報酬の等級の第十七級に該当するものについては、この法律施行の日に被保険者の資格を取得したるものとみなして第三条第三項の改正規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-3231-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3231-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3231-126/par-2</sup>
With regard to a person who acquired eligibility as an insured person before this Act comes into effect and has continuously held eligibility as an insured person until the day this Act comes into effect, and who falls under grade 17 of the grades of the standard remuneration amount prescribed in Article 3 of the Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act (Imperial Ordinance No. 243 of 1926), the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (3) apply by deeming that person to have acquired eligibility as an insured person on the day this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  この法律施行の際、現に存する保険審査官、社会保険審査会及びその職員は、この法律に基く相当の機関及びその職員となり、同一性をもつて存続するものとする。
<sup>suppl-3231-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3231-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3231-126/par-3</sup>
The insurance examiners, the Social Insurance Examination Committee, and their staff who exist at the time this Act comes into effect become the corresponding organs and staff under this Act and continue to exist as the same entities.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-126/par-2: 健康保険法施行令（大正十五年勅令第二百四十三号）第三条 → e-Gov law 215IO0000000243, 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — not held in this collection

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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-20261010T183826-010, 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
