# 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-3241-37` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3241-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3241-37 - 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. --- ## 附　則 昭和二四年四月三〇日法律第三七号 suppl-3241-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3241-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3241-37 **第一項** この法律は、昭和二十四年五月一日から施行する。但し、第七十一条の四第一項の改正規定は、昭和二十四年四月一日から適用する。 suppl-3241-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3241-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3241-37/par-1 This Act comes into effect on May 1, 1949; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 71-4, paragraph (1) apply from April 1, 1949. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の日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いて被保険者の資格のある者の標準報酬については、その者が同日において被保険者の資格を取得したものとみなして、これを算定する。 suppl-3241-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3241-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3241-37/par-2 The standard remuneration amount of a person who acquired eligibility as an insured person before the day this Act comes into effect and has continuously held eligibility as an insured person until the day this Act comes into effect is calculated by deeming that person to have acquired eligibility as an insured person on that day. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律施行の日前に督促状を発した保険料に対する延滞金については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3241-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3241-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3241-37/par-3 With regard to delinquent charges on insurance premiums for which a demand notice was issued before the day this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律施行の日において現に健康保険委員会の委員、幹事及び書記の職にある者は、それぞれ健康保険審議会の委員、幹事、又は書記を命ぜられたものとみなす。但し、委員の任期は、その者が健康保険委員会の委員を命ぜられ、又は委嘱された時から起算する。 suppl-3241-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3241-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3241-37/par-4 A person who currently holds the position of member, secretary, or clerk of the Health Insurance Committee on the day this Act comes into effect is deemed to have been ordered to be a member, secretary, or clerk of the Health Insurance Council, respectively; provided, however, that the term of office of a member is counted from the time that person was ordered or commissioned as a member of the Health Insurance Committee. machine translation, not official --- ## 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