# 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-3251-296`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3251-296
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3251-296
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 昭和二五年一二月二二日法律第二九六号
<sup>suppl-3251-296 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3251-296 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3251-296</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十六年一月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3251-296/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3251-296/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3251-296/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1951.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行の際に、第五十五条（第五十九条ノ二第五項及び第五十九条ノ四第三項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第五十七条の規定により保険給付を受けている者については、第五十五条及び第五十七条の改正規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3251-296/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3251-296/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3251-296/par-2</sup>
With regard to a person who is receiving insurance benefits pursuant to the provisions of Article 55 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 59-2, paragraph (5) and Article 59-4, paragraph (3)) or Article 57 at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions amending Article 55 and Article 57.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- 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