# 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-3281-116` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和二八年八月一日法律第一一六号 suppl-3281-116 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116 **第一項** この法律は、昭和二十八年九月一日から施行する。但し、第五十七条ノ三の改正規定及び附則第五項の規定は、同年十一月一日から施行する。 suppl-3281-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-1 This Act comes into effect on September 1, 1953; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 57-3 and the provisions of paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on November 1 of the same year. machine translation, not official **第二項** 昭和二十八年九月一日前に被保険者の資格を取得して同年九月一日まで引き続いて被保険者の資格のある者については、その者が同年九月一日に被保険者の資格を取得したものとみなして、改正後の第三条第三項の規定を適用する。 suppl-3281-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-2 With regard to a person who acquired eligibility as an insured person before September 1, 1953 and has continuously held eligibility as an insured person until September 1 of that year, the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (3) after amendment apply by deeming that person to have acquired eligibility as an insured person on September 1 of that year. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定に該当する者及び昭和二十八年九月一日から同年十月三十一日までの間に第十三条第一号（イ）から（ル）まで若しくは第二号又は第十五条の規定によつて被保険者の資格を取得した者の同年十月三十一日までの標準報酬については、第三条の改正規定及び前項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3281-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-3 With regard to the standard remuneration amount, until October 31 of that year, of persons who fall under the provisions of the preceding paragraph and persons who acquired eligibility as an insured person pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, item (i), (a) through (k) or item (ii) or Article 15 during the period from September 1, 1953 to October 31 of that year, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions amending Article 3 and the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第四項** 昭和二十八年九月一日から同年十月三十一日までの間に改正後の第十三条第一号（ヲ）から（タ）までの規定によつて被保険者の資格を取得した者は、保険給付及び費用の負担に関する規定の適用については、同年十月三十一日までの間は、被保険者とならなかつたものとみなす。 suppl-3281-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-4 A person who acquired eligibility as an insured person pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, item (i), (l) through (p) after amendment during the period from September 1, 1953 to October 31 of that year is deemed not to have become an insured person until October 31 of that year, with regard to the application of the provisions on insurance benefits and sharing of costs. machine translation, not official **第五項** 被保険者若しくは被保険者であつた者又は被扶養者若しくは被扶養者であつた者の疾病又は負傷及びこれにより発した疾病であつて、療養の給付又は家族療養費の支給の開始の日から起算して昭和二十八年十一月一日前に二年を経過したものに関する保険給付の支給については、第五十七条ノ三の改正規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3281-116/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-5 With regard to the payment of insurance benefits for the sickness or injury of an insured person or a person who was an insured person, or of a dependent or a person who was a dependent, and for any sickness arising therefrom, for which two years have elapsed before November 1, 1953, counted from the date of commencement of benefits for medical treatment or payment of dependent's medical expenses, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions amending Article 57-3. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3281-116/par-1: 附則第五項 → 健康保険法 附則第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5)), suppl-3281-116/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-5 - suppl-3281-116/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3281-116/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-116/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-116/par-3 --- ## 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