# 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-3281-213`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-213
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-213
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 昭和二八年八月一五日法律第二一三号
<sup>suppl-3281-213 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-213 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-213</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十八年九月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3281-213/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-213/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-213/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on September 1, 1953.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律施行前従前の法令の規定によりなされた許可、認可その他の処分又は申請、届出その他の手続は、それぞれ改正後の相当規定に基いてなされた処分又は手続とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3281-213/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-213/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-213/par-2</sup>
Permits, authorizations and other dispositions, or applications, notifications and other procedures, made pursuant to the provisions of the laws and regulations then in force before this Act comes into effect are deemed to be dispositions or procedures made pursuant to the corresponding provisions after amendment, respectively.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  この法律施行の際従前の法令の規定により置かれている機関又は職員は、それぞれ改正後の相当規定に基いて置かれたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-3281-213/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3281-213/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3281-213/par-3</sup>
Organs or staff established pursuant to the provisions of the laws and regulations then in force at the time this Act comes into effect are deemed to have been established pursuant to the corresponding provisions after amendment, respectively.
<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