# 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-4241-24` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24 - 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 平成二四年三月三一日法律第二四号 suppl-4241-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4241-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十四年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2012; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 附則第三十八条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 The provisions of Article 38 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第三十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4241-24/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-37 **第一項** 施行日前にした行為及び附則第五条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における施行日以後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4241-24/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-37/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before the effective date, and to an act committed on or after the effective date in a case in which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第三十八条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4241-24/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-38 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4241-24/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-38/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十八条 → 健康保険法 附則第三十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 38), suppl-4241-24/art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-38 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4241-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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-20261010T183826-030, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-031, 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