# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4261-64/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4261-64/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十六年十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。
<sup>suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2014; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items.
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  **一**  第十三条の規定（次号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第十六条及び第十九条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 13 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the following item), and the provisions of Article 16 and Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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  **二**  第一条中国民年金法附則第九条の二の五の改正規定、第三条中厚生年金保険法附則第十七条の十四の改正規定、第六条から第十二条までの規定、第十三条中年金生活者支援給付金の支給に関する法律附則第九条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び第十四条の規定並びに附則第三条及び第十七条の規定　平成二十七年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions in Article 1 amending Article 9-2-5 of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act, the provisions in Article 3 amending Article 17-14 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the provisions of Articles 6 through 12, the provisions in Article 13 adding one Article after Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Payment of Supplementing Allowance for Pensioners and the provisions of Article 14, and the provisions of Article 3 and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions: January 1, 2015.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十九条 → 健康保険法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4261-64/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-19
- suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十七条 → 健康保険法 附則第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17), suppl-4261-64/art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4261-64/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-17

## 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-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4261-64/art-1/par-1/item-1

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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-20261010T183826-033, 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
