# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) - Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号 - English title "Medical Care 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（定款又は寄附行為の変更に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4271-74/art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（定款又は寄附行為の変更に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Change of the Articles of Incorporation or Act of Endowment caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-74/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6 **第一項** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に存する医療法人は、第二号新法の施行に伴い、定款又は寄附行為の変更が必要となる場合には、第二号施行日から起算して二年以内に、第二号新法第五十四条の九第三項の認可の申請をしなければならない。 suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 A medical corporation existing when the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect that, as a result of the enforcement of the item (ii) New Act, needs to change its articles of incorporation or act of endowment must file an application for the approval under Article 54-9, paragraph (3) of the item (ii) New Act within two years counted from the item (ii) Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第二項** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に存する医療法人の定款又は寄附行為は、第二号施行日から起算して二年を経過する日（前項の規定により定款又は寄附行為の変更の認可の申請をした医療法人については、当該申請に対する処分があった日）までは、第二号新法第四十四条第二項第七号の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2 With regard to the articles of incorporation or act of endowment of a medical corporation existing when the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (2), item (vii) of the item (ii) New Act do not apply until the day on which two years have passed from the item (ii) Effective Date (for a medical corporation that has filed an application for approval of a change of the articles of incorporation or act of endowment pursuant to the preceding paragraph, until the day on which a disposition on that application was made). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1: 第二号新法第五十四条の九第三項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第三項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (3)), art-54-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-3 - suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2: 附則第一条第二号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 - suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2: 第二号新法第四十四条第二項第七号 → 医療法 第四十四条第二項第七号 (Article 44, paragraph (2), item (vii)), art-44/par-2/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-44/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-2/item-7 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 医療法 附則第六条第二項（定款又は寄附行為の変更に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-030, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-031, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19