# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 医師法 (Medical Practitioners' Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号
- English title "Medical Practitioners' 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-3571-69`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 昭和五七年七月二三日法律第六九号
<sup>suppl-3571-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3571-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第九項**  この法律（附則第一項第四号及び第五号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定）の施行前にした行為並びに附則第三項第一号の規定により従前の例によることとされる届出に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為及び同項第二号の規定により従前の例によることとされるトランプ類税に係るこの法律の施行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。
<sup>suppl-3571-69/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69/par-9</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect (or, for the provisions set forth in paragraph (1), items (iv) and (v) of the Supplementary Provisions, before those respective provisions come into effect), to acts committed after this Act comes into effect pertaining to notifications for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect pertaining to the playing card tax for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医師法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Practitioners' Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3992/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T095312-004, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09