# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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
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- Provision: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（医師法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4051-89/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-6
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### 第六条（医師法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Practitioners' Act
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<sup>suppl-4051-89/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  第九十六条の規定の施行前に、同条の規定による改正前の医師法第七条第五項後段の規定による通知がされた場合においては、当該通知に係る免許の取消し及び医業の停止の手続に関しては、第九十六条の規定による改正後の同法の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4051-89/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-6/par-1</sup>
In the case where, before the provisions of Article 96 come into effect, notice has been given under the latter part of Article 7, paragraph (5) of the Medical Practitioners' Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 96, with regard to the procedures for revocation of license and suspension of medical practice pertaining to that notice, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of that Act as amended by the provisions of Article 96.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医師法 附則第十五条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-15/par-1

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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
