# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号 - English title "National 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（理事の専決処分） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条（理事の専決処分） — (Matters to be Left Solely to a Directors' Disposal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25 **第一項** 組合会が成立しないとき、又はその議決すべき事項を議決しないときは、理事は、都道府県知事の指揮を受け、その議決すべき事項を処分することができる。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25/par-1 When a valid Society meeting fails to take place or when a Society meeting fails to make a resolution on any matter on which a resolution needs to be made, the directors may, under the direction of the prefectural governor, handle such matter on which a resolution needs to be made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 組合会において議決すべき事項に関し臨時急施を要する場合において、組合会が成立しないとき、又は組合会を招集する暇がないときは、理事は、その議決すべき事項を処分することができる。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25/par-2 In cases where a matter on which a resolution needs to be made at a Society meeting must be implemented temporarily and urgently, when a valid Society meeting fails to take place or when there is no time to convene a Society meeting, then the directors may handle such matter on which a resolution needs to be made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による処分については、理事は、その後最初に招集される組合会に報告しなければならない。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25/par-3 Any disposition made pursuant to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs must be reported by the directors at the first Society meeting convened thereafter. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第二十五条第三項（理事の専決処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-25/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第八十六条第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-86/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第百十九条の二第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-119-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-119-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17