# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2)

- 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: 第三十二条の二 (Article 32-2)（残余財産の帰属） — address `art-32-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2
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### 第三十二条の二（残余財産の帰属） — (Vesting of Residual Assets)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2</sup>

  **第一項**  解散した組合の財産は、規約で指定した者に帰属する。
  <sup>art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2/par-1</sup>
  The residual assets of a dissolved Society shall be vested in the person, if any, designated by its constitution.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  規約で権利の帰属すべき者を指定せず、又はその者を指定する方法を定めなかつたときは、理事は、都道府県知事の許可を得て、その組合の目的に類似する目的のために、その財産を処分することができる。ただし、組合会の決議を経なければならない。
  <sup>art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2/par-2</sup>
  When the Society's constitution fails to designate any person with whom rights should be vested, or fails to provide the means by which to designate such person, the directors may, with the permission of the prefectural governor, dispose of the assets of the Society for any purpose which is similar to that of said Society; provided, however, that this must require a resolution made at a Society meeting.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の規定により処分されない財産は、国庫に帰属する。
  <sup>art-32-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2/par-3</sup>
  Any asset which is not disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall be vested in the national treasury.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-32-2/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の二第一項 (Article 32-2, paragraph (1)), art-32-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2/par-1
- art-32-2/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の二第二項 (Article 32-2, paragraph (2)), art-32-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2/par-2

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の二第三項（残余財産の帰属） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-2/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

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## 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
