# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第三十二条の九 (Article 32-9)

- 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: 第三十二条の九 (Article 32-9)（債権の申出の催告等） — address `art-32-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9
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### 第三十二条の九（債権の申出の催告等） — (Demand for Filing of Claims)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9</sup>

  **第一項**  清算人は、その就職の日から二箇月以内に、少なくとも三回の公告をもつて、債権者に対し、一定の期間内にその債権の申出をすべき旨の催告をしなければならない。この場合において、その期間は、二箇月を下ることができない。
  <sup>art-32-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-1</sup>
  A liquidator must, within two months from the day of assuming office and by giving public notice on at least three occasions, demand that the relevant creditors file their claims within a stated period. In this case, such notice period may not be less than two months.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の公告には、債権者がその期間内に申出をしないときは清算から除斥されるべき旨を付記しなければならない。ただし、清算人は、知れている債権者を除斥することができない。
  <sup>art-32-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-2</sup>
  The public notice set forth in the preceding paragraph must include a statement to the effect that any claim of a creditor shall be excluded from the liquidation procedure unless said creditor files such claim within the stated period; provided, however, that the liquidator may not exclude any known creditor.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  清算人は、知れている債権者には、各別にその申出の催告をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-32-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-3</sup>
  The liquidator must make a demand to each known creditor to file said creditor's claim.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の公告は、官報に掲載してする。
  <sup>art-32-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-4</sup>
  The public notice set forth in paragraph (1) shall be effected by publication in the Official Gazette.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-32-9/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の九第一項 (Article 32-9, paragraph (1)), art-32-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-1
- art-32-9/par-4: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の九第一項 (Article 32-9, paragraph (1)), art-32-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の九第二項（債権の申出の催告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-2
- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の九第四項（債権の申出の催告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-9/par-4
- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の十第一項（期間経過後の債権の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-10/par-1
- 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

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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