# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第六十三条の二 (Article 63-2) - 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: 第六十三条の二 (Article 63-2) — address `art-63-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十三条の二 art-63-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2 **第一項** 市町村及び組合は、保険給付（第四十三条第三項又は第五十六条第二項の規定による差額の支給を含む。以下同じ。）を受けることができる世帯主又は組合員が保険料を滞納しており、かつ、当該保険料の納期限から厚生労働省令で定める期間が経過するまでの間に、当該市町村又は組合が保険料納付の勧奨等を行つてもなお当該保険料を納付しない場合においては、当該保険料の滞納につき災害その他の政令で定める特別の事情があると認められる場合を除き、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、保険給付の全部又は一部の支払を一時差し止めるものとする。 art-63-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-1 In cases where a Householder or Society member who is eligible for insurance benefits (including the payment of a difference pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 56, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same shall apply) has become delinquent in the payment of insurance premiums and where said person still fails to pay said insurance premiums during the period until the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has elapsed from the due date for payment of said insurance premiums even though the Municipality or Society concerned has carried out encouragement of insurance premium payment, etc., Municipalities and Societies shall temporarily suspend the payment of insurance benefits in whole or in part, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, unless a disaster or any other special circumstances specified by Cabinet Order are deemed to exist under which such insurance premiums failed to be paid. machine translation, not official **第二項** 市町村及び組合は、前項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める期間が経過しない場合においても、保険給付を受けることができる世帯主又は組合員が、当該市町村又は組合が保険料納付の勧奨等を行つてもなお保険料を滞納している場合においては、当該保険料の滞納につき災害その他の政令で定める特別の事情があると認められる場合を除き、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、保険給付の全部又は一部の支払を一時差し止めることができる。 art-63-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-2 Even if the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in the preceding paragraph has not elapsed, in cases where a Householder or Society member who is eligible for insurance benefits is still delinquent in the payment of insurance premiums even though the Municipality or Society concerned has carried out encouragement of insurance premium payment, etc., Municipalities and Societies may temporarily suspend the payment of insurance benefits in whole or in part, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, unless a disaster or any other special circumstances specified by Cabinet Order are deemed to exist under which such insurance premiums failed to be paid. machine translation, not official **第三項** 市町村及び組合は、第五十四条の三第一項又は第二項本文の規定の適用を受けている世帯主又は組合員であつて、前二項の規定による保険給付の全部又は一部の支払の一時差止がなされているものが、なお滞納している保険料を納付しない場合においては、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、当該世帯主又は組合員に通知して、当該一時差止に係る保険給付の額から当該世帯主又は組合員が滞納している保険料額を控除することができる。 art-63-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-3 In cases where a Householder or Society member who is subject to the application of Article 54-3, paragraph (1) or the main clause of paragraph (2) and for whom the payment of insurance benefits has been temporarily suspended in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs still fails to pay delinquent insurance premiums, Municipalities and Societies may, upon prior notice to such Householder or Society member as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, deduct the amount of such Householder's or Society member's delinquent insurance premiums from the amount of insurance benefits whose payment has been so suspended temporarily. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-63-2/par-1: 第四十三条第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-43/par-3 - art-63-2/par-1: 第五十六条第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-56/par-2 - art-63-2/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第六十三条の二第一項 (Article 63-2, paragraph (1)), art-63-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-1 - art-63-2/par-3: 第五十四条の三第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-1 - art-63-2/par-3: 第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第二項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (2)), art-54-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-2 - art-63-2/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第六十三条の二第一項 (Article 63-2, paragraph (1)), art-63-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-1 - art-63-2/par-3: 前二項 → 国民健康保険法 第六十三条の二第二項 (Article 63-2, paragraph (2)), art-63-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第四条第三項（国、都道府県及び市町村の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-4/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第一項（特別療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第六十三条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第六十三条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-63-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-63-2/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-003, translated 2026-10-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-004, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17