# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第七十二条の四 (Article 72-4) - 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: 第七十二条の四 (Article 72-4) — address `art-72-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条の四 art-72-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4 **第一項** 市町村は、第七十二条の三第一項、第七十二条の三の二第一項及び前条第一項の規定に基づき繰り入れる額のほか、政令で定めるところにより、一般会計から、所得の少ない者の数に応じて国民健康保険の財政の状況その他の事情を勘案して政令で定めるところにより算定した額を当該市町村の国民健康保険に関する特別会計に繰り入れなければならない。 art-72-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-1 In addition to the amounts to be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 72-3, paragraph (1), Article 72-3-2, paragraph (1) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, each Municipality must, pursuant to Cabinet Order provisions, transfer from its general fund to the special account of that Municipality for its national health insurance program an amount calculated, pursuant to Cabinet Order provisions, in accordance with the number of persons with small income and by taking into consideration the financial condition of the national health insurance program and other circumstances. machine translation, not official **第二項** 国は、政令の定めるところにより、前項の規定による繰入金の二分の一に相当する額を負担する。 art-72-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-2 The national government shall, pursuant to Cabinet Order provisions, bear an amount equal to one-half of the amount to be transferred pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第三項** 都道府県は、政令の定めるところにより、第一項の規定による繰入金の四分の一に相当する額を負担する。 art-72-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-3 Each prefecture shall, pursuant to Cabinet Order provisions, bear an amount equal to one-fourth of the amount to be transferred pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-72-4/par-1: 第七十二条の三第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の三第一項 (Article 72-3, paragraph (1)), art-72-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-3/par-1 - art-72-4/par-1: 第七十二条の三の二第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の三の二第一項 (Article 72-3-2, paragraph (1)), art-72-3-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-3-2/par-1 - art-72-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の三の三第一項 (Article 72-3-3, paragraph (1)), art-72-3-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-3-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-3-3/par-1 - art-72-4/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の四第一項 (Article 72-4, paragraph (1)), art-72-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-1 - art-72-4/par-3: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の四第一項 (Article 72-4, paragraph (1)), art-72-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第七十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-70/par-1/item-1 - 国民健康保険法 第七十二条第二項第二号（調整交付金等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72/par-2/item-2 - 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第七十二条の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-72-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-72-4/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第七十四条第一項（国の補助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-74/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第七十五条第一項（都道府県及び市町村の補助及び貸付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-75/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 附則第四十七条第四項第三号（子ども・子育て支援納付金の導入に当たっての経過措置及び留意事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5061-47/art-47/par-4/item-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-20261017T183826-005, 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