# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第七十九条 (Article 79) - 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: 第七十九条 (Article 79)（督促及び延滞金の徴収） — address `art-79` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79 - 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. --- ### 第七十九条（督促及び延滞金の徴収） — (Demand for Payment and Collection of Delinquent Charges) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79 **第一項** 保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金を滞納した者に対しては、組合は、期限を指定して、これを督促しなければならない。ただし、前条において準用する地方税法第十三条の二第一項の規定により繰上徴収をするときは、この限りでない。 art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-1 With respect to any person who has become delinquent in the payment of insurance premiums or any other money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the Society shall demand payment thereof by designating a due date; provided, however, that this shall not apply if any advanced collection is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 13-2, paragraph (1) of the Local Tax Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定によつて督促をしようとするときは、組合は、納付義務者に対して督促状を発する。この場合において、督促状により指定すべき期限は、地方税法第十三条の二第一項各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、督促状を発する日から起算して十日以上を経過した日でなければならない。 art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-2 When intending to make a demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Society must issue a written demand to the person liable for the payment. In this case, the payment due date to be designated in the written demand must be a date at least ten days after the day on which such written demand is issued, except in cases falling under any of the items of paragraph (1) of Article 13-2 of the Local Tax Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定によつて督促をしたときは、組合は、規約の定めるところにより、延滞金を徴収することができる。 art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-3 When demand for payment is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Society may collect a delinquent charge pursuant to the provisions of its constitution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-79/par-1: 前条 → 国民健康保険法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-78 - art-79/par-1: 地方税法第十三条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000226, 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-79/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-1 - art-79/par-2: 地方税法第十三条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000226, 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-79/par-3: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第七十九条第二項 (Article 79, paragraph (2)), art-79/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第七十九条第二項（督促及び延滞金の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第七十九条第三項（督促及び延滞金の徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-79/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第八十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-80/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第八十一条第一項（条例又は規約への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-81/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