# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3611-109`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109
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## 附　則 昭和六一年一二月二六日法律第一〇九号
<sup>suppl-3611-109 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-3611-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3611-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第二十条の規定　昭和六十二年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-3611-109/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 20: January 1, 1987
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### 第六条（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Other Dispositions, Applications, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3611-109/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び附則第八条において同じ。）の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）でこの法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、附則第二条から前条までの規定又は改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後における改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3611-109/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-6/par-1</sup>
A disposition such as a permission or other act carried out before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "disposition or other act"), or an application for a permission or other act actually made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "application or other act"), for which the person who is to carry out the administrative affairs pertaining to those acts will differ as of the date on which this Act comes into effect, is, except as provided for in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures of the respective Acts after amendment (including orders based on them), deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment, with regard to the application of the respective Acts after amendment on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect.
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## Cites
- suppl-3611-109/art-6/par-1: 附則第一条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-3611-109/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-1
- suppl-3611-109/art-6/par-1: この条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-3611-109/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-6

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民健康保険法 附則第六条第一項（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-3611-109/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-3611-109/art-6/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-015, 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
