# 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-4061-117`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-117
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4061-117
- 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.

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## 附　則 平成六年一二月一六日法律第一一七号
<sup>suppl-4061-117 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4061-117</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4061-117/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-117/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4061-117/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成七年七月一日（以下「施行日」という。）から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4061-117/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-117/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4061-117/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on July 1, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4061-117/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-117/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4061-117/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の附則において従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4061-117/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-117/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4061-117/art-18/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261017T183826-017, 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