# 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-4191-110`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110
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## 附　則 平成一九年七月六日法律第一一〇号
<sup>suppl-4191-110 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十年四月一日から施行する。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-4191-110/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2008; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in the relevant item.
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  **一**  第一条、第六条、第十三条、第十六条及び第十九条並びに附則第二十三条、第二十五条、第二十七条及び第二十八条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 1, Article 6, Article 13, Article 16 and Article 19, and Article 23, Article 25, Article 27 and Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions: The date of promulgation
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律の施行の状況等を勘案し、この法律により改正された国民年金法等の規定に基づく規制の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-2/par-1</sup>
The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into consideration the state of enforcement of this Act and other circumstances, review the manner of the regulations based on the provisions of the National Pension Act, etc. as amended by this Act, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.
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### 第二十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-27</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。次条において同じ。）の施行前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-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before this Act (or, for the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies in the following Article) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第二十八条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-28</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-28/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二十七条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27), suppl-4191-110/art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-27
- suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二十八条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4191-110/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-28
- suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1: 附則第一条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4191-110/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-1
- suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1: 次条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4191-110/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-28

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 国民健康保険法 附則第二十七条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4191-110/art-27/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-20261017T183826-029, 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
