# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) — address `suppl-4271-31/art-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-9
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### 第九条
<sup>suppl-4271-31/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  附則第五条から前条までに規定するもののほか、平成三十年改正後国保法の施行のために必要な条例の制定又は改正その他の行為は、施行日前においても行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 5 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the enactment or amendment of Prefectural or Municipal Ordinances and other acts necessary for the enforcement of the National Health Insurance Act as Amended in 2018 may be carried out even before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 国民健康保険法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4271-31/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-5
- suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 国民健康保険法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4271-31/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-6
- suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 国民健康保険法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4271-31/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-7
- suppl-4271-31/art-9/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 国民健康保険法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4271-31/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-8

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4271-31/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261017T183826-036, 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
