# 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-4291-52` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成二九年六月二日法律第五二号 suppl-4291-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成三十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、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2018; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 第三条の規定並びに次条並びに附則第十五条、第十六条、第二十七条、第二十九条、第三十一条、第三十六条及び第四十七条から第四十九条までの規定　公布の日 suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 The provisions of Article 3, and the provisions of the following Article, and Articles 15, 16, 27, 29, 31, 36 and 47 through 49 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official ### 第二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-2 **第一項** suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-1 **第二項** 政府は、前項に定める事項のほか、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律の規定による改正後の規定の施行の状況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所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-2 In addition to the matters specified in the preceding paragraph, the government is to, with a view to five years after this Act comes into effect, review the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by the provisions of this Act and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results of that review. machine translation, not official ### 第四十八条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-52/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-48 **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。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお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。 suppl-4291-52/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-48/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in 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) comes into effect and to conduct engaged in after this Act comes into effect in the case where the provisions then in force are to remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第四十九条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-52/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-49 **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（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-4291-52/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-49/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4291-52/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-2 - suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第四十七条から第四十九条まで → 国民健康保険法 附則第四十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 48), suppl-4291-52/art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-48 - suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第四十七条から第四十九条まで → 国民健康保険法 附則第四十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49), suppl-4291-52/art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-49 - suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-48/par-1: 附則第一条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4291-52/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-48/par-1: この条 → 国民健康保険法 附則第四十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 48), suppl-4291-52/art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-48 ## Cited by 3 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-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 国民健康保険法 附則第二条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-2/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 附則第四十八条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4291-52/art-48/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-037, 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