# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（命令の効力に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5041-76/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5041-76/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5041-76/art-3
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### 第三条（命令の効力に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Effect of Orders
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5041-76/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5041-76/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5041-76/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  旧法令の規定により発せられた内閣府設置法第七条第三項の内閣府令又は国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第十二条第一項の省令は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、新法令の相当規定に基づいて発せられた相当の内閣府設置法第七条第三項の内閣府令又は国家行政組織法第十二条第一項の省令としての効力を有するものとする。
<sup>suppl-5041-76/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5041-76/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5041-76/art-3/par-1</sup>
A Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or a Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948), issued under the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations is to have effect, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, as the equivalent Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or the equivalent Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, issued based on the equivalent provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5041-76/art-3/par-1: 内閣府設置法第七条第三項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — not held in this collection
- suppl-5041-76/art-3/par-1: 国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000120, 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 国民健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5041-76/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5041-76/art-2/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 附則第九条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5041-76/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5041-76/art-9/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-20261017T183826-039, 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
