# 健康保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act — 第五十五条 (Article 55)

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- Law: 健康保険法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act), 大正十五年勅令第二百四十三号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
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- Provision: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（日雇拠出金の納期及び納付の額） — address `art-55`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十五条（日雇拠出金の納期及び納付の額） — Due Dates and Amounts of Payment of Day Laborer Contributions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-55</sup>

**第一項**  日雇拠出金の納期は、九月三十日及び三月三十一日とする。
<sup>art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-55/par-1</sup>
The due dates for day laborer contributions are September 30 and March 31.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  各納期に納付すべき日雇拠出金の額は、法第百七十四条の規定による当該年度の日雇拠出金の額の二分の一に相当する金額とする。
<sup>art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-55/par-2</sup>
The amount of day laborer contributions to be paid on each due date is the amount equivalent to one-half of the amount of day laborer contributions for the relevant fiscal year pursuant to Article 174 of the Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、当該年度の日雇拠出金の額に二千円未満の端数があるときは、九月三十日の納期に納付すべき額は当該年度の日雇拠出金の額に当該端数の額を加算した額の二分の一に相当する金額とし、三月三十一日の納期に納付すべき額は当該年度の日雇拠出金の額から当該端数の額を控除した額の二分の一に相当する金額とする。
<sup>art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-55/par-3</sup>
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, where the amount of day laborer contributions for the fiscal year has a fractional amount of less than 2,000 yen, the amount to be paid on the due date of September 30 is the amount equivalent to one-half of the amount obtained by adding that fractional amount to the amount of day laborer contributions for that fiscal year, and the amount to be paid on the due date of March 31 is the amount equivalent to one-half of the amount obtained by deducting that fractional amount from the amount of day laborer contributions for that fiscal year.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-55/par-2: 法第百七十四条 → 健康保険法 第百七十四条 (Article 174), art-174 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-174 (e-Gov law ID 211AC0000000070)
- art-55/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法施行令 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-55/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法施行令 第五十五条第三項（日雇拠出金の納期及び納付の額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-55/par-3
- 健康保険法施行令 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法施行令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4112-393/art-2/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法施行令 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/215IO0000000243/20261001_508CO0000000276), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-017, translated 2026-11-08
- This site's parser, version 229 — 健康保険法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
