# 健康保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Health Insurance Act — 第五十六条 (Article 56)

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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: 第五十六条 (Article 56)（日雇拠出金の納付の猶予） — address `art-56`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十六条（日雇拠出金の納付の猶予） — Deferment of Payment of Day Laborer Contributions
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<sup>art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、やむを得ない事情により、日雇特例被保険者を使用する事業主の設立する健康保険組合又は法第百七十九条に規定する国民健康保険の保険者（以下この項及び次項において「日雇関係組合」という。）が日雇拠出金を納付することが著しく困難であると認められるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該日雇関係組合の申請に基づき、その納期から一年以内の期間を限り、その一部の納付を猶予することができる。
<sup>art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-1</sup>
Where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that, due to unavoidable circumstances, it is extremely difficult for a health insurance society established by an employer employing specially-insured day laborers or an insurer of national health insurance prescribed in Article 179 of the Act (referred to as a "day laborer health society" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) to pay day laborer contributions, the Minister may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, upon application of the day laborer health society, defer payment of part of them for a period of up to one year from the due date.
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**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による猶予をしたときは、その旨、猶予に係る日雇拠出金の額、猶予期間その他必要な事項を日雇関係組合に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-2</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted deferment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must notify the day laborer health society of that fact, the amount of day laborer contributions subject to the deferment, the deferment period, and other necessary matters.
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**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による猶予をしたときは、その猶予期間内は、その猶予に係る日雇拠出金につき新たに法第百八十条第一項の規定による督促及び同条第四項の規定による処分又は徴収の請求をすることができない。
<sup>art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-3</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted deferment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister may not, during the deferment period, newly make a demand pursuant to the provisions of Article 180, paragraph (1) of the Act or a request for disposition or collection pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article regarding the day laborer contributions subject to the deferment.
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## Cites
- art-56/par-1: 法第百七十九条 → 健康保険法 第百七十九条 (Article 179), art-179 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-179 (e-Gov law ID 211AC0000000070)
- art-56/par-1: この項 → 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-1
- art-56/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-2
- art-56/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-1
- art-56/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-1
- art-56/par-3: 法第百八十条第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十条第一項 (Article 180, paragraph (1)), art-180/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 211AC0000000070)
- art-56/par-3: 同条第四項 → 健康保険法 第百八十条第四項 (Article 180, paragraph (4)), art-180/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-4 (e-Gov law ID 211AC0000000070)

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第一項（日雇拠出金の納付の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-1
- 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第二項（日雇拠出金の納付の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-2
- 健康保険法施行令 第五十六条第三項（日雇拠出金の納付の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-56/par-3

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-018, translated 2026-11-07
- 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
