# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百六十九条 (Article 169)

- Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号
- English title "Health Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第百六十九条 (Article 169)（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — address `art-169`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第百六十九条（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — (Share and Payment Obligation for Insurance Premiums Pertaining to Specially-Insured Day Laborers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169</sup>

**第一項**  日雇特例被保険者は前条第一項第一号イの額の二分の一に相当する額として政令で定めるところにより算定した額及び同項第二号の額の二分の一の額の合算額を負担し、日雇特例被保険者を使用する事業主は当該算定した額、同項第一号ロの額に相当する額として政令で定めるところにより算定した額及び同項第二号の額の二分の一の額の合算額を負担する。
<sup>art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-1</sup>
A specially-insured day laborer bears the sum of the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order as an amount equivalent to half the amount referred to in paragraph (1), item (i), sub-item (a) of the preceding Article and an amount which is half the amount referred to in item (ii) of the same paragraph, and an employer of specially-insured day laborers bears the sum of the calculated amount, the amount calculated as prescribed by Cabinet Order as an amount equivalent to half the amount referred to in paragraph (1), item (i), (b) of the preceding Article and an amount which is half the amount referred to in item (ii) of the same paragraph;
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  事業主（日雇特例被保険者が一日において二以上の事業所に使用される場合においては、初めにその者を使用する事業主。第四項から第六項まで、次条第一項及び第二項並びに第百七十一条において同じ。）は、日雇特例被保険者を使用する日ごとに、その者及び自己の負担すべきその日の標準賃金日額に係る保険料を納付する義務を負う。
<sup>art-169/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-2</sup>
An employer (if the specially-insured day laborer is employed at two or more places of business on the same day, the first employer employing the laborer; the same applies in paragraphs (4) through (6) of this Article, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article, and Article 171) is obliged to pay insurance premiums to be borne by the employer and a specially-insured day laborer for each day on which the laborer is employed.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定による保険料の納付は、日雇特例被保険者が提出する日雇特例被保険者手帳に健康保険印紙をはり、これに消印して行わなければならない。
<sup>art-169/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-3</sup>
The payment of insurance premiums pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by affixing a health insurance stamp to the specially insured day laborer's insurance book submitted by a specially-insured day laborer and apply a cancelation mark thereto.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The payment of insurance premiums pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by affixing a health insurance stamp to the specially insured day laborer's insurance book submitted by a specially-insured day laborer pursuant to the provisions of Article 44 of the Employment Insurance Act and apply a cancelation mark thereto." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb</sup>

**第四項**  日雇特例被保険者手帳を所持する日雇特例被保険者は、適用事業所に使用される日ごとに、その日雇特例被保険者手帳を事業主に提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-169/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-4</sup>
A specially-insured day laborer who possesses a specially insured day laborer's insurance book must submit it to the employer every day of the laborer's employment at the applicable place of business.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  事業主は、日雇特例被保険者を使用する日ごとに、日雇特例被保険者にその所持する日雇特例被保険者手帳の提出を求めなければならない。
<sup>art-169/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-5</sup>
An employer must request a specially-insured day laborer to submit the specially insured day laborer's insurance book that the laborer possesses every day of the laborer's employment.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第六項**  事業主は、第二項の規定により保険料を納付したときは、日雇特例被保険者の負担すべき保険料額に相当する額をその者に支払う賃金から控除することができる。この場合においては、事業主は、その旨を日雇特例被保険者に告げなければならない。
<sup>art-169/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-6</sup>
When an insurance premium is paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), an employer may deduct an amount equivalent to the insurance premium to be borne by the specially-insured day laborer from the laborer's wages. In this case, the employer must notify the specially-insured day laborer to that effect.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第七項**  事業主は、日雇特例被保険者に対して賞与を支払った日の属する月の翌月末日までに、その者及び自己の負担すべきその日の賞与額に係る保険料を納付する義務を負う。
<sup>art-169/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-7</sup>
An employer is obliged to pay insurance premiums pertaining to the amount of bonus for a day to be borne by a specially-insured day laborer and the employer by the last day of the month following the month which includes the date on which the bonus is paid to the laborer.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第八項**  第百六十四条第二項及び第三項並びに第百六十六条の規定は前項の規定による保険料の納付について、第百六十七条第二項及び第三項の規定は日雇特例被保険者に対して通貨をもって賞与を支払う場合について準用する。
<sup>art-169/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-8</sup>
The provisions of Article 164, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 166 apply mutatis mutandis to payment of insurance premiums pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of Article 167, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply to payment of a bonus to a specially-insured day laborer in currency.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-169/par-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 健康保険法 第百六十八条第一項第一号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-168/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-1
- art-169/par-1: 同項第二号 → 健康保険法 第百六十八条第一項第二号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-168/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-2
- art-169/par-2: 第四項から第六項まで → 健康保険法 第百六十九条第四項 (Article 169, paragraph (4)), art-169/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-4
- art-169/par-2: 第四項から第六項まで → 健康保険法 第百六十九条第五項 (Article 169, paragraph (5)), art-169/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-5
- art-169/par-2: 第四項から第六項まで → 健康保険法 第百六十九条第六項 (Article 169, paragraph (6)), art-169/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-6
- art-169/par-2: 次条第一項 → 健康保険法 第百七十条第一項 (Article 170, paragraph (1)), art-170/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-170/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-170/par-1
- art-169/par-2: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第百七十条第二項 (Article 170, paragraph (2)), art-170/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-170/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-170/par-2
- art-169/par-2: 第百七十一条 → 健康保険法 第百七十一条 (Article 171), art-171 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-171
- art-169/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百六十九条第二項 (Article 169, paragraph (2)), art-169/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-2
- art-169/par-6: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第百六十九条第二項 (Article 169, paragraph (2)), art-169/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-2
- art-169/par-8: 第百六十四条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百六十四条第二項 (Article 164, paragraph (2)), art-164/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-164/par-2
- art-169/par-8: 第三項 → 健康保険法 第百六十四条第三項 (Article 164, paragraph (3)), art-164/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-164/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-164/par-3
- art-169/par-8: 第百六十六条 → 健康保険法 第百六十六条 (Article 166), art-166 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-166 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-166
- art-169/par-8: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百六十九条第七項 (Article 169, paragraph (7)), art-169/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-7
- art-169/par-8: 第百六十七条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百六十七条第二項 (Article 167, paragraph (2)), art-167/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-167/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-167/par-2
- art-169/par-8: 第三項 → 健康保険法 第百六十七条第三項 (Article 167, paragraph (3)), art-167/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-167/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-167/par-3

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- 健康保険法 第百六十九条第二項（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-2
- 健康保険法 第百六十九条第三項（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-3
- 健康保険法 第百六十九条第六項（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-6
- 健康保険法 第百六十九条第八項（日雇特例被保険者に係る保険料の負担及び納付義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-169/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-169/par-8
- 健康保険法 第百七十条第一項（日雇特例被保険者の標準賃金日額に係る保険料額の告知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-170/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-170/par-1
- 健康保険法 第百七十条第二項（日雇特例被保険者の標準賃金日額に係る保険料額の告知等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-170/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-170/par-2
- 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第十三号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-13
- 健康保険法 第二百五条の二第一項第六号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-205-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-205-2/par-1/item-6
- 健康保険法 第二百八条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-208/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-208/par-1/item-3
- 健康保険法 第二百八条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-208/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-208/par-1/item-4
- 健康保険法 第二百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-212/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-212/par-1

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## Sources

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- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Article 169, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
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