# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百七十二条 (Article 172) - 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 - 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: 第百七十二条 (Article 172)（保険料の繰上徴収） — address `art-172` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172 - 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. --- ### 第百七十二条（保険料の繰上徴収） — (Advance Collection of Insurance Premiums) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172 **第一項** 保険料は、次に掲げる場合においては、納期前であっても、全て徴収することができる。 art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1 Even before the due date, all insurance premiums may be collected in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 納付義務者が、次のいずれかに該当する場合 art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1 a person obliged to pay falls under any of the following: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 国税、地方税その他の公課の滞納によって、滞納処分を受けるとき。 art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-1 the person receives a disposition of delinquency due to delinquency in payment of national tax, local tax, or other public charges; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 強制執行を受けるとき。 art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-2 compulsory execution is implemented; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 破産手続開始の決定を受けたとき。 art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-3 notice of a decision to commence bankruptcy proceedings has been given; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 企業担保権の実行手続の開始があったとき。 art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-4 the exercise of an enterprise mortgage has begun; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 企業価値担保権の実行手続の開始があったとき。 art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-5 proceedings for the exercise of an enterprise value charge have begun; machine translation, not official **ヘ** 競売の開始があったとき。 art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-1/sub-6 an auction has begun; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 法人である納付義務者が、解散をした場合 art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-2 a corporation obliged to pay is dissolved; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 被保険者の使用される事業所が、廃止された場合 art-172/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-172/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-172/par-1/item-3 the office at which an insured person is employed is abolished. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第五条第一項（全国健康保険協会管掌健康保険） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-5/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百八十条第一項（保険料等の督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百八十条第三項（保険料等の督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180/par-3 - 健康保険法 第百八十条第四項第二号（保険料等の督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180/par-4/item-2 - 健康保険法 第二百五条の二第一項第五号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-205-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-205-2/par-1/item-5 --- ## Sources - 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-005, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10