# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二十条 (Article 20)

- 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（組合会の権限） — address `art-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20
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### 第二十条（組合会の権限） — (Authority of Society Meetings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20</sup>

  **第一項**  組合会は、健康保険組合の事務に関する書類を検査し、理事若しくは監事の報告を請求し、又は事務の管理、議決の執行若しくは出納を検査することができる。
  <sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20/par-1</sup>
  A society meeting may inspect documents concerning the health insurance society's affairs, request reports from directors or auditors, or inspect the management of affairs, execution of decisions, or revenue and expenditure of the society.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  組合会は、組合会議員のうちから選任した者に、前項の組合会の権限に属する事項を行わせることができる。
  <sup>art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20/par-2</sup>
  A society meeting may have a person appointed from among the society meeting members carry out any of the matters under the authority of the society meeting as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-20/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 第二十条第二項（組合会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20/par-2
- 健康保険法 第百八十八条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第三条第一項（標準報酬に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-3/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第三条第一項（健康保険の療養の給付等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3381-62/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3381-62/art-3/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3411-63/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3411-63/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法及び船員保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3481-89/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3481-89/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第三項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-3
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第四項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-4
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第五項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3511-62/art-2/par-5
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3521-86/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3521-86/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-3/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4041-7/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4041-7/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4041-7/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4041-7/art-4/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4061-56/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4061-56/art-2/par-1
- 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項（健康保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4121-140/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4121-140/art-4/par-1

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## 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
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10
