# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二百四条の二 (Article 204-2) - 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: 第二百四条の二 (Article 204-2)（財務大臣への権限の委任） — address `art-204-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2 - 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. --- ### 第二百四条の二（財務大臣への権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authorities to the Minister of Finance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-204-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第三項の規定により滞納処分等及び同条第一項第十六号に掲げる権限の全部又は一部を自らが行うこととした場合におけるこれらの権限並びに同号に規定する厚生労働省令で定める権限のうち厚生労働省令で定めるもの（以下この項において「滞納処分等その他の処分」という。）に係る納付義務者が滞納処分等その他の処分の執行を免れる目的でその財産について隠ぺいしているおそれがあることその他の政令で定める事情があるため保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金（第五十八条、第七十四条第二項及び第百九条第二項（第百四十九条においてこれらの規定を準用する場合を含む。）の規定による徴収金を除く。第二百四条の六第一項において「保険料等」という。）の効果的な徴収を行う上で必要があると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、財務大臣に、当該納付義務者に関する情報その他必要な情報を提供するとともに、当該納付義務者に係る滞納処分等その他の処分の権限の全部又は一部を委任することができる。 art-204-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare decides to personally exercise all or part of dispositions of delinquency pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article or the authorities listed in paragraph (1), item (xvi) of the same Article, and finds it necessary for the effective collection of insurance premiums and other money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act (excluding money collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, Article 74, paragraph (2) and Article 109, paragraph (2) (including when applied mutatis mutandis in Article 149); referred to as "insurance premiums, etc." in Article 204-6, paragraph (1)) because a person obliged to pay in relation to those authorities as well as the authorities specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare among those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by the same items (referred to as "dispositions of delinquency and other dispositions" hereinafter in this paragraph) is likely to be concealing property for the purpose of avoiding execution of a disposition of delinquency or other dispositions or there are other similar circumstances specified by Cabinet Order, the Minister may provide information on the person obliged to pay and other necessary information to the Minister of Finance and delegate all or part of authorities for the disposition of delinquency and other dispositions pertaining to the person obliged to pay to the Minister of Finance, as specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare decides to personally exercise all or part of dispositions of delinquency pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article or the authorities listed in paragraph (1), item (xvi) of the same Article, and finds it necessary for the effective collection of insurance premiums and other money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act (excluding money collected pursuant to the provisions of Article 58, Article 74, paragraph (2) and Article 109, paragraph (2) (including when applied mutatis mutandis in Article 149); referred to as "Insurance Premiums" in Article 124-6, paragraph (1)) because a person obliged to pay in relation to those authorities as well as the authorities specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare among those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by the same items (referred to as "dispositions of delinquency and other dispositions" hereinafter in this paragraph) is likely to be concealing property for the purpose of avoiding execution of a disposition of delinquency or other dispositions or there are other similar circumstances specified by Cabinet Order, the Minister may provide information on the person obliged to pay and other necessary information to the Minister of Finance and delegate all or part of authorities for the disposition of delinquency and other dispositions pertaining to the person obliged to pay to the Minister of Finance, as specified by Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb **第二項** 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項までの規定は、前項の規定による財務大臣への権限の委任について準用する。 art-204-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2/par-2 The provisions of Article 100-5, paragraphs (2) through (7) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the delegation of authority to the Minister of Finance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 105-2, paragraphs (2) through (7) of the Employee's Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the delegation of authority to the Minister of Finance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb --- ## Cites - art-204-2/par-1: 前条第三項 → 健康保険法 第二百四条第三項 (Article 204, paragraph (3)), art-204/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-3 - art-204-2/par-1: 同条第一項第十六号 → 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第十六号 (Article 204, paragraph (1), item (xvi)), art-204/par-1/item-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-16 - art-204-2/par-1: この項 → 健康保険法 第二百四条の二第一項 (Article 204-2, paragraph (1)), art-204-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2/par-1 - art-204-2/par-1: 第五十八条 → 健康保険法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-58 - art-204-2/par-1: 第七十四条第二項 → 健康保険法 第七十四条第二項 (Article 74, paragraph (2)), art-74/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-74/par-2 - art-204-2/par-1: 第百九条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百九条第二項 (Article 109, paragraph (2)), art-109/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-109/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-109/par-2 - art-204-2/par-1: 第百四十九条 → 健康保険法 第百四十九条 (Article 149), art-149 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-149 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149 - art-204-2/par-1: 第二百四条の六第一項 → 健康保険法 第二百四条の六第一項 (Article 204-6, paragraph (1)), art-204-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-6/par-1 - art-204-2/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第二項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (2)), art-100-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-2 - art-204-2/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第三項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (3)), art-100-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-3 - art-204-2/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第四項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (4)), art-100-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-4 - art-204-2/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第五項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (5)), art-100-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-5 - art-204-2/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第六項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (6)), art-100-5/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-6 - art-204-2/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の五第二項から第七項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第七項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (7)), art-100-5/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-7 - art-204-2/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第二百四条の二第一項 (Article 204-2, paragraph (1)), art-204-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第二百四条の二第一項（財務大臣への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百四条の二第二項（財務大臣への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-2/par-2 - 健康保険法 第二百五条第一項（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-205/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第十一条第一項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第十一条第二項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, written 2026-10-13 - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 204-2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 204-2, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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