# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の四 (Article 7-4)

- 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: 第七条の四 (Article 7-4)（事務所） — address `art-7-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-4
- 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.

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### 第七条の四（事務所） — (Offices)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-4</sup>

  **第一項**  協会は、主たる事務所を東京都に、従たる事務所（以下「支部」という。）を各都道府県に設置する。
  <sup>art-7-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-4/par-1</sup>
  JHIA establishes a principal office in Tokyo and secondary offices (hereinafter referred to as "branches") in each prefecture.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  協会の住所は、その主たる事務所の所在地にあるものとする。
  <sup>art-7-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-4/par-2</sup>
  JHIA's address is the location of its principal office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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