# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3261-78`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3261-78
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3261-78
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 昭和二六年三月三一日法律第七八号
<sup>suppl-3261-78 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3261-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3261-78</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十六年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3261-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3261-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3261-78/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1951.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三十九項**  第三十四項から前項までの規定による改正後の健康保険法第四条第三項及び第十一条第二項、船員保険法第五条第二項及び第十二条第二項、厚生年金保険法第五条第二項及び第十一条第四項、労働者災害補償保険法第三十一条第二項及び第三項並びに失業保険法第三十五条第二項及び第三項の規定は、この法律施行後する督促について適用し、この法律施行前にした督促に係る督促手数料の徴収については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3261-78/par-39 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-3261-78/par-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3261-78/par-39</sup>
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3) and Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act, Article 5, paragraph (2) and Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Mariners Insurance Act, Article 5, paragraph (2) and Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, Article 31, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, and Article 35, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, as amended by the provisions of paragraph (34) through the preceding paragraph, apply to demands made after this Act comes into effect, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the collection of demand fees for demands made before this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3261-78/par-39: 健康保険法第四条第三項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-4/par-3
- suppl-3261-78/par-39: 第十一条第二項 → 健康保険法 附則第十一条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (2)), suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-2 — 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
- suppl-3261-78/par-39: 船員保険法第五条第二項 → e-Gov law 314AC0000000073, 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — not held in this collection
- suppl-3261-78/par-39: 第十二条第二項 → e-Gov law 314AC0000000073, 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — not held in this collection

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-010, 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
