# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4181-84/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2007; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一**  附則第十六条の規定、附則第三十一条の規定及び附則第三十二条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 16, the provisions of Article 31 and the provisions of Article 32 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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  **二**  第一条の規定、附則第三条第一項から第三項までの規定及び附則第十七条の規定中健康保険法（大正十一年法律第七十号）第六十五条第二項の改正規定　平成十九年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Article 1, the provisions of Article 3, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, and, among the provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922): January 1, 2007.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十一条 → 健康保険法 附則第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31), suppl-4181-84/art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-31
- suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十二条 → 健康保険法 附則第三十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 32), suppl-4181-84/art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-32

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 附則第三十一条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-84/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-84/art-31/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-027, 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
