# 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-4231-70/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-4231-70/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4231-70/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4231-70/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4231-70/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4231-70/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成二十四年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次条の規定は公布の日から、附則第十七条の規定は地域の自主性及び自立性を高めるための改革の推進を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律（平成二十三年法律第百五号）の公布の日又はこの法律の公布の日のいずれか遅い日から施行する。
suppl-4231-70/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4231-70/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4231-70/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2012; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article come into effect on the date of promulgation, and the provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation of the Act on the Development of Related Acts for the Promotion of Reforms to Enhance Regional Autonomy and Independence (Act No. 105 of 2011) or the date of promulgation of this Act, whichever is later.
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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-20261010T183826-030, 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