# 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-5051-3/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-5051-3/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5051-3/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和五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-5051-3/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2023; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  次に掲げる規定　令和六年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the following provisions: January 1, 2024;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ及びロ**  略
    <sup>suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-1</sup>
    Omitted
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ハ**  第九条の規定並びに附則第二十四条、第六十六条から第六十九条まで及び第七十一条から第七十四条までの規定
    <sup>suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2</sup>
    the provisions of Article 9, and the provisions of Article 24, Articles 66 through 69, and Articles 71 through 74 of the Supplementary Provisions.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 附則第七十八条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-3/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5051-3/art-78/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-20261010T183826-039, 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
