# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第二百六条 (Article 206)

- Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Long-Term Care 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: 第二百六条 (Article 206) — address `art-206`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206
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### 第二百六条
<sup>art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206/par-1</sup>
In a case that corresponds to any item of the following, a person that committed said violation is punished by imprisonment for six months or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第九十八条第一項各号に掲げる事項以外の事項を広告し、同項各号に掲げる事項に関し虚偽の広告をし、又は同項第三号に掲げる事項の広告の方法が同条第二項の規定による定めに違反したとき。
  <sup>art-206/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206/par-1/item-1</sup>
  when a person advertises matters other than those listed in each item of Article 98, paragraph (1), advertised falsely with regard to the matter listed in each item of the same paragraph, or the method of advertisement of matters listed in item (iii) of the same paragraph violates the provisions pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when a person advertises matters other than those listed in each item of Article 98, paragraph (1), advertised falsely with regard to the matter listed in each item of the same Article, or the method of advertisement of matters listed in item (iii) of the same Article violates the provisions pursuant to item (ii) of the same Article;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb</sup>

  **二**  第百一条又は第百二条第一項の規定に基づく命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-206/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206/par-1/item-2</sup>
  when a person violates an order based on the provisions of Article 101 or Article 102, paragraph (1);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第百十二条第一項各号に掲げる事項以外の事項を広告し、同項各号に掲げる事項に関し虚偽の広告をし、又は同項第三号に掲げる事項の広告の方法が同条第二項の規定による定めに違反したとき。
  <sup>art-206/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206/par-1/item-3</sup>
  when a person advertises matters other than those listed in the items of Article 112, paragraph (1), makes a false advertisement with regard to the matters listed in the items of the same paragraph, or the method of advertisement of the matters listed in item (iii) of the same paragraph violates what is determined pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  第百十四条の三又は第百十四条の四第一項の規定に基づく命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-206/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206/par-1/item-4</sup>
  when a person violates an order based on the provisions of Article 114-3 or Article 114-4, paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-206/par-1/item-1: 第九十八条第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十八条第一項 (Article 98, paragraph (1)), art-98/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1
- art-206/par-1/item-1: 同項第三号 → 介護保険法 第九十八条第一項第三号 (Article 98, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-98/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-3
- art-206/par-1/item-1: 同条第二項 → 介護保険法 第九十八条第二項 (Article 98, paragraph (2)), art-98/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-2
- art-206/par-1/item-2: 第百一条 → 介護保険法 第百一条 (Article 101), art-101 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-101
- art-206/par-1/item-2: 第百二条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-102/par-1
- art-206/par-1/item-3: 第百十二条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-112/par-1
- art-206/par-1/item-3: 同項第三号 → 介護保険法 第百十二条第一項第三号 (Article 112, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-112/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-112/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-112/par-1/item-3
- art-206/par-1/item-3: 同条第二項 → 介護保険法 第百十二条第二項 (Article 112, paragraph (2)), art-112/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-112/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-112/par-2
- art-206/par-1/item-4: 第百十四条の三 → 介護保険法 第百十四条の三 (Article 114-3), art-114-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-114-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-114-3
- art-206/par-1/item-4: 第百十四条の四第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十四条の四第一項 (Article 114-4, paragraph (1)), art-114-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-114-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-114-4/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第二百十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-211/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-211/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 206, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-033, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
