# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4091-123/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4091-123/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十二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-4091-123/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item.
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  **一**  第八条の規定　公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 8: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation;
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  **二**  第八章、第二百四条、第二百七条第二項及び第二百十二条の規定　平成十二年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The provisions of Chapter VIII, Article 204, Article 207, paragraph (2) and Article 212: January 1, 2000.
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## Cites
- suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第八条 → 介護保険法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8
- suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第二百四条 → 介護保険法 第二百四条 (Article 204), art-204 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-204
- suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第二百七条第二項 → 介護保険法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-207/par-2
- suppl-4091-123/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第二百十二条 → 介護保険法 第二百十二条 (Article 212), art-212 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-212 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-212

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## Sources

- 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-033, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-034, 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