# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-4091-123/art-5`
- 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-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-5
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### 第五条
<sup>suppl-4091-123/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、前三条の規定による検討をするに当たって、地方公共団体その他の関係者から、当該検討に係る事項に関する意見の提出があったときは、当該意見を十分に考慮しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4091-123/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-5/par-1</sup>
The government, in conducting a review pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three Articles, must give full consideration to the opinions on matters pertaining to the review, when such opinions have been submitted by a local government or other relevant person.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4091-123/art-5/par-1: 前三条 → 介護保険法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4091-123/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-2
- suppl-4091-123/art-5/par-1: 前三条 → 介護保険法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4091-123/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-3
- suppl-4091-123/art-5/par-1: 前三条 → 介護保険法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4091-123/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-4

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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-20261018T212610-034, 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