# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の三の五 (Article 46-3-5)

- Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号
- English title "Medical Care 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: 第四十六条の三の五 (Article 46-3-5) — address `art-46-3-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-3-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-5
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### 第四十六条の三の五
<sup>art-46-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-5</sup>

    **第一項**  社員総会の議長は、社員総会において選任する。
    <sup>art-46-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-5/par-1</sup>
    The chairperson of a general meeting of members is to be elected at the general meeting of members.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  社員総会の議長は、当該社員総会の秩序を維持し、議事を整理する。
    <sup>art-46-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-3-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-5/par-2</sup>
    The chairperson of a general meeting of members is to maintain order and organize the proceedings of the relevant general meeting of members.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  社員総会の議長は、その命令に従わない者その他当該社員総会の秩序を乱す者を退場させることができる。
    <sup>art-46-3-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-3-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-5/par-3</sup>
    The chairperson of a general meeting of members may dismiss any person who does not obey the chairperson's orders or who otherwise disturbs the order of the relevant general meeting of members.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The chairperson of a general meeting of members may dismiss any person who does not obey the chairpersons' orders or who otherwise disturbs the order of the relevant general meeting of members." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

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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) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 46-3-5, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19