# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十六条の九 (Article 56-9)

- 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: 第五十六条の九 (Article 56-9) — address `art-56-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-9
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### 第五十六条の九
<sup>art-56-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-9</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の期間の経過後に申出をした債権者は、医療法人の債務が完済された後まだ権利の帰属すべき者に引き渡されていない財産に対してのみ、請求をすることができる。
  <sup>art-56-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-9/par-1</sup>
  A obligee who submits their claim after the expiry of the period set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article may claim only the assets which, after all debts of the medical corporation have been fully paid, have not yet been delivered to persons with vested rights.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-56-9/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第五十六条の八第一項 (Article 56-8, paragraph (1)), art-56-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-8/par-1

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## Sources

- 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
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19