# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百四十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 147)

- 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: 第百四十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 147) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-147`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-147
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-147
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### 第百四十七条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-147</sup>

**第一項**  第百二十一条第三項、第百三十九条又は第百四十条第二項の規定に違反した者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-147/par-1</sup>
A person who has violated the provisions of Article 121, paragraph (3), Article 139 or Article 140, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions is punished by imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to 500,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-147/par-1: 第百二十一条第三項 → 医療法 附則第百二十一条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 121, paragraph (3)), suppl-3231-205/art-121/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-121/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-121/par-3
- suppl-3231-205/art-147/par-1: 第百三十九条 → 医療法 附則第百三十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 139), suppl-3231-205/art-139 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-139 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-139
- suppl-3231-205/art-147/par-1: 第百四十条第二項 → 医療法 附則第百四十条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 140, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-140/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-140/par-2

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-014, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19