# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（第一条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4041-89/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-5
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### 第五条（第一条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Amendment under the Provisions of Article 1
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<sup>suppl-4041-89/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定による改正後の医療法（以下この条において「新法」という。）第五十二条の規定は、医療法人の第一条の規定の施行の日以後に始まる会計年度に係る新法第五十二条に規定する書類について適用し、医療法人の同日前に始まる会計年度に係る第一条の規定による改正前の医療法第五十二条に規定する書類については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 52 of the Medical Care Act after the revision by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act" in this Article) apply to the documents prescribed in Article 52 of the New Act relating to fiscal years of a medical corporation beginning on or after the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 1, and with regard to documents prescribed in Article 52 of the Medical Care Act before the revision by the provisions of Article 1 relating to fiscal years of a medical corporation beginning before that date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## Cites
- suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1: この条 → 医療法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4041-89/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-5
- suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1: 第五十二条 → 医療法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-52

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 附則第五条第一項（第一条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-5/par-1
- 医療法 附則第二十条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-20/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-017, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 211 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
