# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14)

- 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: 第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4061-84/art-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-14
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4061-84/art-14
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### 第十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4061-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4061-84/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の附則において従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4061-84/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4061-84/art-14/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 附則第十三条第一項（その他の処分、申請等に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4061-84/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4061-84/art-13/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-20261019T151250-018, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 211 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
