# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- Law: 医師法 (Medical Practitioners' Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号
- English title "Medical Practitioners' Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（訴訟に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4261-69/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6
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### 第六条（訴訟に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Litigation
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<sup>suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正前の法律の規定により不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ訴えを提起できないこととされる事項であって、当該不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したもの（当該不服申立てが他の不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ提起できないとされる場合にあっては、当該他の不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したものを含む。）の訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the filing of an action with regard to a matter for which, pursuant to the provisions of Acts prior to the amendment by this Act, an action may not be filed until after a determination, decision or other act of an administrative agency on an appeal has been made, and for which the period within which that appeal was to be filed elapsed before this Act comes into effect without that appeal having been filed (including, where that appeal may not be filed until after a determination, decision or other act of an administrative agency on another appeal has been made, a matter for which the period within which the other appeal was to be filed elapsed before this Act comes into effect without the other appeal having been filed).
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**第二項**  この法律の規定による改正前の法律の規定（前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合を含む。）により異議申立てが提起された処分その他の行為であって、この法律の規定による改正後の法律の規定により審査請求に対する裁決を経た後でなければ取消しの訴えを提起することができないこととされるものの取消しの訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the filing of an action for revocation of a disposition or other act against which an objection was filed pursuant to the provisions of Acts prior to the amendment by the provisions of this Act (including in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article), and against which, pursuant to the provisions of Acts as amended by the provisions of this Act, an action for revocation may not be filed until after a determination on a request for review has been made.
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**第三項**  不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為の取消しの訴えであって、この法律の施行前に提起されたものについては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern an action for revocation of a determination, decision or other act of an administrative agency on an appeal, where the action was filed before this Act comes into effect.
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## Cites
- suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2: 前条 → 医師法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4261-69/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-5

## Cited by

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

- 医師法 附則第十条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医師法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Practitioners' Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3992/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T095312-007, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
