# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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 - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5041-44` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 令和四年五月二〇日法律第四四号 suppl-5041-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第三条及び第七条から第九条までの規定並びに次条及び附則第六条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 The provisions of Article 3 and Article 7 through Article 9, and the provisions of the following Article and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official ### 第五条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前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。 suppl-5041-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-5/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第六条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-6 **第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第六条 → 医師法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-5041-44/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-6 - suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 医師法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-5041-44/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-5 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医師法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 医師法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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-20261009T095312-009, translated 2026-10-09 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T171955-001, translated 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09