# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第百二十三条 (Article 123)

- Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号
- English title "National Health Insurance 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: 第百二十三条 (Article 123) — address `art-123`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-123
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-123
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### 第百二十三条
<sup>art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-123</sup>

**第一項**  被保険者又は被保険者であつた者が、第百十四条第二項の規定により報告を命ぜられ、正当な理由なしにこれに従わず、又は同条同項の規定による当該職員の質問に対して、正当な理由なしに答弁せず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をしたときは、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-123/par-1</sup>
When a current or former insurer fails, without a justifiable reason, to comply with an order to make a report issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 114, paragraph (2) or, without a justifiable reason, fails to reply, or makes a false reply, to any question asked by the relevant personnel pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph of the same Article, said current or former insurer shall be punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-123/par-1: 第百十四条第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第百十四条第二項 (Article 114, paragraph (2)), art-114/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-114/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 同条 → 国民健康保険法 第百十四条 (Article 114), art-114 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-114

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17