# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第百二十六条 (Article 126)

- 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: 第百二十六条 (Article 126) — address `art-126`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-126
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-126
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### 第百二十六条
<sup>art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-126</sup>

**第一項**  第十五条第二項又は第八十三条第四項の規定に違反した者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。
<sup>art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-126/par-1</sup>
A person who violates the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) or Article 83, paragraph (4) shall be punished by a non-criminal fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-126/par-1: 第十五条第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-15/par-2
- art-126/par-1: 第八十三条第四項 → 国民健康保険法 第八十三条第四項 (Article 83, paragraph (4)), art-83/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-83/par-4

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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