# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23) - 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（役員） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-23 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十三条（役員） — (Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-23 **第一項** 組合に、役員として、理事及び監事を置く。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-23/par-1 Each Society shall have directors and auditors as its officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 理事の定数は五人以上、監事の定数は二人以上とし、それぞれ規約で定める。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-23/par-2 The fixed number of directors shall be five or more and the fixed number of auditors shall be two or more, and each of these fixed numbers shall be specified by the Society's constitution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 理事及び監事は、規約の定めるところにより、組合員のうちから組合会で選任する。ただし、特別の事情があるときは、組合員以外の者のうちから組合会で選任することを妨げない。 art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-23/par-3 All directors and auditors shall be appointed at a Society meeting from among Society members pursuant to the provisions of the Society's constitution; provided, however, that this shall not preclude directors and auditors from being appointed at a Society meeting from among persons other than Society members if any special circumstances exist. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 理事及び監事の任期は、三年をこえない範囲内において、規約で定める。 art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-23/par-4 The respective terms of office of directors and auditors shall be specified by the Society's constitution within a period not exceeding three years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第八十六条第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-86/par-1 --- ## 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