# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（組合会の議決事項） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27 - 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. --- ### 第二十七条（組合会の議決事項） — (Matters to be Decided on by a Society Meeting) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる事項は、組合会の議決を経なければならない。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1 The matters listed in the following items must be determined through a Society meeting: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 規約の変更 art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-1 changes to the Society's constitution; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 借入金の借入及びその方法並びに借入金の利率及び償還方法 art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-2 obtaining a loan and the method thereof as well as the interest rate and the method of reimbursement of said loan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 収入支出の予算 art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-3 budget for income and expenditure; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 決算 art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-4 settlement of accounts; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 予算をもつて定めるものを除くほか、組合の負担となるべき契約 art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-5 contracts which will place a burden on the Society other than those prescribed by a budget; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 準備金その他重要な財産の処分 art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-6 dispositions of a reserve or any other important property; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 訴訟の提起及び和解 art-27/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-7 filing and settling lawsuits; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 前各号に掲げる事項のほか、規約で組合会の議決を経なければならないものと定めた事項 art-27/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-8 in addition to the matters listed in the preceding items, matters specified by the Society's constitution as those which require resolution by a Society meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第一号、第二号及び第六号に掲げる事項（同項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事項のうち、合併により消滅する組合の地区を合併後存続する組合の地区の一部とする地区の拡張に係る規約の変更その他の厚生労働省令で定めるものを除く。）の議決は、都道府県知事の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-2 A resolution on any of the matters listed in items (i), (ii) and (vi) of the preceding paragraph (in the case of the matters listed in items (i) and (ii) of the same paragraph, excluding changes to the Society's constitution pertaining to an expansion of the district of said Society which will continue to exist after a merger in order to include as part of its district that of another Society which will be dissolved as a result of the merger, and other matters specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) shall not become effective without the authorization of the prefectural governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第十七条第三項及び第四項の規定は、組合の地区の拡張に係る規約の変更に関する前項の認可について準用する。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-3 The provisions of Article 17, paragraphs (3) and (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph with respect to changes to the Society's constitution pertaining to an expansion of the district of said Society. machine translation, not official **第四項** 組合は、第一項第三号に掲げる事項及び第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める事項の議決をしたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。 art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-4 When a Society decides on the matter listed in paragraph (1), item (iii) or any of the matters specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as set forth in paragraph (2), it must promptly notify the prefectural governor thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第一号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-27/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-1 - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-27/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-2 - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第三号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-27/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-3 - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第四号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-27/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-4 - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第五号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-27/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-5 - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第六号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-27/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-6 - art-27/par-1/item-8: 前各号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第七号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-27/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-7 - art-27/par-2: 前項第一号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第一号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-27/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-1 - art-27/par-2: 第二号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-27/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-2 - art-27/par-2: 第六号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第六号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-27/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-6 - art-27/par-3: 第十七条第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3 - art-27/par-3: 第四項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-4 - art-27/par-3: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-2 - art-27/par-4: 第一項第三号 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第三号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-27/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-3 - art-27/par-4: 第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第一項第八号（組合会の議決事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-1/item-8 - 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第二項（組合会の議決事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第三項（組合会の議決事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第四項（組合会の議決事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-4 - 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 - 国民健康保険法 第百十九条の二第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-119-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-119-2/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-125/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-002, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17