LAW FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND MEDICAL SECURITY FOR A~ROMB SUFFERERS (Law No. 41, Mar. 31, 1957) Amendment: (1) Law No. 136, Aug. 1, 1960 (2) Law No. 161, Sepc. 15, 1962 CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER Il CHAPTER TIX CHAPTER IV CHAPTER VY GENERAL PROVISIONS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL TREATMENT (Articles 1, 2) (Articles 3--6) (Articles 7--14-8) A-BOMB SUFFERERS MEDICAL COUNCIL (Articles 15--17) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (Articles 18--24) SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS (Purpose of this Law) Article 1. The purpose of this Law is, in view of the special health conditions in which the sufferers of A-bomb dropped to Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City are left even now, to maintain and improve their health by means of physical check-up and medical treatments for the sufferers, performed by the State. (Definitions) Article 2. The term "sufferers" ts this Law shall mean the persons falling under any one of the following respective items who are given the sufferers’ health note book: (1) Those who were, at the time of the dropping of A-bomb, located in the area of Hiroshima City or Nagasaki City (2) at that date or in the adjacent areas as prescribed by Cabinet Order; Those who were, in the period as prescribed by Cabinet Order counting from the time of the dropping of A-bomb, among the areas provided for in the preceding item; f