Iodine intercalation and deintercalation of a Sr-free Bi-based cuprate, Bi (La,Na) CuO:, have been investigated. It has been confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis that the stage-1 iodine-intercalated compound Bi (La,Na) CuO l with x=1.0 was formed. As in the case of a Bi (Sr,La) CuO: (Bi-2201) specimen, expansion of the c-length of the stage-1 iodine-intercalated compound was 3.6 Å, compared with one half that of host compound. After deintercalation of the intercalated iodine, the stage-1 iodine-intercalated compound returned reversibly to the host compound. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern showed the formation of the intermediate phase containing a certain amount of iodine, not assigned to the stage-2 intercalated compound, during the deintercalation. Neither host compound nor iodine-intercalated compound exhibited superconductivity down to 2 K. 2 2 2 2 7 x 2 2