Moves to Article 47, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
An arbitral award (irrespective of whether or not the place of arbitration is in Japan; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) has the same effect as a final and binding judgment; provided, however, that a civil enforcement based on the arbitral award requires an enforceability order under the following Article.
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if any of the following grounds exist (for the grounds stated in items (i) through (vii), limited to the case in which any of the parties has proved the existence of the grounds):
前項の規定は、次に掲げる事由のいずれかがある場合(第一号から第七号までに掲げる事由にあっては、当事者のいずれかが当該事由の存在を証明した場合に限る。)には、適用しない。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (i) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the arbitration agreement is not valid due to the limitation on the legal capacity of a party;
仲裁合意が、当事者の行為能力の制限により、その効力を有しないこと。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (ii) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the arbitration agreement is not valid on grounds other than the limitation on the legal capacity of a party pursuant to the laws and regulations designated by the agreement of the parties as those which should be applied to the arbitration agreement (or if the designation has not been made, pursuant to the laws and regulations of the country to which the place of arbitration belongs);
仲裁合意が、当事者が合意により仲裁合意に適用すべきものとして指定した法令(当該指定がないときは、仲裁地が属する国の法令)によれば、当事者の行為能力の制限以外の事由により、その効力を有しないこと。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (iii) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the party did not receive the notice that is required pursuant to the laws and regulations of the country to which the place of arbitration belongs (or if the parties have reached an agreement on the matters concerning the provisions unrelated to public order in those laws and regulations, pursuant to the agreement) in the procedure of appointing arbitrators or in the arbitration procedure;
当事者が、仲裁人の選任手続又は仲裁手続において、仲裁地が属する国の法令の規定(その法令の公の秩序に関しない規定に関する事項について当事者間に合意があるときは、当該合意)により必要とされる通知を受けなかったこと。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (iv) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the party was unable to conduct a defense in the arbitration procedure;
当事者が、仲裁手続において防御することが不可能であったこと。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (v) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the arbitral award contains a decision concerning matters beyond the scope of the arbitration agreement or of a petition in the arbitration procedure;
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (vi) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the composition of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitration procedure is in violation of the laws and regulations of the country to which the place of arbitration belongs (or if the parties have reached an agreement concerning the matters concerning the provisions unrelated to public order in those laws and regulations, in violation of the agreement);
仲裁廷の構成又は仲裁手続が、仲裁地が属する国の法令の規定(その法令の公の秩序に関しない規定に関する事項について当事者間に合意があるときは、当該合意)に違反するものであったこと。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (vii) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the arbitral award is not final and binding, or the arbitral award has been set aside or its effect has been suspended by a judicial body of that country, according to the laws and regulations of the country to which the place of arbitration belongs (or if the laws and regulations applied to the arbitration procedure are laws and regulations of a country other than the country to which the place of arbitration belongs, according to the laws and regulations of the other country);
仲裁地が属する国(仲裁手続に適用された法令が仲裁地が属する国以外の国の法令である場合にあっては、当該国)の法令によれば、仲裁判断が確定していないこと、又は仲裁判断がその国の裁判機関により取り消され、若しくは効力を停止されたこと。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (viii) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the petition filed in the arbitration procedure is concerned with a dispute which may not be subject to an arbitration agreement pursuant to the provisions of Japanese laws and regulations; or
仲裁手続における申立てが、日本の法令によれば、仲裁合意の対象とすることができない紛争に関するものであること。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (2), item (ix) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
the content of the arbitral award is contrary to public policy in Japan.
仲裁判断の内容が、日本における公の秩序又は善良の風俗に反すること。
Moves to Article 47, paragraph (3) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
If the grounds stated in item (v) of the preceding paragraph exist, and the part concerning the matters provided for in that item can be separated from the other parts of the arbitral award, the relevant part and the other parts of the arbitral award are respectively deemed to be independent arbitral awards, and the provisions of the paragraph apply.
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arbitral award
「仲裁判断」
The decision of the arbitrator or arbitrators on a civil dispute that the parties to an arbitration agreement (仲裁合意) have entrusted to them and agreed to accept.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1)
arbitration agreement
「仲裁合意」
An agreement to entrust the resolution of all or part of a civil dispute — one that has already arisen, or one that may arise in future over a certain legal relationship, whether contractual or not — to one or more arbitrators, and to accept their decision (the arbitral award, 仲裁判断).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
arbitral tribunal
「仲裁廷」
A single arbitrator, or a panel of two or more arbitrators, that hears a civil dispute covered by an arbitration agreement (仲裁合意) and makes the arbitral award (仲裁判断) on it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
public policy
公の秩序又は善良の風俗
Public order and good morals, called 公序 (public policy) for short in the heading of Article 42 of the Act on General Rules for Application of Laws. The law refuses effect to what goes against them: a juridical act (法律行為), such as a contract, that goes against them is void (Civil Code, Article 90); a custom that does not go against them has the same effect as a law only where laws and regulations authorise it or it concerns a matter they do not provide for (Act on General Rules for Application of Laws, Article 3); and where that Act makes a foreign law govern, a provision of that law is not applied if applying it would go against them (Article 42).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Art. 90 and Act on General Rules for Application of Laws, Arts. 3, 42 as a reference.