Having received a report as under Article 16-6, having been notified as under the preceding Article, or in any other case, on finding that the insurer's payment or payment procedures for insurance proceeds and damages fall under one of the items of the preceding Article, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must instruct the insurer to make a payment in accordance with the criteria for payment; to deliver a document as under Article 16-4, paragraphs (1) through (3); or to provide an explanation as under Article 16-5, paragraph (1), deliver a document as under paragraph (2) of that Article, or give notice as under paragraph (4) of that Article.
Having given the instructions prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must notify the Prime Minister of this without delay.
国土交通大臣は、前項に規定する指示を行つたときは、遅滞なく、内閣総理大臣にその旨を通知しなければならない。
If an insurer that has been instructed to do as prescribed in paragraph (1) fails to do as instructed and is without a legitimate reason for failing to do so, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may disclose this to the public.
If, after its failure to do as instructed has been disclosed to the public pursuant to the preceding paragraph, an insurer that has been instructed to do as prescribed in paragraph (1) fails to take measures to abide by the instructions and is without a legitimate reason for failing to do so, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may order the insurer to take measures to abide by the instructions.
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must first gain the consent of the Prime Minister before making a public disclosure as prescribed in paragraph (3) or giving an order as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.