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.
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(Delivery of Documents)
When a claim is filed for insurance proceeds and damages, the insurer, without delay, must deliver to the insured or injured party that has filed the claim a document giving an outline of the…
保険会社は、保険金等の請求があつたときは、遅滞なく、国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、支払基準の概要その他の国土交通省令・内閣府令で定める事項を記載した書面を当該請求を行つた被保険者又は被害者に交付しなければならない。
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Having paid insurance proceeds and damages, an insurer, without delay, must deliver to the insured or injured party that has filed a claim as prescribed in the preceding paragraph a document…
保険会社は、保険金等の支払を行つたときは、遅滞なく、国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、支払つた保険金等の金額、後遺障害の該当する等級、当該等級に該当すると判断した理由その他の保険金等の支払に関する重要な事項であつて国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるものを記載した書面を前項に規定する請求を行つた被保険者又は被害者…
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On deciding not to pay insurance proceeds and damages because there is evidence of circumstances as prescribed in the proviso to Article 3 or based on other grounds, an insurer, without delay…
保険会社は、第三条ただし書に規定する事項の証明があつたことその他の理由により保険金等を支払わないこととしたときは、遅滞なく、国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、支払を行わないこととした理由を記載した書面を第一項に規定する請求を行つた被保険者又は被害者に交付しなければならない。
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Except as prescribed in the first sentence of the next paragraph, if, after the insurer delivers a document pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of the preceding Article…
保険会社は、前条第二項又は第三項の規定により書面を交付した後において、被保険者又は被害者から、国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、書面により、保険金等の支払に関する重要な事項（同条第二項の国土交通省令・内閣府令で定める事項を除く。）であつて国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるもの又は同条第三項に規定する支払を行わな…
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An insurer may decide not to explain all or some of the things that it has been asked to explain pursuant to the preceding paragraph, if explaining something it has been asked to explain could do…
保険会社は、前項の規定により説明を求められた場合であつて第三者の権利利益を不当に害するおそれがあるときその他正当な理由があるときは、当該説明を求められた事項の全部又は一部について説明をしないことができる。この場合において、保険会社は、説明をしない旨及びその理由を記載した書面を当該説明を求めた者に交付しなければならない。
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If an insurer is unable to provide an explanation ,etc. within the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph due to the difficulty of clerical processing or any other legitimate grounds…
保険会社は、事務処理上の困難その他正当な理由により前項に規定する期間内に説明等をすることができないときは、同項に規定する期間内に、第一項の規定により説明を求めた者に対し、書面により、前項に規定する期間内に当該説明等をすることができない理由及び当該説明等の期限を通知しなければならない。
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Having paid insurance proceeds and damages or delivered a document under Article 16-4, paragraph (3) in connection with a death or other damage that Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure…
保険会社は、保険金等の支払の適正化を図る必要性が特に高いものとして国土交通省令で定める死亡その他の損害に関し、保険金等を支払つたとき又は第十六条の四第三項の規定による書面の交付をしたときは、遅滞なく、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、その旨を国土交通大臣に届け出なければならない。
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If one of the following facts is true of an insurer's payment or payment procedures for insurance proceeds and damages, the insured or the injured party may notify the Minister of Land…
被保険者又は被害者は、保険会社による保険金等の支払又は支払に係る手続に関し、次のいずれかに該当する事実があるときは、国土交通大臣に対し、その事実を申し出ることができる。
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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…
国土交通大臣は、第十六条の六の規定による届出があつた場合、前条の規定による申出があつた場合その他の場合において、保険会社による保険金等の支払又は支払に係る手続が同条各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、当該保険会社に対し、支払基準に従つた支払…
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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…
国土交通大臣は、第一項に規定する指示を受けた保険会社が、正当な理由がなくてその指示に従わなかつたときは、その旨を公表することができる。
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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…
国土交通大臣は、第一項に規定する指示を受けた保険会社が、前項の規定によりその指示に従わなかつた旨を公表された後において、なお、正当な理由がなくてその指示に係る措置をとらなかつたときは、当該保険会社に対し、その指示に係る措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
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「保険会社」
The insurer of liability insurance (責任保険): a non-life insurance company (損害保険会社) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Insurance Business Act, or a foreign non-life insurance company, etc. (外国損害保険会社等) as defined in paragraph (9) of that Article, that underwrites liability insurance.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1)
insurance proceeds and damages
「保険金等」
The insurance money an insurer (保険会社) must pay the insured, and the damages it must pay an injured party (被害者) who claims them from it under Article 16, paragraph (1) — everywhere in this Act after Article 16-2, except in Article 28-4, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 16-2, paragraph (1)· applies from here on, except in Article 28-4, paragraph (1)
criteria for payment
「支払基準」
The criteria, set separately for death, residual disability and injury by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣) and the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣), by which an insurer must pay insurance money and damages (保険金等).
Short name set inArticle 16-3, paragraph (1)
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.