Article 23-3Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions on Contracts for Liability Insurance
第二十三条の三（責任保険の契約に関する規定等の準用）
Article 12 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to contracts for mutual liability insurance. In such a case, in those Articles (other than in Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), the term "contract for liability insurance" is deemed to be replaced with "contract for mutual liability insurance"; the term "liability insurance" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual liability insurance"; the term "amount of insurance coverage" is deemed to be replaced with "amount of mutual insurance coverage"; the term "insurer" is deemed to be replaced with "Cooperative"; the term "policyholder" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance policyholder"; the term "insured" is deemed to be replaced with "person covered under mutual insurance"; the term "insurance proceeds" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance proceeds"; the term "insurance proceeds and damages" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance proceeds and damages"; the term "coverage period" is deemed to be replaced with "period of coverage under mutual insurance"; the term "insurance premium" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance premium"; the phrase "paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 16-2 is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16, paragraph (1), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "(hereinafter, except in Article 28-4, paragraph (1), referred to as" in Article 16-2 is deemed to be replaced with "(hereinafter referred to as"; the phrase "paragraph (2) or (3) of the preceding Article" in Article 16-5, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-4, paragraph (2) or (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "Article 16-4, paragraph (3)" in Article 16-6 is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-4, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "Article 16-4, paragraphs (1) through (3)" in Article 16-7, item (ii) and Article 16-8, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-4, paragraphs (1) through (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "Article 16-5, paragraph (1)" in Article 16-7, item (iii) and Article 16-8, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-5, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "Article 16-6" in Article 16-8, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-6 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "the preceding Article" in the Article 16-8, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16-7 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the term "the Prime Minister" in Article 16-8, paragraphs (2) and (5) is deemed to be replaced with "an administrative agency (meaning an administrative agency as prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1), if this agency is connected with an agricultural cooperative, etc.; meaning an administrative agency as prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis following a replacement of terms pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (1), if this agency is connected with a consumer cooperative, etc. ; and meaning an administrative agency as prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis following a replacement of terms pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (2), if this agency is connected with a business cooperative, etc.)"; the phrase "Article 16, paragraph (1)" in Article 17, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 16, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrases "Article 16, paragraph (1) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 18 and "Article 16, paragraph (1) and Article 17, paragraph (1)" in Article 19 are deemed to be replaced with "Article 16, paragraph (1) and Article 17, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; and the phrase "coverage period of the contract for liability insurance that would be canceled" in Article 20-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) is deemed to be replaced with "coverage period of the contract for mutual liability insurance that would be canceled".
第十二条から前条までの規定は、責任共済の契約について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定（第二十条の二第一項第三号を除く。）中「責任保険の契約」とあるのは「責任共済の契約」と、「責任保険」とあるのは「責任共済」と、「保険金額」とあるのは「共済金額」と、「保険会社」とあるのは「組合」と、「保険契約者」とあるのは「共済契約者」と、「被保険者」とあるのは「被共済者」と、「保険金」とあるのは「共済金」と、「保険金等」とあるのは「共済金等」と、「保険期間」とあるのは「共済期間」と、「保険料」とあるのは「共済掛金」と、第十六条の二中「前条第一項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条第一項」と、「第二十八条の四第一項を除き、以下」とあるのは「以下」と、第十六条の五第一項中「前条第二項又は第三項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条の四第二項又は第三項」と、第十六条の六中「第十六条の四第三項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条の四第三項」と、第十六条の七第二号及び第十六条の八第一項中「第十六条の四第一項から第三項まで」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条の四第一項から第三項まで」と、第十六条の七第三号及び第十六条の八第一項中「第十六条の五第一項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条の五第一項」と、第十六条の八第一項中「第十六条の六」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条の六」と、「前条」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条の七」と、第十六条の八第二項及び第五項中「内閣総理大臣」とあるのは「行政庁（農業協同組合等に係るものを行う場合にあつては第二十七条第一項に規定する行政庁とし、消費生活協同組合等に係るものを行う場合にあつては第二十七条の二第一項において読み替えて準用する第二十七条第一項に規定する行政庁とし、事業協同組合等に係るものを行う場合にあつては第二十七条の二第二項において読み替えて準用する第二十七条第一項に規定する行政庁とする。）」と、第十七条第一項中「第十六条第一項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条第一項」と、第十八条中「第十六条第一項及び前条第一項」とあり、及び第十九条中「第十六条第一項及び第十七条第一項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第十六条第一項及び第十七条第一項」と、第二十条の二第一項第三号中「責任保険の契約の保険期間」とあるのは「責任共済の契約の共済期間」と読み替えるものとする。
Before setting or amending the criteria for payment prescribed in Article 16-3, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph and before enacting or amending Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or Cabinet Office Order prescribed in Article 16-4 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph and Article 16-5, paragraphs (1) and (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister must first consult with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; and the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the business prescribed in the business cooperative, etc.'s articles of incorporation as qualifying a person to be a member (hereinafter referred to as the "competent Minister for the business").