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").
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A person must conclude a separate contract for liability insurance for each automobile.
責任保険の契約は、自動車一両ごとに締結しなければならない。
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Cabinet Order provides for the amount of insurance coverage under liability insurance.
責任保険の保険金額は、政令で定める。
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Except as prescribed in Article 82-3, an insurer is only released from liability to indemnify damage if it arises due to the bad faith of the policyholder or the insured.
保険会社は、第八十二条の三に規定する場合を除き、保険契約者又は被保険者の悪意によつて生じた損害についてのみ、てん補の責めを免れる。
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The insured may file a claim with the insurer for insurance proceeds, but only to the extent of the damages that the insured has paid to the injured party.
被保険者は、被害者に対する損害賠償額について自己が支払をした限度においてのみ、保険会社に対して保険金の支払を請求することができる。
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If a person in possession becomes liable to compensate for damage as under Article 3, the injured party may file a claim with insurer for the insurer to pay the injured party damages of up to the…
第三条の規定による保有者の損害賠償の責任が発生したときは、被害者は、政令で定めるところにより、保険会社に対し、保険金額の限度において、損害賠償額の支払をなすべきことを請求することができる。
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The insurance proceeds that the insurer is to pay the insured and the damages that the insurer is to pay the injured party pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article…
保険会社が被保険者に対して支払うべき保険金又は前条第一項の規定により被害者に対して支払うべき損害賠償額（第二十八条の四第一項を除き、以下「保険金等」という。）のうち被害者が療養のため労働することができないことによる損害その他の政令で定める損害に係る部分は、政令で定める額を限度とする。
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An insurer must abide by the criteria for payment that the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister set (hereinafter referred to as "criteria for payment") when…
保険会社は、保険金等を支払うときは、死亡、後遺障害及び傷害の別に国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣が定める支払基準（以下「支払基準」という。）に従つてこれを支払わなければならない。
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An insurer must abide by the criteria for payment that the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister set (hereinafter referred to as "criteria for payment") when…
保険会社は、保険金等を支払うときは、死亡、後遺障害及び傷害の別に国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣が定める支払基準（以下「支払基準」という。）に従つてこれを支払わなければならない。
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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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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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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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With the consent of the insured or the injured party and pursuant to Cabinet Order, in lieu of giving a written explanation as under paragraph (1), delivering a document as under paragraph (2) or…
保険会社は、第一項の規定による書面による説明、第二項の規定による書面の交付又は前項の規定による書面による通知（以下「書面による説明等」という。）に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、被保険者又は被害者の承諾を得て…
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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。
Open this provision(Notifying the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
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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the insurer does not deliver a document as under Article 16-4, paragraphs (1) through (3);
第十六条の四第一項から第三項までの規定による書面の交付を行つていないとき。
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the insurer does not 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.
第十六条の五第一項の規定による説明、同条第二項の規定による書面の交付又は同条第四項の規定による通知を行つていないとき。
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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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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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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。
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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…
国土交通大臣は、第三項に規定する公表又は前項に規定する命令を行おうとするときは、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣の同意を得るものとする。
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An insurer is not liable for delays following receipt of a claim for the payment of damages under Article 16, paragraph (1), until the necessary period of time has passed to look into the accident…
保険会社は、第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払の請求があつた後、当該請求に係る自動車の運行による事故及び当該損害賠償額の確認をするために必要な期間が経過するまでは、遅滞の責任を負わない。
Open this provision(Filing a Claim with the Insurer for Damages)
If a person in possession becomes liable to compensate for damage as under Article 3, the injured party may file a claim with insurer for the insurer to pay the injured party damages of up to the…
第三条の規定による保有者の損害賠償の責任が発生したときは、被害者は、政令で定めるところにより、保険会社に対し、保険金額の限度において、損害賠償額の支払をなすべきことを請求することができる。
Open this provision(Provisional Payouts to Injured Parties)
If the death or bodily injury of another person results from a person in possession's operation of an automobile covered by a contract for liability insurance, the injured party…
保有者が、責任保険の契約に係る自動車の運行によつて他人の生命又は身体を害したときは、被害者は、政令で定めるところにより、保険会社に対し、政令で定める金額を第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払のための仮渡金として支払うべきことを請求することができる。
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If the death or bodily injury of another person results from a person in possession's operation of an automobile covered by a contract for liability insurance, the injured party…
保有者が、責任保険の契約に係る自動車の運行によつて他人の生命又は身体を害したときは、被害者は、政令で定めるところにより、保険会社に対し、政令で定める金額を第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払のための仮渡金として支払うべきことを請求することができる。
Open this provision(Prohibition on Attachment)
The right to file a claim under Article 16, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article may not be attached.
第十六条第一項及び前条第一項の規定による請求権は、差し押えることができない。
Open this provision(Period of Prescription)
The right to file a claim under Article 16, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1) is extinguished by prescription once three years have passed from the time when the injured party or the legal…
第十六条第一項及び第十七条第一項の規定による請求権は、被害者又はその法定代理人が損害及び保有者を知つた時から三年を経過したときは、時効によつて消滅する。
Open this provision(Material Information Regarding Risk)
As regards a contract for liability insurance, the material information provided for in Article 4 of the Insurance Act is as follows:
保険法第四条に規定する重要な事項は、責任保険の契約にあつては、次のとおりとする。
Open this provision(Cancellation of Contracts for Liability Insurance)
The parties to a contract for liability insurance may cancel that contract only:
責任保険の契約の当事者は、次に掲げる場合に限り、責任保険の契約を解除することができる。
Open this provision(Cancellation of Contracts for Liability Insurance)
if another contract for liability insurance or contract for mutual liability insurance for the automobile is concluded, and the end of the coverage period or the period of coverage under mutual…
当該自動車について他に責任保険の契約又は責任共済の契約が締結されており、かつ、その契約の保険期間又は共済期間の終期が当該責任保険の契約の保険期間の終期と同一であるかその終期より遅いものである場合
Open this provision(Effect of a Contract Rescission That Is Due to Breach of Duty of Disclosure)
If an insurer rescinds a contract for liability insurance pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Insurance Act, the rescission takes effect after seven days…
保険法第二十八条第一項の規定により、保険会社が責任保険の契約を解除したときは、その解除は、保険契約者が解除の通知を受けた日から起算して七日の後に、その効力を生ずる。
Open this provision(Amending a Contract Due to Increased or Decreased Risk)
If risk increases or decreases during the coverage period, the contract for liability insurance is deemed to have been changed to a contract corresponding to the new amount of risk.
保険期間中に危険が増加し、又は減少したときは、責任保険の契約は、新たな危険に対応する責任保険の契約に変更されたものとみなす。
Open this provision(Application of the Insurance Act)
Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, Chapters I, II (other than Section 5), and V of the Insurance Act apply to contracts for liability insurance.
責任保険の契約については、この法律に別段の定めがある場合を除くほか、保険法第一章、第二章（第五節を除く。）及び第五章の規定による。
Open this provision(Reporting and On-Site Inspections)
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, may have an insurer report on liability insurance…
国土交通大臣は、第十一条から前条までの規定の施行に必要な限度において、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、保険会社に対し、責任保険の業務に関し報告をさせ、又はその職員に、保険会社の営業所、事務所その他の施設に立ち入り、責任保険の業務の状況若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させ、若しくは関係者に質問させることができる。
Open this provision(Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions on Contracts for Liability Insurance)
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))…
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…
Open this provision(Examination of Mutual Insurance Business Bylaws Governing the Mutual Liability Insurance Business in Which a Consumer Cooperatives or a Business Cooperatives Is Engaged)
The preceding Article applies mutatis mutandis if a consumer cooperative, etc. is engaged in the mutual liability insurance business.
前条の規定は、消費生活協同組合等が責任共済の事業を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、同条中「行政庁（農業協同組合法第九十八条第一項に規定する行政庁をいい、同条第十五項の規定により農林水産大臣の権限に属する事務を行うこととされた都道府県知事を含むものとする。）」とあるのは「行政庁（消費生活協同組合法第九十七条…
Open this provision(Examination of Mutual Insurance Business Bylaws Governing the Mutual Liability Insurance Business in Which a Consumer Cooperatives or a Business Cooperatives Is Engaged)
The preceding Article applies mutatis mutandis if a business cooperative, etc. is engaged in the mutual liability insurance business.
前条の規定は、事業協同組合等が責任共済の事業を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、同条中「行政庁（農業協同組合法第九十八条第一項に規定する行政庁をいい、同条第十五項の規定により農林水産大臣の権限に属する事務を行うこととされた都道府県知事を含むものとする。）」とあるのは「行政庁（中小企業等協同組合法第百十一条第…
Open this provision(Examination of Mutual Insurance Rules Governing the Mutual Liability Insurance Business in Which an Agricultural Cooperatives Is Engaged)
Before granting approval to an agricultural cooperative, etc. seeking to engage in the mutual liability insurance business…
行政庁（農業協同組合法第九十八条第一項に規定する行政庁をいい、同条第十五項の規定により農林水産大臣の権限に属する事務を行うこととされた都道府県知事を含むものとする。）は、責任共済の事業（責任共済の契約によつて負う共済責任の再共済（以下「再共済」という。）の事業又は再共済の契約によつて負う再共済責任の再再共済（以下「再…
Open this provision(Jointly Pooled Administrative Processes)
Insurers and cooperatives (other than any cooperative that has entered into a mutual reinsurance agreement pursuant to which another cooperative bears all of the mutual insurance liabilities it had…
保険会社及び組合（責任共済の契約の締結により負う共済責任の全部を他の組合に再共済する契約を締結した組合及び当該再共済の契約の締結により負う再共済責任の全部を他の組合に再再共済する契約を締結した組合を除く。以下この条において同じ。）は、次の各号に掲げる方法により、相互間で共同して、保険料、保険金等の計算…
Open this provisionliability insurance
「責任保険」
Automobile liability insurance (自動車損害賠償責任保険) as this Act provides for it: an automobile may not be put into operation (運行) unless a contract for it, or for mutual liability insurance (責任共済), has been concluded.
Short name set inArticle 5, paragraph (1)
mutual liability insurance
「責任共済」
Mutual automobile liability insurance (自動車損害賠償責任共済) as this Act provides for it: an automobile may not be put into operation (運行) unless a contract for it, or for liability insurance (責任保険), has been concluded.
Short name set inArticle 5, paragraph (1)
insurer
「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)
cooperative
「組合」
Any of the cooperatives that bear the liability under mutual liability insurance (責任共済): an agricultural cooperative or federation of agricultural cooperatives (農業協同組合等), a consumer cooperative or federation of consumer cooperatives (消費生活協同組合等), or a business cooperative or federation of cooperatives (事業協同組合等), each carrying on that business under the Act that governs it.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (2)
agricultural cooperative, etc.
「農業協同組合等」
An agricultural cooperative (農業協同組合) or federation of agricultural cooperatives (農業協同組合連合会) that carries on the business of mutual liability insurance (責任共済) under the Agricultural Co-operatives Act.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (2), item (i)
consumer cooperative, etc.machine translation
「消費生活協同組合等」
A consumer cooperative (消費生活協同組合) or federation of consumer cooperatives (消費生活協同組合連合会) that carries on the business of mutual liability insurance (責任共済) under the Consumer Cooperatives Act.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (2), item (ii)
business cooperative ,etc.
「事業協同組合等」
A business cooperative (事業協同組合) or federation of cooperatives (協同組合連合会) that carries on the business of mutual liability insurance (責任共済) under the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (2), item (iii)
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)
competent Minister for the business
「事業所管大臣」
The minister in charge of the businesses whose operators a business cooperative, etc. (事業協同組合等) admits as members, as its articles of incorporation (定款) set them; the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣) and the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) must consult this minister, with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産大臣) and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣), before setting or changing the criteria for payment (支払基準) and certain Orders as they apply to mutual liability insurance (責任共済).
Short name set inArticle 23-3, paragraph (2)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
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.