Article 24Obligation to Conclude Contracts for Liability Insurance and Mutual Liability Insurance
第二十四条（責任保険及び責任共済の契約の締結義務）
An insurer must not refuse to conclude a contract for liability insurance unless it has a legitimate reason that Cabinet Order prescribes for refusing to do so.
A cooperative must not refuse to conclude a contract for mutual liability insurance unless circumstances are as set forth in the following items or unless it has a legitimate reason that Cabinet Order prescribes for refusing to do so:
its conclusion of the contract would violate the proviso to Article 10, paragraph (17) of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act;
農業協同組合法第十条第十七項ただし書の規定に違反することとなる場合
its conclusion of the contract would violate Article 12, paragraph (3) of the Consumers' Cooperatives Act;
消費生活協同組合法第十二条第三項の規定に違反することとなる場合
its conclusion of the contract would violate the proviso to Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied following a replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis following a replacement of terms pursuant to Article 9-9, paragraph (5) of that Act).
中小企業等協同組合法第九条の二第九項において読み替えて適用する同条第三項ただし書（同法第九条の九第五項において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反することとなる場合