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Article 40Right to Claim Compensation for Loss or Damage

第四十条(損害賠償請求権)

If an accident has been caused by the actions of a third party and the government or an implementing organization has paid insurance benefits, it acquires the beneficiary's right to claim compensation for loss or damage against the third party, up to the value of those benefits.

政府等は、事故が第三者の行為によつて生じた場合において、保険給付をしたときは、その給付の価額の限度で、受給権者が第三者に対して有する損害賠償の請求権を取得する。

In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a beneficiary has been compensated for loss or damage by the third party for the same reason, the government or the implementing organization may withhold insurance benefits, up to the value of that compensation.

前項の場合において、受給権者が、当該第三者から同一の事由について損害賠償を受けたときは、政府等は、その価額の限度で、保険給付をしないことができる。

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