# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第二十条 (Article 20) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 仲裁法 (Arbitration Act), 平成十五年法律第百三十八号 - English title "Arbitration Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十条 (Article 20)（解任の申立て） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条（解任の申立て） — (Petition for Dismissal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20 **第一項** 当事者は、次に掲げる事由があるときは、裁判所に対し、仲裁人の解任の申立てをすることができる。この場合において、裁判所は、当該仲裁人にその申立てに係る事由があると認めるときは、当該仲裁人を解任する決定をしなければならない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20/par-1 If the following grounds are found, a party may file a petition to dismiss the arbitrator with the court. In this case, if the court finds that grounds related to the petition apply to the arbitrator, it must decide to dismiss the arbitrator: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 仲裁人が法律上又は事実上その任務を遂行することができなくなったとき。 art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20/par-1/item-1 the arbitrator has become legally or practically unable to perform their duties; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号の場合を除くほか、仲裁人がその任務の遂行を不当に遅滞させたとき。 art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20/par-1/item-2 except for the case set forth in the preceding item, the arbitrator unjustly delays the performance of their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 仲裁法 第二十条第一項第一号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-20/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第八条第一項第四号（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-4 - 仲裁法 第二十条第一項第二号（解任の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-20/par-1/item-2 - 仲裁法 第二十一条第一項第五号（仲裁人の任務の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-21/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-21/par-1/item-5 - 仲裁法 第二十一条第二項（仲裁人の任務の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-21/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 仲裁法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20260521_504AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 仲裁法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01