# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第二十六条 (Article 26) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26. 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（仲裁手続の準則） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26 - 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. --- ### 第二十六条（仲裁手続の準則） — (Rules of Arbitration Procedure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26 **第一項** 仲裁廷が従うべき仲裁手続の準則は、当事者が合意により定めるところによる。ただし、この法律の公の秩序に関する規定に反してはならない。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-1 The rules of an arbitration procedure which the arbitral tribunal should observe are as provided by the agreement of the parties; provided, however, that these rules must not violate the provisions concerning public order provided in this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の合意がないときは、仲裁廷は、この法律の規定に反しない限り、適当と認める方法によって仲裁手続を実施することができる。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-2 If an agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph has not been reached, the arbitral tribunal may carry out the arbitration procedure in the manner it finds appropriate, unless the manner violates the provisions of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の合意がない場合における仲裁廷の権限には、証拠に関し、証拠としての許容性、取調べの必要性及びその証明力についての判断をする権限が含まれる。 art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-3 If an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) has not been reached, the power conferred upon the arbitral tribunal includes the power to determine the admissibility of the evidence as evidence, necessity of its examination, and its probative value. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-1 - art-26/par-3: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第二十六条第二項（仲裁手続の準則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-2 - 仲裁法 第二十六条第三項（仲裁手続の準則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-26/par-3 --- ## 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