# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第三十七条 (Article 37) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37. 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37)（合議体である仲裁廷の議事） — address `art-37` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37 - 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. --- ### 第三十七条（合議体である仲裁廷の議事） — (Decision of the Arbitral Tribunal Which is a Panel) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37 **第一項** 合議体である仲裁廷は、仲裁人の互選により、仲裁廷の長である仲裁人を選任しなければならない。 art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-1 An arbitral tribunal which is a panel must appoint a presiding arbitrator, who is to be elected from among the arbitral tribunal members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 合議体である仲裁廷の議事は、仲裁廷を構成する仲裁人の過半数で決する。 art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-2 The decision of an arbitral tribunal which is a panel is made by the majority of the arbitrators constituting the arbitral tribunal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、仲裁手続における手続上の事項は、当事者双方の合意又は他のすべての仲裁人の委任があるときは、仲裁廷の長である仲裁人が決することができる。 art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the procedural matters in an arbitration procedure may be decided by the arbitrator who is the presiding arbitrator, if agreed to by both of the parties or delegated by all the other arbitrators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、当事者間に別段の合意がある場合には、適用しない。 art-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if otherwise agreed by the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-37/par-3: 前項 → 仲裁法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-2 - art-37/par-4: 前三項 → 仲裁法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-1 - art-37/par-4: 前三項 → 仲裁法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-2 - art-37/par-4: 前三項 → 仲裁法 第三十七条第三項 (Article 37, paragraph (3)), art-37/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第三十七条第三項（合議体である仲裁廷の議事） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-3 - 仲裁法 第三十七条第四項（合議体である仲裁廷の議事） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-37/par-4 --- ## 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