# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38. 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（和解） — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十八条（和解） — (Settlement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38 **第一項** 仲裁廷は、仲裁手続の進行中において、仲裁手続に付された民事上の紛争について当事者間に和解が成立し、かつ、当事者双方の申立てがあるときは、当該和解における合意を内容とする決定をすることができる。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-1 During the course of the arbitration procedure, if a settlement is arranged between the parties with regard to a civil dispute which has been referred to an arbitration procedure and both the parties have so petitioned, the arbitral tribunal may make a decision based on the agreed matters in the settlement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の決定は、仲裁判断としての効力を有する。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-2 The decision referred to in the preceding paragraph has the effect of an arbitral award. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の決定をするには、次条第一項及び第三項の規定に従って決定書を作成し、かつ、これに仲裁判断であることの表示をしなければならない。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-3 In making the decision referred to in paragraph (1), an arbitral tribunal must prepare a written decision in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of the following Article and indicate that the written decision is an arbitral award. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 当事者双方の承諾がある場合には、仲裁廷又はその選任した一人若しくは二人以上の仲裁人は、仲裁手続に付された民事上の紛争について、和解を試みることができる。 art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-4 If the consent of both parties has been obtained, an arbitral tribunal or one or more arbitrators who have been appointed by the arbitral tribunal may attempt to arrange a settlement for the civil dispute which has been referred to an arbitral procedure. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の承諾又はその撤回は、当事者間に別段の合意がない限り、書面でしなければならない。 art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-5 The consent referred to in the preceding paragraph or the revocation of the consent must be made in writing, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 次条第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-39/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 第三項 → 仲裁法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-39/par-3 - art-38/par-5: 前項 → 仲裁法 第三十八条第四項 (Article 38, paragraph (4)), art-38/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第三十八条第二項（和解） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-2 - 仲裁法 第三十八条第三項（和解） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-3 - 仲裁法 第三十八条第五項（和解） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-38/par-5 - 仲裁法 第四十条第二項第三号（仲裁手続の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-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