# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第四十条 (Article 40) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40. 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（仲裁手続の終了） — address `art-40` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40 - 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. --- ### 第四十条（仲裁手続の終了） — (End of Arbitration Procedure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40 **第一項** 仲裁手続は、仲裁判断又は仲裁手続の終了決定があったときに、終了する。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-1 An arbitration procedure ends when an arbitral award or a decision to end the arbitration procedure has been made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 仲裁廷は、第二十三条第四項第二号又は第三十三条第一項の規定による場合のほか、次に掲げる事由のいずれかがあるときは、仲裁手続の終了決定をしなければならない。 art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2 Beyond what is provided for in the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (4), item (ii) or Article 33, paragraph (1), if any of the following grounds exist, an arbitral tribunal must make a decision to end the arbitration procedure: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 仲裁申立人がその申立てを取り下げたとき。ただし、仲裁被申立人が取下げに異議を述べ、かつ、仲裁手続に付された民事上の紛争の解決について仲裁被申立人が正当な利益を有すると仲裁廷が認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-40/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-1 if the arbitration petitioner has withdrawn their petition; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the arbitration respondent has stated their objection against the withdrawal, and the arbitral tribunal recognizes a legitimate interest on the part of the arbitration respondent in resolving the civil dispute which has been referred to an arbitration procedure; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当事者双方が仲裁手続を終了させる旨の合意をしたとき。 art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-2 if both the parties have reached an agreement to end the arbitral procedure; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 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たとき（第三十八条第一項の決定があったときを除く。）。 art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-3 if a settlement has been arranged between the parties in regard to the civil dispute which has been referred to an arbitration procedure (excluding the case in which the decision referred to in Article 38, paragraph (1) has been made); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる場合のほか、仲裁廷が、仲裁手続を続行する必要がなく、又は仲裁手続を続行することが不可能であると認めたとき。 art-40/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-4 beyond the cases set forth in the preceding three items, if the arbitral tribunal has found that it is unnecessary or impossible to continue the arbitration procedure. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "beyond the cases set forth in the preceding three paragraphs, if the arbitral tribunal has found that it is unnecessary or impossible to continue the arbitration procedure." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb **第三項** 仲裁手続が終了したときは、仲裁廷の任務は、終了する。ただし、次条から第四十三条までの規定による行為をすることができる。 art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-3 When the arbitration procedure has ended, the duties of the arbitral tribunal end; provided, however, that the acts under the following Article through Article 43 may be carried out. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-40/par-2: 第二十三条第四項第二号 → 仲裁法 第二十三条第四項第二号 (Article 23, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-23/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-23/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-23/par-4/item-2 - art-40/par-2: 第三十三条第一項 → 仲裁法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-33/par-1 - art-40/par-2/item-3: 第三十八条第一項 → 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-40/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 仲裁法 第四十条第二項第一号 (Article 40, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-40/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-1 - art-40/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 仲裁法 第四十条第二項第二号 (Article 40, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-40/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-2 - art-40/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 仲裁法 第四十条第二項第三号 (Article 40, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-40/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-3 - art-40/par-3: 次条から第四十三条まで → 仲裁法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-41 - art-40/par-3: 次条から第四十三条まで → 仲裁法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-42 - art-40/par-3: 次条から第四十三条まで → 仲裁法 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-43 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第四十条第二項第四号（仲裁手続の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/art-40/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-40/par-2/item-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-02 - 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 (仲裁法), Article 40, paragraph (2), item (iv) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), 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