# Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3), its wordings — Arbitration Act

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How the wording of Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3) (附則第三条第三項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Arbitration Act (仲裁法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act
- Provision: Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3) (附則第三条第三項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/suppl-4151-138/art-3/par-3 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/arbitration-act/suppl-4151-138/art-3/par-3)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 53 of 2023

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 事業者が消費者仲裁合意に基づく仲裁手続の仲裁申立人となる場合においては、当該事業者は、仲裁廷が構成された後遅滞なく、第三十二条第一項の規定による口頭審理の実施の申立てをしなければならない。この場合において、仲裁廷は、口頭審理を実施する旨を決定し、当事者双方にその日時及び場所を通知しなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> If a business operator is to become the arbitration petitioner in an arbitration procedure based on a consumer arbitration agreement, that business operator must, without delay after the arbitral tribunal is organized, file a petition to hold oral hearings under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1). In this case, the arbitral tribunal must decide to hold the oral hearings and notify both the parties of the date, time and place.

## 2. By 13 June 2028 — Act No. 53 of 2023

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 13 June 2028
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 53 of 2023) — https://japanlaw.org/en/arbitration-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053

Japanese:

> 事業者が消費者仲裁合意に基づく仲裁手続の仲裁申立人となる場合においては、当該事業者は、仲裁廷が構成された後遅滞なく、第三十四条第一項の規定による口頭審理の実施の申立てをしなければならない。この場合において、仲裁廷は、口頭審理を実施する旨を決定し、当事者双方にその日時及び場所を通知しなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> If a business operator is to become the arbitration petitioner in an arbitration procedure based on a consumer arbitration agreement, that business operator must, without delay after the arbitral tribunal is organized, file a petition to hold oral hearings under the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (1). In this case, the arbitral tribunal must decide to hold the oral hearings and notify both the parties of the date, time and place.

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20260521_504AC0000000048)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20280613_505AC0000000053)