# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第十条 (Article 10)

- Law: 自動車損害賠償保障法 (Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents), 昭和三十年法律第九十七号
- English title "Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents": 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: 第十条 (Article 10)（適用除外） — address `art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-10
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### 第十条（適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-10</sup>

  **第一項**  第五条及び第七条から前条までの規定は、国その他の政令で定める者が政令で定める業務又は用途のため運行の用に供する自動車及び道路（道路法（昭和二十七年法律第百八十号）による道路、道路運送法（昭和二十六年法律第百八十三号）による自動車道及びその他の一般交通の用に供する場所をいう。以下同じ。）以外の場所のみにおいて運行の用に供する自動車については、適用しない。
  <sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-10/par-1</sup>
  Article 5, and Article 7 through the preceding Article do not apply to automobiles put into operational use by the State or any other person that Cabinet Order prescribes, for the activities or purposes that Cabinet Order prescribes; nor do they apply to automobiles put into operational use only in places other than roads (meaning places made accessible to general traffic, including roads as defined in the Road Act (Act No. 180 of 1952) and motorways as defined in the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951); the same applies hereinafter).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-10/par-1: 第五条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-5
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-7
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-8
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の二 (Article 9-2), art-9-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-2
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の三 (Article 9-3), art-9-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-3
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の四 (Article 9-4), art-9-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-4
- art-10/par-1: 第七条から前条まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の五 (Article 9-5), art-9-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-5

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十条の二第一項（保険・共済除外標章） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-10-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-10-2/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十条の二第一項第一号（責任保険の契約の解除等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-20-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-20-2/par-1/item-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項第二号（業務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-1/item-2
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十八条第一項（自動車事故対策事業賦課金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-78/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十二条第一項（自動車事故対策事業に関する費用の繰入れ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-82/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 自動車損害賠償保障法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/330AC0000000097/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3135/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 189 — 自動車損害賠償保障法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
