# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第十六条の六 (Article 16-6)

- 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: 第十六条の六 (Article 16-6)（支払等の届出） — address `art-16-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-6
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### 第十六条の六（支払等の届出） — (Report of Payment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-6</sup>

  **第一項**  保険会社は、保険金等の支払の適正化を図る必要性が特に高いものとして国土交通省令で定める死亡その他の損害に関し、保険金等を支払つたとき又は第十六条の四第三項の規定による書面の交付をしたときは、遅滞なく、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、その旨を国土交通大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-6/par-1</sup>
  Having paid insurance proceeds and damages or delivered a document under Article 16-4, paragraph (3) in connection with a death or other damage that Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism prescribes as giving rise to an especially high necessity for the insurer to properly pay insurance proceeds and damages, the insurer must report this to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism without delay, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-16-6/par-1: 第十六条の四第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の四第三項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (3)), art-16-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-4/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の八第一項（指示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-8/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二第一項（報告及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-2/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の三第一項（責任保険の契約に関する規定等の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-3/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九十一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-91/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-91/par-1/item-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4131-83/art-3/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
