# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二条 (Article 2) - 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: 第二条 (Article 2)（定義） — address `art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-2 - 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. --- ### 第二条（定義） — (Definitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-2 **第一項** この法律で「自動車」とは、道路運送車両法（昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号）第二条第二項に規定する自動車（農耕作業の用に供することを目的として製作した小型特殊自動車を除く。）及び同条第三項に規定する原動機付自転車をいう。 art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-2/par-1 The term "automobile" as used in this Act means an automobile as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (Act No. 185 of 1951) (other than a small-sized special purpose vehicle manufactured for use in farm work) or a motorized bicycle as prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律で「運行」とは、人又は物を運送するとしないとにかかわらず、自動車を当該装置の用い方に従い用いることをいう。 art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-2/par-2 The term "operation" as used in this Act means the use of an automobile in keeping with the way that such a machine is used, regardless of whether people or things are being transported. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律で「保有者」とは、自動車の所有者その他自動車を使用する権利を有する者で、自己のために自動車を運行の用に供するものをいう。 art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-2/par-3 The term "person in possession" as used in this Act means the owner of an automobile, or any other person with the right to use an automobile, that puts an automobile into operational use for that person's own benefit. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律で「運転者」とは、他人のために自動車の運転又は運転の補助に従事する者をいう。 art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-2/par-4 The term "driver" as used in this Act means a person that drives an automobile for the benefit of another person, or a person engaged in assisting another person in driving an automobile. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-2/par-1: 道路運送車両法（昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号）第二条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-2/par-2 - art-2/par-1: 同条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-2/par-3 --- ## 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