# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の十三 (Article 23-13)

- 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: 第二十三条の十三 (Article 23-13)（紛争処理の手続の非公開） — address `art-23-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-13
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### 第二十三条の十三（紛争処理の手続の非公開） — (Non-disclosure of Dispute Resolution Procedures)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-13</sup>

  **第一項**  指定紛争処理機関が行う紛争処理の手続は、公開しない。ただし、指定紛争処理機関は、相当と認める者に傍聴を許すことができる。
  <sup>art-23-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-13/par-1</sup>
  The dispute resolution procedures performed by a designated dispute resolution organization are not open to the public; provided, however, that the designated dispute resolution organization may permit persons it finds to be appropriate to be present as silent observers.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十一第一項第二号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-2

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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
