# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の十八 (Article 23-18)

- 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: 第二十三条の十八 (Article 23-18)（帳簿の備付け等） — address `art-23-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-18
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### 第二十三条の十八（帳簿の備付け等） — (Preparation of Books)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-18</sup>

  **第一項**  指定紛争処理機関は、国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、紛争処理業務に関する事項で国土交通省令・内閣府令で定めるものを記載した帳簿を備え付け、これを保存しなければならない。
  <sup>art-23-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-18/par-1</sup>
  A designated dispute resolution organization, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Cabinet Office Order, must prepare and keep on file books in which it enters the information regarding dispute resolution services that Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Cabinet Office Order prescribe.
  <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 第八十八条の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2/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
