# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の七 (Article 23-7) - 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: 第二十三条の七 (Article 23-7)（紛争処理委員） — address `art-23-7` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条の七（紛争処理委員） — (Dispute Resolution Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7 **第一項** 指定紛争処理機関は、人格が高潔で識見の高い者のうちから、国土交通省令・内閣府令で定める数以上の紛争処理委員を選任しなければならない。 art-23-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-1 A designated dispute resolution organization must appoint, from among persons of great integrity of character and insight, at least the number of dispute resolution members that Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Cabinet Office Order prescribe. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定紛争処理機関は、紛争処理を行うときは、前項の規定により選任した紛争処理委員のうちから、事件ごとに、指定紛争処理機関の長が指名する者に紛争処理を実施させなければならない。この場合において、指定紛争処理機関の長は、当該事件に関し当事者と利害関係を有することその他紛争処理の公正を妨げるべき事情がある紛争処理委員については、当該事件の紛争処理委員に指名してはならない。 art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-2 When resolving disputes, a designated dispute resolution organization must have dispute resolution implemented by the dispute resolution members appointed pursuant to the preceding paragraph that the head of the designated dispute resolution organization assigns for each case. In such a case, the head of the designated dispute resolution organization must not assign a dispute resolution member to a case if that official is related to a party to the case in a way that makes the member an interested person, or if there are any other circumstances that might interfere with the fairness of dispute resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により指名される紛争処理委員のうち少なくとも一人は、弁護士でなければならない。 art-23-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-3 Of the dispute resolution members assigned pursuant to the preceding paragraph, at least one must be an attorney. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23-7/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の七第一項 (Article 23-7, paragraph (1)), art-23-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-1 - art-23-7/par-3: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の七第二項 (Article 23-7, paragraph (2)), art-23-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の七第二項（紛争処理委員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-2 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の七第三項（紛争処理委員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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