# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の八 (Article 23-8) - 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: 第二十三条の八 (Article 23-8)（役員等の選任及び解任） — address `art-23-8` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条の八（役員等の選任及び解任） — (Appointment and Dismissal of Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8 **第一項** 紛争処理業務に従事する指定紛争処理機関の役員（紛争処理委員を含む。次項及び次条において同じ。）の選任及び解任は、国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-23-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8/par-1 The appointment or dismissal of an officer (or dispute resolution official; the same applies in the following paragraph and the following Article) of a designated dispute resolution organization who is engaged in providing dispute resolution services does not take effect without the authorization of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、指定紛争処理機関の役員が、第二十三条の十一第一項の認可を受けた紛争処理業務規程に違反したとき、紛争処理業務に関し著しく不適当な行為をしたとき、又はその在任により指定紛争処理機関が第二十三条の五第一項第三号に掲げる基準に適合しなくなつたときは、指定紛争処理機関に対し、その役員を解任すべきことを命ずることができる。 art-23-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8/par-2 If the officer of a designated dispute resolution organization violates the dispute resolution services rules that have been approved as referred to in Article 23-11, paragraph (1) or engages in extremely inappropriate conduct in connection with dispute resolution services, or if the officer's continuation in office causes the designated dispute resolution organization to no longer satisfy the criteria set forth in Article 23-5, paragraph (1), item (iii), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister may order the designated dispute resolution organization to dismiss the officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23-8/par-1: 次項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の八第二項 (Article 23-8, paragraph (2)), art-23-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8/par-2 - art-23-8/par-1: 次条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の九 (Article 23-9), art-23-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-9 - art-23-8/par-2: 第二十三条の十一第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十一第一項 (Article 23-11, paragraph (1)), art-23-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-11/par-1 - art-23-8/par-2: 第二十三条の五第一項第三号 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の五第一項第三号 (Article 23-5, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-23-5/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-5/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の八第一項（役員等の選任及び解任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8/par-1 - 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 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十一第一項第三号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-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