# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の九 (Article 23-9) - 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: 第二十三条の九 (Article 23-9)（秘密保持義務等） — address `art-23-9` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-9 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条の九（秘密保持義務等） — (Duty of Confidentiality) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-9 **第一項** 指定紛争処理機関の役員及び職員並びにこれらの職にあつた者は、紛争処理業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は自己の利益のために使用してはならない。 art-23-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-9/par-1 It is prohibited for a current or former officer or personnel of an designated dispute resolution organization to divulge confidential information learned in the course of dispute resolution services or to use the information for personal gain. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定紛争処理機関の役員及び職員で紛争処理業務に従事する者は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。 art-23-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-9/par-2 As concerns the application of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) and other penal provisions, officers and personnel of a designated dispute resolution organization who are engaged in providing dispute resolution services are deemed to be officials engaged in public service pursuant to laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 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 第八十六条の三第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-86-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-86-3/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