# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Article 6)（保険者及び共済責任を負う者） — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（保険者及び共済責任を負う者） — (Insurers and Persons Liable Under Mutual Insurance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6 **第一項** 責任保険の保険者（以下「保険会社」という。）は、保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第二条第四項に規定する損害保険会社又は同条第九項に規定する外国損害保険会社等で、責任保険の引受けを行う者とする。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6/par-1 An insurer providing liability insurance (hereinafter referred to as the "insurer") is to be a non-life insurance company as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Insurance Business Act (Act No. 105 of 1995) or a foreign non-life insurance company, etc. as prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article that underwrites liability insurance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 責任共済の共済責任を負う者は、次の各号に掲げる協同組合（以下「組合」という。）とする。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6/par-2 A person liable under mutual liability insurance is to be a cooperative that falls under one of the following items (hereinafter referred to as a "cooperative"): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 農業協同組合法（昭和二十二年法律第百三十二号）に基づき責任共済の事業を行う農業協同組合又は農業協同組合連合会（以下「農業協同組合等」という。） art-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6/par-2/item-1 an agricultural cooperative or federation of agricultural cooperatives that is engaged in the mutual liability insurance business based on the Agricultural Cooperatives Act (Act No. 132 of 1947) (hereinafter referred to as an "agricultural cooperative, etc."); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 消費生活協同組合法（昭和二十三年法律第二百号）に基づき責任共済の事業を行う消費生活協同組合又は消費生活協同組合連合会（以下「消費生活協同組合等」という。） art-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6/par-2/item-2 a consumer cooperative or federation of consumer cooperatives that is engaged in the mutual liability insurance business based on the Consumer Cooperatives Act (Act No. 200 of 1948) (hereinafter referred to as the "consumer cooperative, etc. "); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 中小企業等協同組合法（昭和二十四年法律第百八十一号）に基づき責任共済の事業を行う事業協同組合又は協同組合連合会（以下「事業協同組合等」という。） art-6/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-6/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-6/par-2/item-3 a business cooperative or federation of cooperatives that is engaged in the mutual liability insurance business based the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act (Act No. 181 of 1949) (hereinafter referred to as a "business cooperative ,etc."). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-1: 保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第二条第四項 → e-Gov law 407AC0000000105, 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-6/par-1: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 407AC0000000105, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第五条第一項（自動車損害賠償保障法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4071-106/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4071-106/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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