# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第九条の四 (Article 9-4)

- 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: 第九条の四 (Article 9-4)（自動車損害賠償責任共済証明書及び共済標章） — address `art-9-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第九条の四（自動車損害賠償責任共済証明書及び共済標章） — (Certificate of Mutual Automobile Liability Insurance; Mutual Insurance Stickers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-4</sup>

  **第一項**  第七条及び第九条の二の規定は、責任共済について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「保険会社」とあるのは「組合」と、「保険料」とあるのは「共済掛金」と、「保険契約者」とあるのは「共済契約者」と、「自動車損害賠償責任保険証明書」とあるのは「自動車損害賠償責任共済証明書」と、「保険標章」とあるのは「共済標章」と、「保険期間」とあるのは「共済期間」と、第七条第三項中「第二十二条第三項又は第四項」とあるのは「第二十三条の三第一項において準用する第二十二条第三項又は第四項」と、同条第六項中「責任保険」とあるのは「責任共済」と、第九条の二第一項中「第七条第一項」とあるのは「第九条の四において準用する第七条第一項」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-4/par-1</sup>
  Articles 7 and 9-2 apply mutatis mutandis to mutual liability insurance. In such a case, the term "insurer" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "cooperative"; the term "insurance premiums" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance premiums"; " the term policyholder" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance policyholder"; the term "certificate of automobile liability insurance" is deemed to be replaced with "certificate of mutual automobile liability insurance"; the term "insurance sticker" is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance sticker"; the term "coverage period" is deemed to be replaced with "period of coverage under mutual insurance"; the phrase "Article 22, paragraph (3) or (4)" in Article 7, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 22, paragraph (3) or (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)"; the term "liability insurance" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "mutual liability insurance"; and the phrase "Article 7, paragraph (1)" in Article 9-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 7, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-4".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-9-4/par-1: 第七条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-7
- art-9-4/par-1: 第九条の二 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の二 (Article 9-2), art-9-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-2
- art-9-4/par-1: 第七条第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-7/par-3
- art-9-4/par-1: 第二十二条第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-22/par-3
- art-9-4/par-1: 第四項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十二条第四項 (Article 22, paragraph (4)), art-22/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-22/par-4
- art-9-4/par-1: 第二十三条の三第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の三第一項 (Article 23-3, paragraph (1)), art-23-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-3/par-1
- art-9-4/par-1: 同条第六項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七条第六項 (Article 7, paragraph (6)), art-7/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-7/par-6
- art-9-4/par-1: 第九条の二第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の二第一項 (Article 9-2, paragraph (1)), art-9-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-2/par-1
- art-9-4/par-1: 第七条第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-7/par-1
- art-9-4/par-1: 第九条の四 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の四 (Article 9-4), art-9-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-4

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の四第一項（自動車損害賠償責任共済証明書及び共済標章） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-4/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-5/par-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-10/par-1

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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
