# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第九条の五 (Article 9-5)

- 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: 第九条の五 (Article 9-5) — address `art-9-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第九条の五
<sup>art-9-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-5</sup>

  **第一項**  責任共済の契約が締結されている自動車に係る第八条及び第九条の規定の適用については、第八条（見出しを含む。）、第九条の見出し並びに同条第一項から第三項まで及び第五項から第八項までの規定中「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、第八条中「前条第二項」とあるのは「第九条の四において準用する第七条第二項」と、第九条第二項中「保険会社」とあるのは「組合」と、同条第五項、第七項及び第八項中「保険期間」とあるのは「共済期間」とする。
  <sup>art-9-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-5/par-1</sup>
  To apply Articles 8 and 9 to an automobile for which a contract for mutual liability insurance has been concluded, the term "certificate of automobile liability insurance " in Article 8 (including the heading), the heading of Article 9, and paragraphs (1) through (3) and paragraphs (5) through (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "certificate of mutual automobile liability insurance "; the phrase "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in Article 8 is deemed to be replaced with "Article 7, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-4"; the term "Insurer" in Article 9, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "cooperative"; and the term "coverage period" in paragraphs (5), (7), and (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "period of coverage under mutual insurance".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  責任共済の契約が締結されている検査対象外軽自動車、原動機付自転車及び締約国登録自動車に係る第九条の三第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「保険標章」とあるのは、「共済標章」とする。
  <sup>art-9-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-5/par-2</sup>
  To apply Article 9-3, paragraph (1) to a light motor vehicle not subject to inspection, motorized bicycle, or automobile registered in a contracting state for which a contract for mutual liability insurance has been concluded, the term "insurance sticker" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "mutual insurance sticker".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第九条の三第二項及び第三項の規定は、共済標章について準用する。
  <sup>art-9-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-5/par-3</sup>
  Article 9-3, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to mutual insurance stickers.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-9-5/par-1: 第八条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-8
- art-9-5/par-1: 第九条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9
- art-9-5/par-1: 同条第一項から第三項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-1
- art-9-5/par-1: 同条第一項から第三項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-2
- art-9-5/par-1: 同条第一項から第三項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-3
- art-9-5/par-1: 第五項から第八項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第五項 (Article 9, paragraph (5)), art-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-5
- art-9-5/par-1: 第五項から第八項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第六項 (Article 9, paragraph (6)), art-9/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-6
- art-9-5/par-1: 第五項から第八項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第七項 (Article 9, paragraph (7)), art-9/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-7
- art-9-5/par-1: 第五項から第八項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条第八項 (Article 9, paragraph (8)), art-9/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9/par-8
- art-9-5/par-1: 前条第二項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-7/par-2
- art-9-5/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
- art-9-5/par-2: 第九条の三第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の三第一項 (Article 9-3, paragraph (1)), art-9-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-3/par-1
- art-9-5/par-3: 第九条の三第二項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の三第二項 (Article 9-3, paragraph (2)), art-9-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-3/par-2
- art-9-5/par-3: 第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第九条の三第三項 (Article 9-3, paragraph (3)), art-9-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-9-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-9-3/par-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
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88/par-1/item-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-89/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-89/par-1/item-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
