# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3451-46` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和四五年五月四日法律第四六号 suppl-3451-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46 ### 第一条（施行期日等） — Effective Date, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3451-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、昭和四十五年十月一日から施行する。 suppl-3451-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on October 1, 1970. machine translation, not official **第二項** 改正後の第十九条の二（改正後の第五十四条の五第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定はこの法律の施行後に締結される責任保険の契約又は責任共済の契約について、改正後の第五十五条及び第五十六条の規定はこの法律の施行後に締結される責任共済の契約に係る共済責任、再共済責任又は再再共済責任について適用する。 suppl-3451-46/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-1/par-2 Article 19-2 as amended (including where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 54-5, paragraph (1) as amended) applies to contracts for liability insurance or contracts for mutual liability insurance concluded after this Act comes into effect, and Articles 55 and 56 as amended apply to mutual insurance liability, mutual reinsurance liability, or mutual re-reinsurance liability under contracts for mutual liability insurance concluded after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3451-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2 **第一項** 改正前の第五十五条の許可を受けた者は、この法律の施行の際現に改正前の第五十七条の規定により積み立てている自動車損害賠償支払準備金を、改正前の第五十五条の許可に係る自動車に係る第三条の規定による損害賠償で、その責任がこの法律の施行前に発生したものに充てるため、改正前の第五十八条の規定の例により管理しなければならない。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-1 A person that has obtained the permission under Article 55 before the amendment must administer the automobile damage compensation payment reserve that the person is accumulating at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 57 before the amendment, in accordance with the provisions of Article 58 before the amendment, in order to apply it to compensation for damage under Article 3 in respect of an automobile covered by the permission under Article 55 before the amendment, where the liability arose before this Act came into effect. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に存する改正前の第六十条の規定による先取特権については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-2 The provisions then in force continue to govern statutory liens under the provisions of Article 60 before the amendment that exist at the time this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前に発生した改正前の第五十五条の許可に係る自動車の運行による事故に係る仮渡金については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-3 The provisions then in force continue to govern provisional payouts relating to an accident arising from the operation of an automobile covered by the permission under Article 55 before the amendment, which occurred before this Act came into effect. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律の施行前に改正前の第五十五条の許可がその効力を失つた場合における改正前の第六十七条第二項（改正前の第六十八条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による届出については、なお従前の例による。ただし、自動車損害賠償自家保障証明書は、添附することを要しない。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-4 The provisions then in force continue to govern a notification under Article 67, paragraph (2) before the amendment (including where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (2) before the amendment) in a case where the permission under Article 55 before the amendment ceased to be effective before this Act came into effect; provided, however, that a certificate of automobile liability self-insurance need not be attached. machine translation, not official **第五項** 改正前の第五十五条の許可を受けた者は、この法律の施行の日の前日において同条の許可に係る自動車であつたものについて、責任保険の契約又は責任共済の契約を締結したときは、七日以内に、その旨を当該自動車の使用の本拠の位置を管轄する陸運局長に届け出なければならない。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-5 If a person that has obtained the permission under Article 55 before the amendment has concluded a contract for liability insurance or a contract for mutual liability insurance for an automobile that was covered by the permission under that Article on the day before the day this Act comes into effect, the person must notify the Director of the Land Transport Bureau having jurisdiction over the location of the principal place of use of that automobile to that effect within seven days. machine translation, not official **第六項** この法律の施行前に発生した改正前の第五十五条の許可に係る自動車の運行による事故に係る損害賠償に関する調査のため必要がある場合における同条の許可を受けた者に対する報告の徴収及び立入検査については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-6 The provisions then in force continue to govern the collection of reports from, and on-site inspections of, a person that has obtained the permission under Article 55 before the amendment, where necessary for an investigation concerning compensation for damage relating to an accident arising from the operation of an automobile covered by the permission under that Article, which occurred before this Act came into effect. machine translation, not official **第七項** この法律の施行前に納付すべき事由が生じた改正前の第七十八条の規定による自動車損害賠償保障事業賦課金の納付、滞納処分及び先取特権の順位については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-7 The provisions then in force continue to govern the payment of the shared charges under the Program Guaranteeing Compensation for Automobile Accidents under the provisions of Article 78 before the amendment, for which the ground for payment arose before this Act came into effect, as well as the measures to collect arrears of those shared charges and the order of priority of the statutory liens for them. machine translation, not official **第八項** 改正後の第八十二条の二の規定にかかわらず、保険会社又は組合は、この法律の施行前に締結された責任保険の契約又は責任共済の契約については、同条の規定によるてん補又は支払の免責を受けることができない。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-8 Notwithstanding Article 82-2 as amended, an insurer or cooperative cannot obtain exemption from indemnifying or paying under that Article with respect to a contract for liability insurance or a contract for mutual liability insurance concluded before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第九項** この法律の施行前にした行為並びに第六項の規定により従前の例によることとされる報告の徴収及び立入検査に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-9 The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect that relate to the collection of reports and on-site inspections for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-9: 第六項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第二条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (6)), suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-6 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第二条第九項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-3451-46/art-2/par-9 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch automobile-accident-compensation-act-20261013T115725-005, translated 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