# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4101-131/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-131/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-131/art-3
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-4101-131/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-131/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-131/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に効力を有する旧担保附社債信託法等の規定に基づく命令は、新担保附社債信託法等の相当規定に基づく命令としての効力を有するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4101-131/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-131/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-131/art-3/par-1</sup>
An order based on the provisions of the former Secured Bonds Trust Act, etc. that is in force at the time this Act comes into effect is to have effect as an order based on the corresponding provisions of the new Secured Bonds Trust Act, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## 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（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-131/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-131/art-5/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch automobile-accident-compensation-act-20261013T115725-008, 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
