# 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-4131-83/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-4131-83/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4131-83/art-3
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-4131-83/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4131-83/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4131-83/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に政府と保険会社との間に再保険関係が成立した責任保険の契約に係る保険会社が被保険者に対して支払うべき保険金若しくは新自賠法第十六条第一項の規定により被害者に対して支払うべき損害賠償額の支払又はこの法律の施行前に政府と組合との間に保険関係が成立した責任共済の契約に係る組合が被共済者に対して支払うべき共済金若しくは新自賠法第二十三条の三第一項において準用する新自賠法第十六条第一項の規定により被害者に対して支払うべき損害賠償額の支払については、新自賠法第十六条の六（新自賠法第二十三条の三第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 16-6 of the New Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents) do not apply to the payment of insurance proceeds to be paid to the insured by an insurer under a contract for liability insurance for which a reinsurance relationship was established between the government and the insurer before this Act comes into effect, or of the amount of damages to be paid to the injured party pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (1) of the New Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents, or to the payment of mutual insurance proceeds to be paid to the person insured under the mutual insurance by a cooperative under a contract for mutual liability insurance for which an insurance relationship was established between the government and the cooperative before this Act comes into effect, or of the amount of damages to be paid to the injured party pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (1) of the New Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1: 新自賠法第十六条第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16/par-1
- suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1: 新自賠法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
- suppl-4131-83/art-3/par-1: 新自賠法第十六条の六 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の六 (Article 16-6), art-16-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-6

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4131-83/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4131-83/art-6/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-20261013T115725-009, 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
