# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5041-65/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-1 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-65/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、令和五年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2023; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 附則第四条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official **二** 第一条中自動車損害賠償保障法の目次の改正規定（「第二十三条の二十一」を「第二十三条の二十三」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第二十三条の五第一項及び第二十三条の六第一項第一号の改正規定、同法第三章第二節の二中第二十三条の二十一を第二十三条の二十三とし、第二十三条の二十を第二十三条の二十二とする改正規定、同法第二十三条の十九の改正規定、同条を同法第二十三条の二十一とし、同法第二十三条の十六から第二十三条の十八までを二条ずつ繰り下げる改正規定、同法第二十三条の十五に一項を加える改正規定、同条を同法第二十三条の十七とし、同法第二十三条の十四を同法第二十三条の十六とし、同法第二十三条の十三の次に二条を加える改正規定並びに同法第八十六条の三から第九十条までの改正規定並びに次条の規定　公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions in Article 1 amending the table of contents of the Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents (limited to the part replacing "Article 23-21" with "Article 23-23"), the provisions amending Article 23-5, paragraph (1) and Article 23-6, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, the provisions replacing Article 23-21 with Article 23-23 and Article 23-20 with Article 23-22 in Chapter III, Section 2-2 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 23-19 of that Act, the provisions renumbering that Article as Article 23-21 of that Act and moving Articles 23-16 through 23-18 of that Act down by two Articles each, the provisions adding one paragraph to Article 23-15 of that Act, the provisions renumbering that Article as Article 23-17 of that Act, renumbering Article 23-14 of that Act as Article 23-16 of that Act, and adding two Articles after Article 23-13 of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 86-3 through 90 of that Act, and the provisions of the following Article: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第四条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5041-65/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-4 - suppl-5041-65/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5041-65/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第二条第一項（自動車損害賠償保障法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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-20261013T115725-012, 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