# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 仲裁法 (Arbitration Act), 平成十五年法律第百三十八号 - English title "Arbitration Act": 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（仲裁人の選任） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（仲裁人の選任） — (Appointment of Arbitrators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17 **第一項** 仲裁人の選任手続は、当事者が合意により定めるところによる。ただし、第五項又は第六項に規定するものについては、この限りでない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-1 The procedure for appointing an arbitrator is as provided by the agreement of the parties; provided, however, that this does not apply to what is provided for in paragraph (5) or (6). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当事者の数が二人であり、仲裁人の数が三人である場合において、前項の合意がないときは、当事者がそれぞれ一人の仲裁人を、当事者により選任された二人の仲裁人がその余の仲裁人を、選任する。この場合において、一方の当事者が仲裁人を選任した他方の当事者から仲裁人を選任すべき旨の催告を受けた日から三十日以内にその選任をしないときは当該当事者の申立てにより、当事者により選任された二人の仲裁人がその選任後三十日以内にその余の仲裁人を選任しないときは一方の当事者の申立てにより、裁判所が仲裁人を選任する。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-2 If there are two parties and three arbitrators, and an agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph has not been reached, each party will appoint one arbitrator, and the two arbitrators appointed by the parties will appoint the third arbitrator. In this case, if one party fails to appoint an arbitrator within 30 days from the day on which it received a request for appointing an arbitrator from the other party that has already appointed an arbitrator, the court will appoint the arbitrator upon the petition of that other party, and if the two arbitrators appointed by the parties fail to appoint the third arbitrator within 30 days from their appointment, the court will appoint the arbitrator upon the petition of one of the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 当事者の数が二人であり、仲裁人の数が一人である場合において、第一項の合意がなく、かつ、当事者間に仲裁人の選任についての合意が成立しないときは、一方の当事者の申立てにより、裁判所が仲裁人を選任する。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-3 If there are two parties and one arbitrator, an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) has not been reached, and the parties are unable to reach an agreement for the appointment of the arbitrator, the court will appoint the arbitrator upon the petition of one of the parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 当事者の数が三人以上である場合において、第一項の合意がないときは、当事者の申立てにより、裁判所が仲裁人を選任する。 art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-4 If there are three or more parties, and the agreement referred to in paragraph (1) has not been reached, the court will appoint the arbitrator upon the petition of a party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の合意により仲裁人の選任手続が定められた場合であっても、当該選任手続において定められた行為がされないことその他の理由によって当該選任手続による仲裁人の選任ができなくなったときは、一方の当事者は、裁判所に対し、仲裁人の選任の申立てをすることができる。 art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-5 Even if a procedure for appointing an arbitrator has been provided by the agreement referred to in paragraph (1), if it becomes impossible to appoint an arbitrator under the procedure for appointing an arbitrator due to the fact that the act provided under the procedure is not performed or for any other reason, one of the parties may file a petition for the appointment of an arbitrator with the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 裁判所は、第二項から前項までの規定による仲裁人の選任に当たっては、次に掲げる事項に配慮しなければならない。 art-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-6 In appointing an arbitrator under the provisions of paragraph (2) through the preceding paragraph, the court must pay due consideration to the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者の合意により定められた仲裁人の要件 art-17/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-6/item-1 the requirements for the arbitrator as provided by the agreement of the parties; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 選任される者の公正性及び独立性 art-17/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-6/item-2 the impartiality and independence of the person to be appointed; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 仲裁人の数を一人とする場合又は当事者により選任された二人の仲裁人が選任すべき仲裁人を選任すべき場合にあっては、当事者双方の国籍と異なる国籍を有する者を選任することが適当かどうか。 art-17/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-6/item-3 if there is one arbitrator, or if the two arbitrators appointed by the parties are to appoint an arbitrator, whether it is appropriate or not to appoint a person whose nationality is different from those of both parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-1: 第五項 → 仲裁法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-5 - art-17/par-1: 第六項 → 仲裁法 第十七条第六項 (Article 17, paragraph (6)), art-17/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-6 - art-17/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-4: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-5: 第一項 → 仲裁法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-6: 第二項から前項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-2 - art-17/par-6: 第二項から前項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-3 - art-17/par-6: 第二項から前項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-4 - art-17/par-6: 第二項から前項まで → 仲裁法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-5 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第八条第一項第二号（仲裁地が定まっていない場合における裁判所の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-2 - 仲裁法 第十七条第一項（仲裁人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-1 - 仲裁法 第十七条第二項（仲裁人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-2 - 仲裁法 第十七条第三項（仲裁人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-3 - 仲裁法 第十七条第四項（仲裁人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-4 - 仲裁法 第十七条第五項（仲裁人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-5 - 仲裁法 第十七条第六項（仲裁人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-17/par-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 仲裁法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000138/20260521_504AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Arbitration Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4440/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 仲裁法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01