# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19. 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（忌避の手続） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（忌避の手続） — (Challenge Procedure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19 **第一項** 仲裁人の忌避の手続は、当事者が合意により定めるところによる。ただし、第四項に規定するものについては、この限りでない。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-1 The procedure for challenging 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 (4). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の合意がない場合において、仲裁人の忌避についての決定は、当事者の申立てにより、仲裁廷が行う。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-2 If an agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph has not been reached, the decision on the challenge of the arbitrator is to be made by the arbitral tribunal, upon the petition of a party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の申立てをしようとする当事者は、仲裁廷が構成されたことを知った日又は前条第一項各号に掲げる事由のいずれかがあることを知った日のいずれか遅い日から十五日以内に、忌避の原因を記載した申立書を仲裁廷に提出しなければならない。この場合において、仲裁廷は、当該仲裁人に忌避の原因があると認めるときは、忌避を理由があるとする決定をしなければならない。 art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-3 A party that intends to file a petition referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written petition stating the grounds for the challenge to the arbitral tribunal within 15 days from the day on which they became aware that the arbitral tribunal had been organized or the day on which they became aware of the existence of any grounds referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, whichever comes later. In this case, if the arbitral tribunal finds grounds for challenging the arbitrator, it must decide that the challenge is well-grounded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に規定する忌避の手続において仲裁人の忌避を理由がないとする決定がされた場合には、その忌避をした当事者は、当該決定の通知を受けた日から三十日以内に、裁判所に対し、当該仲裁人の忌避の申立てをすることができる。この場合において、裁判所は、当該仲裁人に忌避の原因があると認めるときは、忌避を理由があるとする決定をしなければならない。 art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-4 If a decision is made to the effect that the challenge of an arbitrator is groundless in the challenge procedure provided in the preceding three paragraphs, the party that challenged may file a petition for the challenge of the arbitrator with the court, within 30 days from the day of receipt of notice of the decision. In this case, if the court finds grounds for challenging the arbitrator, it must decide that the challenge is well-grounded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 仲裁廷は、前項の忌避の申立てに係る事件が裁判所に係属する間においても、仲裁手続を開始し、又は続行し、かつ、仲裁判断をすることができる。 art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-5 Even while the case subject to the petition for the challenge referred to in the preceding paragraph is pending in court, the arbitral tribunal may commence or continue the arbitration procedure, and make an arbitral award. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-1: 第四項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-4 - art-19/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-3: 前項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-2 - art-19/par-3: 前条第一項 → 仲裁法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-18/par-1 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-1 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-2 - art-19/par-4: 前三項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第三項 (Article 19, paragraph (3)), art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-3 - art-19/par-5: 前項 → 仲裁法 第十九条第四項 (Article 19, paragraph (4)), art-19/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-4 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第八条第一項第三号（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-8/par-1/item-3 - 仲裁法 第十九条第一項（忌避の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-1 - 仲裁法 第十九条第二項（忌避の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-2 - 仲裁法 第十九条第三項（忌避の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-3 - 仲裁法 第十九条第四項（忌避の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-4 - 仲裁法 第十九条第五項（忌避の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-19/par-5 - 仲裁法 第二十一条第一項第四号（仲裁人の任務の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-21/par-1/item-4 - 仲裁法 第二十一条第二項（仲裁人の任務の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-21/par-2 - 仲裁法 附則第七条第一項（仲裁廷に対する忌避の申立てに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1 --- ## 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