# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第二条 (Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Article 2)（定義） — address `art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-2 - 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. --- ### 第二条（定義） — (Definitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-2 **第一項** この法律において「仲裁合意」とは、既に生じた民事上の紛争又は将来において生ずる一定の法律関係（契約に基づくものであるかどうかを問わない。）に関する民事上の紛争の全部又は一部の解決を一人又は二人以上の仲裁人にゆだね、かつ、その判断（以下「仲裁判断」という。）に服する旨の合意をいう。 art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-2/par-1 The term "arbitration agreement" as used in this Act means an agreement to refer the resolution of all or certain civil disputes which have already arisen or which may arise in the future in respect to a certain legal relationship (irrespective of whether contractual or not) to one or more arbitrators, and to accept the determined award (hereinafter referred to as an "arbitral award"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律において「仲裁廷」とは、仲裁合意に基づき、その対象となる民事上の紛争について審理し、仲裁判断を行う一人の仲裁人又は二人以上の仲裁人の合議体をいう。 art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-2/par-2 The term "arbitral tribunal" as used in this Act means a single arbitrator or a panel of two or more arbitrators that carries out proceedings and makes an arbitral award in regard to the subject civil disputes based on an arbitration agreement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律において「主張書面」とは、仲裁手続において当事者が作成して仲裁廷に提出する書面であって、当該当事者の主張が記載されているものをいう。 art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-2/par-3 The term "written allegation" as used in this Act means documents which the parties prepare and submit to the arbitral tribunal in an arbitration procedure, and in which the allegations of the parties are stated. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百三十五条第一項第四号（清算株式会社の行為の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-535/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-535/par-1/item-4 - 民法 第十三条第一項第五号（保佐人の同意を要する行為等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-13/par-1/item-5 - 破産法 第七十八条第二項第十一号（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-11 - 金融商品取引法 第百五十六条の四十四第六項第四号（業務規程） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-156-44/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-156-44/par-6/item-4 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十七第六項第四号（業務規程） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-67/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-67/par-6/item-4 --- ## 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