# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29)

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- 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（仲裁手続の開始並びに時効の完成猶予及び更新） — address `art-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-29
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-29
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### 第二十九条（仲裁手続の開始並びに時効の完成猶予及び更新） — (Commencement of Arbitration Procedure, and Postponement of Expiry of Prescription Period and Renewal of Prescription Period)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-29</sup>

**第一項**  仲裁手続は、当事者間に別段の合意がない限り、特定の民事上の紛争について、一方の当事者が他方の当事者に対し、これを仲裁手続に付する旨の通知をした日に開始する。
<sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-29/par-1</sup>
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, an arbitration procedure regarding a particular civil dispute commences on the date on which one party notifies the other party that the arbitration procedure is to be applied to the civil dispute.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  仲裁手続における請求は、時効の完成猶予及び更新の効力を生ずる。ただし、当該仲裁手続が仲裁判断によらずに終了したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-29/par-2</sup>
A request in an arbitration procedure has the effect of postponement of expiration of the prescription period and renewal of the prescription period; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the arbitration procedure has been ended without an arbitral award.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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