# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36. 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36)（仲裁判断において準拠すべき法） — address `art-36` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36 - 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. --- ### 第三十六条（仲裁判断において準拠すべき法） — (Applicable Law to be Applied in Arbitral Award) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36 **第一項** 仲裁廷が仲裁判断において準拠すべき法は、当事者が合意により定めるところによる。この場合において、一の国の法令が定められたときは、反対の意思が明示された場合を除き、当該定めは、抵触する内外の法令の適用関係を定めるその国の法令ではなく、事案に直接適用されるその国の法令を定めたものとみなす。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-1 The laws which the arbitral tribunal should comply with in making an arbitral award are as provided by the agreement of the parties. In this case, if laws and regulations of a given State have been designated, that designation is deemed not to designate the laws and regulations of the State providing the application of conflicting domestic and foreign laws and regulations but rather the laws and regulations of the State which are to be directly applied to the case, unless a contrary intention has been clearly indicated. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の合意がないときは、仲裁廷は、仲裁手続に付された民事上の紛争に最も密接な関係がある国の法令であって事案に直接適用されるべきものを適用しなければならない。 art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-2 If an agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph has not been reached, the arbitral tribunal must apply the laws and regulations of a State which has the closest relationship to the civil dispute that has been referred to the arbitration procedure and which should be directly applied to the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 仲裁廷は、当事者双方の明示された求めがあるときは、前二項の規定にかかわらず、衡平と善により判断するものとする。 art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, if both parties have stated a clear request, the arbitral tribunal is to decide ex aequo et bono. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 仲裁廷は、仲裁手続に付された民事上の紛争に係る契約があるときはこれに定められたところに従って判断し、当該民事上の紛争に適用することができる慣習があるときはこれを考慮しなければならない。 art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-4 An arbitral tribunal must make decisions in accordance with the terms of the contract related to the civil dispute which has been referred to the arbitral procedure, if the contract exists, and take into account the practices applicable to the relevant civil dispute, if any practices exist. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-36/par-2: 前項 → 仲裁法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-3: 前二項 → 仲裁法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-3: 前二項 → 仲裁法 第三十六条第二項 (Article 36, paragraph (2)), art-36/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 仲裁法 第三十六条第二項（仲裁判断において準拠すべき法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-2 - 仲裁法 第三十六条第三項（仲裁判断において準拠すべき法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/art-36/par-3 --- ## 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