# 仲裁法 / Arbitration Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

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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
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- Provision: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（仲裁廷に対する忌避の申立てに関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-138/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第七条（仲裁廷に対する忌避の申立てに関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Petitions for Challenge Filed with the Arbitral Tribunal
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<sup>suppl-4151-138/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/suppl-4151-138/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-4151-138/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  前二条に定めるもののほか、当事者が、この法律の施行前に、仲裁廷が構成されたこと及び仲裁人に第十八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場合における第十九条第三項の規定の適用については、同項中「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」とあるのは、「この法律の施行の日」とする。
<sup>suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1 · 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</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, if a party became aware, before this Act comes into effect, that the arbitral tribunal had been organized and that there was any of the grounds referred to in the items of Article 18, paragraph (1) with respect to the arbitrator, then with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3), the phrase "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 that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which this Act comes into effect".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1: 前二条 → 仲裁法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4151-138/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/suppl-4151-138/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-4151-138/art-5
- suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1: 前二条 → 仲裁法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4151-138/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/arbitration-act/suppl-4151-138/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000138/suppl-4151-138/art-6
- suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1: 第十八条第一項 → 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
- suppl-4151-138/art-7/par-1: 第十九条第三項 → 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

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch arbitration-act-20261101T163107-002, translated 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch arbitration-act-20261101T163107-002, translated 2026-11-02
- This site's parser, version 219 — 仲裁法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01
