# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第十六条の七 (Article 16-7) - Law: 自動車損害賠償保障法 (Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents), 昭和三十年法律第九十七号 - English title "Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents": 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: 第十六条の七 (Article 16-7)（国土交通大臣に対する申出） — address `art-16-7` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-7 - 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. --- ### 第十六条の七（国土交通大臣に対する申出） — (Notifying the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-7 **第一項** 被保険者又は被害者は、保険会社による保険金等の支払又は支払に係る手続に関し、次のいずれかに該当する事実があるときは、国土交通大臣に対し、その事実を申し出ることができる。 art-16-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-7/par-1 If one of the following facts is true of an insurer's payment or payment procedures for insurance proceeds and damages, the insured or the injured party may notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of that fact: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 保険金等の支払が支払基準に従つていないとき。 art-16-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-7/par-1/item-1 the insurer's payment of insurance proceeds and damages does not conform to the criteria for payment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第十六条の四第一項から第三項までの規定による書面の交付を行つていないとき。 art-16-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-7/par-1/item-2 the insurer does not deliver a document as under Article 16-4, paragraphs (1) through (3); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第十六条の五第一項の規定による説明、同条第二項の規定による書面の交付又は同条第四項の規定による通知を行つていないとき。 art-16-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-7/par-1/item-3 the insurer does not provide an explanation as under Article 16-5, paragraph (1); deliver a document as under paragraph (2) of that Article, or give notice as under paragraph (4) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-16-7/par-1/item-2: 第十六条の四第一項から第三項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-4/par-1 - art-16-7/par-1/item-2: 第十六条の四第一項から第三項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の四第二項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (2)), art-16-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-4/par-2 - art-16-7/par-1/item-2: 第十六条の四第一項から第三項まで → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の四第三項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (3)), art-16-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-4/par-3 - art-16-7/par-1/item-3: 第十六条の五第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の五第一項 (Article 16-5, paragraph (1)), art-16-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-5/par-1 - art-16-7/par-1/item-3: 同条第二項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の五第二項 (Article 16-5, paragraph (2)), art-16-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-5/par-2 - art-16-7/par-1/item-3: 同条第四項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の五第四項 (Article 16-5, paragraph (4)), art-16-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-5/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の八第一項（指示等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-8/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二第一項（報告及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-2/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の三第一項（責任保険の契約に関する規定等の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 自動車損害賠償保障法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/330AC0000000097/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3135/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 189 — 自動車損害賠償保障法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13