# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第十六条の九 (Article 16-9) - 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: 第十六条の九 (Article 16-9)（第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払についての履行期） — address `art-16-9` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-9 - 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. --- ### 第十六条の九（第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払についての履行期） — (Due Date for Performance as Regards Payment of Damages under Article 16, Paragraph (1)) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-9 **第一項** 保険会社は、第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払の請求があつた後、当該請求に係る自動車の運行による事故及び当該損害賠償額の確認をするために必要な期間が経過するまでは、遅滞の責任を負わない。 art-16-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-9/par-1 An insurer is not liable for delays following receipt of a claim for the payment of damages under Article 16, paragraph (1), until the necessary period of time has passed to look into the accident caused by the operation of the automobile subject to the claim and verify the damages. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保険会社が前項に規定する確認をするために必要な調査を行うに当たり、被害者が正当な理由なく当該調査を妨げ、又はこれに応じなかつた場合には、保険会社は、これにより損害賠償額の支払を遅延した期間について、遅滞の責任を負わない。 art-16-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-9/par-2 When an insurer is conducting the necessary investigations to look into an accident as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if an injured party, without a legitimate reason, interferes or fails to comply with the investigation, the insurer is not liable for delays that arise during the period that the payment of damages is delayed due to the interference or failure to comply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-16-9: 第十六条第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16/par-1 - art-16-9/par-1: 第十六条第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16/par-1 - art-16-9/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の九第一項 (Article 16-9, paragraph (1)), art-16-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-9/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条の九第二項（第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払についての履行期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16-9/par-2 - 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