# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第十七条 (Article 17) - 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（被害者に対する仮渡金） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（被害者に対する仮渡金） — (Provisional Payouts to Injured Parties) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17 **第一項** 保有者が、責任保険の契約に係る自動車の運行によつて他人の生命又は身体を害したときは、被害者は、政令で定めるところにより、保険会社に対し、政令で定める金額を第十六条第一項の規定による損害賠償額の支払のための仮渡金として支払うべきことを請求することができる。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-1 If the death or bodily injury of another person results from a person in possession's operation of an automobile covered by a contract for liability insurance, the injured party, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may file a claim with the insurer for it to pay the injured party the amount that Cabinet Order prescribes as a provisional payout to pay damages under Article 16, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保険会社は、前項の請求があつたときは、遅滞なく、請求に係る金額を支払わなければならない。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-2 On receipt of a claim as referred to in the preceding paragraph, an insurer must pay the amount of money subject to the claim without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 保険会社は、第一項の仮渡金の金額が支払うべき損害賠償額を超えた場合には、その超えた金額の返還を請求することができる。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-3 If the amount of a provisional payout as referred to in paragraph (1) exceeds the damages to be paid, an insurer may demand the return of the part in excess. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 保険会社は、保有者の損害賠償の責任が発生しなかつた場合において、第一項の仮渡金を支払つたときは、その支払つた金額について、政府に対して補償を求めることができる。 art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-4 If an insurer makes a provisional payout referred to in paragraph (1) but the person in possession is not liable to compensate for damage, the insurer may ask the government to compensate it for the amount it has paid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/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-17/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-4: 第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第二項（被害者に対する仮渡金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-2 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第三項（被害者に対する仮渡金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-3 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第四項（被害者に対する仮渡金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-4 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十八条第一項（差押の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-18/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十九条第一項（時効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-19/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 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十八条の四第一項第二号（共同プール事務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-28-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-28-4/par-1/item-2 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項第三号（業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-1/item-3 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十五条第一項（時効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-75/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十六条第三項（代位等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76/par-3 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十二条の三第一項（重複契約の場合の免責） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-82-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-82-3/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十二条の三第三項（重複契約の場合の免責） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-82-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-82-3/par-3 --- ## 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