# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の十四 (Article 23-14)

- 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: 第二十三条の十四 (Article 23-14)（時効の完成猶予） — address `art-23-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二十三条の十四（時効の完成猶予） — Postponement of Expiration of the Prescription Period
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<sup>art-23-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14</sup>

  **第一項**  紛争処理による解決の見込みがないことを理由に指定紛争処理機関により当該紛争処理が打ち切られた場合において、当該紛争処理の申請をした紛争の当事者がその旨の通知を受けた日から一月以内に当該紛争処理の目的となつた請求について訴えを提起したときは、時効の完成猶予に関しては、当該紛争処理の申請の時に、訴えの提起があつたものとみなす。
  <sup>art-23-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/par-1</sup>
  In the case where dispute resolution has been terminated by a designated dispute resolution organization on the ground that there is no prospect of resolution through the dispute resolution, if the party to the dispute who applied for the dispute resolution files an action concerning the claim that was the subject of the dispute resolution within one month from the day on which the party received notice to that effect, the action is deemed to have been filed at the time of the application for the dispute resolution with respect to the postponement of the expiration of the prescription period.
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  **第二項**  第二十三条の十七第二項の規定により指定がその効力を失い、かつ、当該指定がその効力を失つた日に紛争処理が実施されていた紛争がある場合において、当該紛争処理の申請をした紛争の当事者が同条第四項の規定による通知を受けた日又は当該指定がその効力を失つたことを知つた日のいずれか早い日から一月以内に当該紛争処理の目的となつた請求について訴えを提起したときも、前項と同様とする。
  <sup>art-23-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/par-2</sup>
  The same applies as in the preceding paragraph in the case where a designation has ceased to be valid pursuant to Article 23-17, paragraph (2) and there is a dispute for which dispute resolution was being conducted on the day on which the designation ceased to be valid, if the party to the dispute who applied for that dispute resolution files an action concerning the claim that was the subject of that dispute resolution within one month from the earlier of the day on which the party received notice pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article or the day on which the party learned that the designation had ceased to be valid.
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  **第三項**  指定が第二十三条の二十一第一項の規定により取り消され、かつ、その取消しの処分の日に紛争処理が実施されていた紛争がある場合において、当該紛争処理の申請をした紛争の当事者が同条第三項の規定による通知を受けた日又は当該処分を知つた日のいずれか早い日から一月以内に当該紛争処理の目的となつた請求について訴えを提起したときも、第一項と同様とする。
  <sup>art-23-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/par-3</sup>
  The same applies as in paragraph (1) in the case where a designation has been revoked pursuant to Article 23-21, paragraph (1) and there is a dispute for which dispute resolution was being conducted on the day of the disposition of revocation, if the party to the dispute who applied for that dispute resolution files an action concerning the claim that was the subject of that dispute resolution within one month from the earlier of the day on which the party received notice pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article or the day on which the party learned of that disposition.
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## Cites
- art-23-14/par-2: 第二十三条の十七第二項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第二項 (Article 23-17, paragraph (2)), art-23-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-2
- art-23-14/par-2: 同条第四項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第四項 (Article 23-17, paragraph (4)), art-23-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-4
- art-23-14/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十四第一項 (Article 23-14, paragraph (1)), art-23-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/par-1
- art-23-14/par-3: 第二十三条の二十一第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十一第一項 (Article 23-21, paragraph (1)), art-23-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1
- art-23-14/par-3: 同条第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十一第三項 (Article 23-21, paragraph (3)), art-23-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-3
- art-23-14/par-3: 第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十四第一項 (Article 23-14, paragraph (1)), art-23-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/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 第二十三条の十四第二項（時効の完成猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/par-2
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十四第三項（時効の完成猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-14/par-3
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第二条第一項（自動車損害賠償保障法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-5041-65/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-5041-65/art-2/par-1

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch automobile-accident-compensation-act-20261013T115725-001, translated 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
