# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の十七 (Article 23-17)

- 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: 第二十三条の十七 (Article 23-17)（業務の休廃止等） — address `art-23-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17
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### 第二十三条の十七（業務の休廃止等） — (Suspension and Discontinuance of Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17</sup>

  **第一項**  指定紛争処理機関は、国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣の許可を受けなければ、紛争処理業務の全部又は一部を休止し、又は廃止してはならない。
  <sup>art-23-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-1</sup>
  A designated dispute resolution organization must not suspend or discontinue all or part of its dispute resolution services without the permission of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minster.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣が前項の規定により紛争処理業務の全部の廃止を許可したときは、当該許可に係る指定は、その効力を失う。
  <sup>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</sup>
  If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister permit the discontinuance of all dispute resolution services pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the designation relating to that permission ceases to be valid.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、第一項の許可をしたときは、その旨を公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-23-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-3</sup>
  Having given permission as referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minster must issue public notice of this.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の規定により紛争処理業務の全部の廃止の許可を受けた者は、当該許可の日から二週間以内に、当該許可の日に紛争処理が実施されていた紛争の当事者に対し、当該許可を受けた旨及び第二項の規定により指定がその効力を失つた旨を通知しなければならない。
  <sup>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</sup>
  A person that has obtained permission for the discontinuance of all dispute resolution services pursuant to paragraph (1) must, within two weeks from the day of the permission, notify the parties to the disputes for which dispute resolution was being conducted on the day of the permission that the person has obtained the permission and that the designation has ceased to be valid pursuant to paragraph (2).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-23-17/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第一項 (Article 23-17, paragraph (1)), art-23-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-1
- art-23-17/par-3: 第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第一項 (Article 23-17, paragraph (1)), art-23-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-1
- art-23-17/par-4: 第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第一項 (Article 23-17, paragraph (1)), art-23-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-1
- art-23-17/par-4: 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

## Cited by

7 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 第二十三条の十七第二項（業務の休廃止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-2
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第三項（業務の休廃止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-3
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十七第四項（業務の休廃止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-17/par-4
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十一第一項第二号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-2
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十八条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88/par-1/item-3
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第八十八条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2/par-1/item-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
