# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二十三条の二十一 (Article 23-21)

- 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
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- Provision: 第二十三条の二十一 (Article 23-21)（指定の取消し等） — address `art-23-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二十三条の二十一（指定の取消し等） — (Revocation of Designation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21</sup>

  **第一項**  国土交通大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、指定紛争処理機関が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その指定を取り消し、又は期間を定めて紛争処理業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
  <sup>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</sup>
  If a designated dispute resolution organization falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister may revoke its designation or order the suspension of all or part of its dispute resolution services during a fixed period:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第二十三条の五第一項各号に掲げる基準に適合していないと認めるとき。
    <sup>art-23-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-1</sup>
    they find the organization not to satisfy the criteria set forth in items of Article 23-5, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第二十三条の五第三項若しくは第五項、第二十三条の七、第二十三条の八第一項、第二十三条の十、第二十三条の十三、第二十三条の十六又は第二十三条の十七第一項の規定に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-23-21/par-1/item-2 · 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</sup>
    the organization violates Article 23-5, paragraph (3) or (5); Article 23-7; Article 23-8, paragraph (1); Article 23-10; Article 23-13; Article 23-16; or Article 23-17, paragraph (1);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  第二十三条の八第二項、第二十三条の十一第三項又は前条の規定による命令に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-23-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the organization violates an order under Article 23-8, paragraph (2); Article 23-11, paragraph (3); or the preceding Article;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  第二十三条の十一第一項の認可を受けた紛争処理業務規程によらないで紛争処理業務を行つたとき。
    <sup>art-23-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the organization does not abide by the dispute resolution services rules that have been approved as referred to in Article 23-11, paragraph (1) when performing dispute resolution services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  指定紛争処理機関又はその役員が、紛争処理業務に関し著しく不適当な行為をしたとき。
    <sup>art-23-21/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-5</sup>
    the organization or its officer has engaged in extremely inappropriate conduct in connection with dispute resolution services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  不正な手段により指定を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-23-21/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-1/item-6</sup>
    the organization got its designation through wrongful means.
    <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は、前項の規定により指定を取り消し、又は紛争処理業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じたときは、その旨を公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-23-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-2</sup>
  Having revoked a designation or ordered the suspension of all or part of dispute resolution services pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Prime Minister must issue public notice of this.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項の規定により指定の取消しの処分を受けた者は、当該処分の日から二週間以内に、当該処分の日に紛争処理が実施されていた紛争の当事者に対し、当該処分があつた旨を通知しなければならない。
  <sup>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</sup>
  A person that has received a disposition of revocation of designation pursuant to paragraph (1) must, within two weeks from the day of the disposition, notify the parties to the disputes for which dispute resolution was being conducted on the day of the disposition that the disposition has been made.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-23-21/par-1/item-1: 第二十三条の五第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の五第一項 (Article 23-5, paragraph (1)), art-23-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-5/par-1
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の五第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の五第三項 (Article 23-5, paragraph (3)), art-23-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-5/par-3
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第五項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の五第五項 (Article 23-5, paragraph (5)), art-23-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-5/par-5
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の七 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の七 (Article 23-7), art-23-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-7
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の八第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の八第一項 (Article 23-8, paragraph (1)), art-23-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8/par-1
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の十 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十 (Article 23-10), art-23-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-10
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の十三 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十三 (Article 23-13), art-23-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-13
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の十六 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十六 (Article 23-16), art-23-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-16
- art-23-21/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の十七第一項 → 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-23-21/par-1/item-3: 第二十三条の八第二項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の八第二項 (Article 23-8, paragraph (2)), art-23-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-8/par-2
- art-23-21/par-1/item-3: 第二十三条の十一第三項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十一第三項 (Article 23-11, paragraph (3)), art-23-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-11/par-3
- art-23-21/par-1/item-3: 前条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十 (Article 23-20), art-23-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-20
- art-23-21/par-1/item-4: 第二十三条の十一第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十一第一項 (Article 23-11, paragraph (1)), art-23-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-11/par-1
- art-23-21/par-2: 前項 → 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-23-21/par-3: 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

## Cited by

4 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 第二十三条の二十一第二項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-2
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の二十一第三項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-21/par-3
- 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

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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
