# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第七十二条 (Article 72) - 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（業務） — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条（業務） — (Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72 **第一項** 政府は、自動車損害賠償保障事業として、次の業務を行う。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-1 As the Program Guaranteeing Compensation for Automobile Accidents, the government conducts the following services: machine translation, not official **一** 自動車の運行によつて生命又は身体を害された者がある場合において、その自動車の保有者が明らかでないため被害者が第三条の規定による損害賠償の請求をすることができないときに、被害者の請求により、政令で定める金額の限度において、その受けた損害を塡補すること。 art-72/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-1/item-1 indemnifying the injured party, upon a claim by the injured party, for damage incurred of up to the amount specified by Cabinet Order, if a person has been killed or injured through the operation of an automobile and the injured party cannot claim damages under Article 3 because it is unclear who the person in possession of the automobile is; machine translation, not official **二** 責任保険の被保険者及び責任共済の被共済者以外の者が、第三条の規定によつて損害賠償の責に任ずる場合（その責任が第十条に規定する自動車の運行によつて生ずる場合を除く。）に、被害者の請求により、政令で定める金額の限度において、その受けた損害を塡補すること。 art-72/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-1/item-2 indemnifying the injured party, upon a claim by the injured party, for damage incurred of up to the amount specified by Cabinet Order, if a person other than the one insured under the liability insurance or mutual liability insurance is liable for damages pursuant to Article 3 (unless that person's liability arises from the operation of an automobile as prescribed in Article 10); machine translation, not official **三** 第十六条第四項又は第十七条第四項（これらの規定を第二十三条の三第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による請求により、これらの規定による補償を行うこと。 art-72/par-1/item-3 · 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 providing compensation as under those provisions upon receipt of a claim as under Article 16, paragraph (4) or Article 17, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項各号の請求の手続は、国土交通省令で定める。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-2 Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism prescribes the procedures for filing a claim as referred to in each item of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1/item-1: 第三条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-3 - art-72/par-1/item-2: 第三条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-3 - art-72/par-1/item-2: 第十条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-10 - art-72/par-1/item-3: 第十六条第四項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16/par-4 - art-72/par-1/item-3: 第十七条第四項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), 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 - art-72/par-1/item-3: 第二十三条の三第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の三第一項 (Article 23-3, paragraph (1)), art-23-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-3/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 消費税法 別表第二第六号ヘ — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/appdx-2/item-6/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/appdx-2/item-6/sub-6 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-71/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第二項（業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-72/par-2 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十三条第一項（他の法令による給付との調整等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十三条第二項（他の法令による給付との調整等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73/par-2 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十三条の二（第七十二条第一項第一号又は第二号の規定による損害の塡補についての履行期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十三条の二第一項（第七十二条第一項第一号又は第二号の規定による損害の塡補についての履行期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十四条第一項（差押えの禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-74/par-1 - 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 第七十六条第一項（代位等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十七条第一項（業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-77/par-1 - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十九条第一項（過怠金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-79/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch automobile-accident-compensation-act-20261013T115725-001, translated 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch automobile-accident-compensation-act-20261013T115725-002, 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