# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第七十三条の二 (Article 73-2) - 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: 第七十三条の二 (Article 73-2)（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） — address `art-73-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2 - 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） — Due Date for Performance in Indemnifying for Damage as under Article 72, Paragraph (1), Item (i) or (ii) caption: machine translation, not official art-73-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2 **第一項** 政府は、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の請求があつた後、当該請求に係る自動車の運行による事故及び塡補すべき損害の金額の確認をするために必要な期間が経過するまでは、遅滞の責任を負わない。 art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2/par-1 The government is not liable for delays following receipt of a claim to an indemnity for damage under Article 72, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) until the necessary period of time has passed to look into the accident caused by the operation of the automobile subject to the claim and to verify the amount of damage for which it must provide the indemnity. machine translation, not official **第二項** 政府が前項に規定する確認をするために必要な調査を行うに当たり、被害者が正当な理由なく当該調査を妨げ、又はこれに応じなかつた場合には、政府は、これにより損害の塡補を遅延した期間について、遅滞の責任を負わない。 art-73-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2/par-2 When the government is conducting the necessary investigations to look into an accident as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if an injured party, without a legitimate reason, interferes or fails to comply with the investigation, the government is not liable for delays arising during the period that the indemnity for damage is delayed due to the interference or failure to comply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-73-2: 第七十二条第一項第一号 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項第一号 (Article 72, paragraph (1), item (i)), 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 - art-73-2: 第二号 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項第二号 (Article 72, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - art-73-2/par-1: 第七十二条第一項第一号 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項第一号 (Article 72, paragraph (1), item (i)), 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 - art-73-2/par-1: 第二号 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十二条第一項第二号 (Article 72, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - art-73-2/par-2: 前項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十三条の二第一項 (Article 73-2, paragraph (1)), art-73-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 自動車損害賠償保障法 第七十三条の二第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-73-2/par-2 --- ## 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-20261013T115725-002, 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