# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第七十六条 (Article 76) - 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（代位等） — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十六条（代位等） — (Subrogation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76 **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をしたときは、その支払金額の限度において、被害者が損害賠償の責任を有する者に対して有する権利を取得する。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76/par-1 Having indemnified an injured party for damage as under Article 72, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), the government acquires the rights that the injured party holds against the person liable for the damages, to the extent of the amount it has paid. machine translation, not official **第二項** 政府は、保険契約者若しくは被保険者又は共済契約者若しくは被共済者の悪意によつて損害が生じた場合において、保険会社又は組合が第十六条第一項（第二十三条の三第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により被害者に対して損害賠償額の支払をしたときは、その支払金額の限度において、被害者が保険契約者若しくは被保険者又は共済契約者若しくは被共済者に対して有する権利を取得する。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76/par-2 If damage has arisen due to the bad faith of the policyholder, insured, mutual insurance policyholder, or person covered under mutual insurance, and the insurer or the cooperative has paid damages to the injured party pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)), the government acquires the rights that the injured party holds against the policyholder, insured, mutual insurance policyholder, or person covered under mutual insurance, to the extent of the amount it has paid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 政府は、保有者の損害賠償の責任が発生しなかつた場合において、保険会社又は組合が第十七条第一項（第二十三条の三第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により被害者に対して仮渡金の支払をしたときは、被害者に対してその返還を請求することができる。 art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-76/par-3 If a person in possession is not liable for damages, and the insurer or the cooperative makes a provisional payout to the injured party pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23-3, paragraph (1)), the government may demand the return of the provisional payout from the injured party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-76/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-76/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-76/par-2: 第十六条第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-16/par-1 - art-76/par-2: 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-76/par-3: 第十七条第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-17/par-1 - art-76/par-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 ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 --- ## 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