# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第八十八条の二 (Article 88-2)

- 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: 第八十八条の二 (Article 88-2) — address `art-88-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2
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### 第八十八条の二
<sup>art-88-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした指定紛争処理機関の役員又は職員は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-88-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2/par-1</sup>
If a designated dispute resolution organization falls under one of the following items, the officer or employee of that designated dispute resolution organization who committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第二十三条の十七第一項の規定による許可を受けないで紛争処理業務の全部を廃止したとき。
  <sup>art-88-2/par-1/item-1 · 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</sup>
  it discontinues all of dispute resolution services without getting permission under Article 23-17, paragraph (1);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第二十三条の十八の規定に違反して帳簿を備え付けず、帳簿に記載せず、若しくは帳簿に虚偽の記載をし、又は帳簿を保存しなかつたとき。
  <sup>art-88-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  it fails to prepare or keep books or makes false entries in them, or it fails to keep them on file, in violation of Article 23-18;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第二十三条の十九第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、若しくは同項の規定による質問に対して答弁せず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をしたとき。
  <sup>art-88-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-88-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-88-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  it fails to make a report under Article 23-19, paragraph (1); makes a false report thereunder; refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection under that paragraph; or fails to respond to questions under that paragraph; or responds to them falsely.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-88-2/par-1/item-1: 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-88-2/par-1/item-2: 第二十三条の十八 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十八 (Article 23-18), art-23-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-18
- art-88-2/par-1/item-3: 第二十三条の十九第一項 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 第二十三条の十九第一項 (Article 23-19, paragraph (1)), art-23-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-23-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-23-19/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 第九十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-90/par-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-20261013T115725-003, 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
