# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第二章 (Chapter 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: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/ch-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/ch-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. 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. --- ## 第二章　自動車損害賠償責任 — Chapter II Automobile Liability heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/ch-2 ### 第三条（自動車損害賠償責任） — (Automobile Liability ) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-3 **第一項** 自己のために自動車を運行の用に供する者は、その運行によつて他人の生命又は身体を害したときは、これによつて生じた損害を賠償する責に任ずる。ただし、自己及び運転者が自動車の運行に関し注意を怠らなかつたこと、被害者又は運転者以外の第三者に故意又は過失があつたこと並びに自動車に構造上の欠陥又は機能の障害がなかつたことを証明したときは、この限りでない。 art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-3/par-1 A person that puts an automobile into operational use for that person's own benefit is liable to compensate for damage arising from the operation of the automobile if this results in the death or bodily injury of another person; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person and the driver prove that they have exercised due care in connection with the operation of the automobile, that the injured party or a third party other than the driver has acted intentionally or negligently, and that there was no defect in automotive structure or function. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四条（民法の適用） — (Application of the Civil Code) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-4 **第一項** 自己のために自動車を運行の用に供する者の損害賠償の責任については、前条の規定によるほか、民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）の規定による。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/automobile-accident-compensation-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/art-4/par-1 Other than as governed by the preceding Article, the liability to compensate for damage to be borne by a person putting an automobile into operational use for that person's own benefit is governed by the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1: 前条 → 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 --- ## 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 - 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