A person as referred to in one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than one million yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person driving a vehicle or streetcar in violation of Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (1) while in an intoxicated state (meaning a state in which the body holds 1.0 milligrams or more of alcohol per milliliter of blood or 0.5 milligrams or more of alcohol per liter of breath, or any other state that makes it likely for a person to be unable to drive normally due to the influence of alcohol; the same applies hereinafter);
a person violating Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct) paragraph (2) (but only if the person provided with the vehicle or streetcar as a result of the violation drives it in an intoxicated state);
a person violating Article 66 (Prohibition against driving while overworked or Otherwise Compromised) (but only one driving a vehicle or streetcar in a state that makes it likely for a person to be unable to drive normally due to the influence of narcotics, marijuana, opium, stimulants, or a substance that Cabinet Order prescribes based on Article 3-3 of the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act (Act No. 303 of 1950));
a person who commits the offense referred to in paragraph (1), item (viii) of the following Article and thereby stops another motor vehicle on a national expressway or limited highway or otherwise causes a serious traffic hazard on a road;
In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than one million yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
when the person, in violation of Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (iii), orders or allows a person to drive a motor vehicle in an intoxicated state;
when the person, in violation of Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (iv), orders or allows a person to drive a motor vehicle in a state as prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph;
when the person conducts specified automated operation without obtaining the permission under Article 75-12 (Permission for Specified Automated Operation), paragraph (1) (including where the validity of that permission is suspended pursuant to Article 75-27 (Revoking Permission; Related Considerations), paragraph (1) or Article 75-28 (Provisional suspension of the Validity of Permission), paragraph (1));
when the person obtains the permission under Article 75-12 (Permission for Specified Automated Operation), paragraph (1) or Article 75-16 (Changes to Permitted Particulars), paragraph (1) by deceit or other wrongful means;
when the person changes a specified automated operation plan in violation of Article 75-16 (Changes to Permitted Particulars), paragraph (1); or
when the person fails to comply with an instruction of the public safety commission under Article 75-26 (Instructions to Specified Automated Operation Providers), paragraph (1).
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a person who, for the purpose of obstructing the passage of another vehicle or streetcar, commits any of the following acts, by a method that is likely to create a road traffic hazard for that other…
他の車両等の通行を妨害する目的で、次のいずれかに掲げる行為であつて、当該他の車両等に道路における交通の危険を生じさせるおそれのある方法によるものをした者
Open this provisiona person violating Article 66 (Prohibition against driving while overworked or Otherwise Compromised) (but only one driving a vehicle or streetcar in a state that makes it likely for a person to be…
第六十六条（過労運転等の禁止）の規定に違反した者（麻薬、大麻、あへん、覚醒剤又は毒物及び劇物取締法（昭和二十五年法律第三百三号）第三条の三の規定に基づく政令で定める物の影響により正常な運転ができないおそれがある状態で車両等を運転した者に限る。）
Open this provision(Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct)
It is prohibited for any person to drive a vehicle or streetcar while under the influence of alcohol.
何人も、酒気を帯びて車両等を運転してはならない。
Open this provision(Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct)
It is prohibited for any person to drive a vehicle or streetcar while under the influence of alcohol.
何人も、酒気を帯びて車両等を運転してはならない。
Open this provision(Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct)
It is prohibited for any person to provide a vehicle or streetcar to a person under the influence of alcohol who is likely to drive it in violation of the preceding paragraph.
何人も、酒気を帯びている者で、前項の規定に違反して車両等を運転することとなるおそれがあるものに対し、車両等を提供してはならない。
Open this provision(Prohibition against Driving While Overworked or Otherwise Compromised)
It is prohibited for any person to drive a vehicle or streetcar while in a state in which overwork, illness, the influence of drugs, or any other circumstances is likely to make the person unable to…
何人も、前条第一項に規定する場合のほか、過労、病気、薬物の影響その他の理由により、正常な運転ができないおそれがある状態で車両等を運転してはならない。
Open this provision(Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations)
It is prohibited for a motor vehicle user (including the user of heavy towable vehicles; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, paragraph (1) of the following Article, and Article 75-2-2…
自動車（重被牽引車を含む。以下この条、次条第一項及び第七十五条の二の二第二項において同じ。）の使用者（安全運転管理者等その他自動車の運行を直接管理する地位にある者を含む。次項において「使用者等」という。）は、その者の業務に関し、自動車の運転者に対し、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる行為をすることを命じ…
Open this provisionPermission for Specified Automated Operation
A person who intends to engage in specified automated operation must obtain permission from the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the place where the person intends to engage in…
特定自動運行を行おうとする者は、特定自動運行を行おうとする場所を管轄する公安委員会の許可を受けなければならない。
Open this provisionPermission for Specified Automated Operation
A person who intends to engage in specified automated operation must obtain permission from the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the place where the person intends to engage in…
特定自動運行を行おうとする者は、特定自動運行を行おうとする場所を管轄する公安委員会の許可を受けなければならない。
Open this provisionChanges to Permitted Matters
A person who has obtained the permission under Article 75-12, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "specified automated operation provider") must…
第七十五条の十二第一項の許可を受けた者（以下「特定自動運行実施者」という。）は、特定自動運行計画を変更しようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、公安委員会の許可を受けなければならない。ただし、内閣府令で定める軽微な変更については、この限りでない。
Open this provisionChanges to Permitted Matters
A person who has obtained the permission under Article 75-12, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "specified automated operation provider") must…
第七十五条の十二第一項の許可を受けた者（以下「特定自動運行実施者」という。）は、特定自動運行計画を変更しようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、公安委員会の許可を受けなければならない。ただし、内閣府令で定める軽微な変更については、この限りでない。
Open this provisionInstructions to Specified Automated Operation Providers
If a specified automated operation provider or its specified automated operation worker violates, in connection with specified automated operation, a provision of this Act…
公安委員会は、特定自動運行実施者又はその特定自動運行業務従事者が、特定自動運行に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定若しくはこの法律の規定に基づく処分又は他の法令の規定に違反した場合において、道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図るため必要があると認めるときは、特定自動運行実施者に対し…
Open this provisionInstructions to Specified Automated Operation Providers
If a specified automated operation provider or its specified automated operation worker violates, in connection with specified automated operation, a provision of this Act…
公安委員会は、特定自動運行実施者又はその特定自動運行業務従事者が、特定自動運行に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定若しくはこの法律の規定に基づく処分又は他の法令の規定に違反した場合において、道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図るため必要があると認めるときは、特定自動運行実施者に対し…
Open this provisionRevoking Permission; Related Considerations
A public safety commission may, if any of the following items applies, revoke the permission for specified automated operation of the specified automated operation provider concerned…
公安委員会は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該特定自動運行実施者に対し、特定自動運行の許可を取り消し、又は六月を超えない範囲内で期間を定めてその効力を停止することができる。
Open this provisionRevoking Permission; Related Considerations
A public safety commission may, if any of the following items applies, revoke the permission for specified automated operation of the specified automated operation provider concerned…
公安委員会は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該特定自動運行実施者に対し、特定自動運行の許可を取り消し、又は六月を超えない範囲内で期間を定めてその効力を停止することができる。
Open this provisionProvisional Suspension of the Validity of Permission
If any of the following items applies and there is an urgent need to prevent hazards on roads, the chief of the police station having jurisdiction over the place where the fact occurred may…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合において、道路における危険を防止するため緊急の必要があるときは、その事実があつた場所を管轄する警察署長は、当該特定自動運行実施者に対し、その事実があつた日から起算して三十日を経過する日を終期とする特定自動運行の許可の効力の停止（以下この条において「仮停止」という。）をすることができる。
Open this provisionProvisional Suspension of the Validity of Permission
If any of the following items applies and there is an urgent need to prevent hazards on roads, the chief of the police station having jurisdiction over the place where the fact occurred may…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合において、道路における危険を防止するため緊急の必要があるときは、その事実があつた場所を管轄する警察署長は、当該特定自動運行実施者に対し、その事実があつた日から起算して三十日を経過する日を終期とする特定自動運行の許可の効力の停止（以下この条において「仮停止」という。）をすることができる。
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to drive a motor vehicle in violation of Article 65, paragraph (1);
第六十五条第一項の規定に違反して自動車を運転すること。
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to drive a motor vehicle in violation of Article 66;
第六十六条の規定に違反して自動車を運転すること。
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「道路」
A road as defined in the Road Act, a motor vehicle road (自動車道) as defined in the Road Transportation Act, and any other place used for general traffic.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
motor vehiclemachine translation
「自動車」
A vehicle that runs on a motor without rails or overhead wires, or that carries out specified automated operation (特定自動運行), other than motorized bicycles (原動機付自転車), light road vehicles (軽車両), small mobility vehicles (移動用小型車), vehicles for persons with physical disabilities (身体障害者用の車), remotely operated small vehicles (遠隔操作型小型車), and walking-aid carts, prams and other small vehicles used while walking that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies (歩行補助車等).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
vehicle or streetcarmachine translation
「車両等」
A vehicle (車両) or a streetcar (路面電車).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)
drivingmachine translation
「運転」
Using a vehicle or streetcar on a road as it is meant to be used, including moving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle by pedals or other human-powered gear it has besides its motor, but not specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)· applies throughout the law
specified automated operationmachine translation
「特定自動運行」
Operating a motor vehicle on a road by its automated operation device (自動運行装置), used within the conditions of use the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism attaches to that device under Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act, where the device can stop the vehicle at once, automatically and safely, if the vehicle becomes a defective vehicle (整備不良車両) or those conditions stop being met, and where no one is operating the vehicle's controls in response to the road, traffic and vehicle conditions.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii-2)· applies throughout the law
public safety commissionmachine translation
「公安委員会」
A prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会), the body in each prefecture that manages its police and that this Act empowers to regulate road traffic and to grant driving licenses.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
national expressway or limited highway
「高速自動車国道等」
A national expressway (高速自動車国道) or a limited highway (自動車専用道路).
Short name set inArticle 75-3, paragraph (1)
specified automated operation planmachine translation
「特定自動運行計画」
The plan for specified automated operation (特定自動運行) that an application for permission under Article 75-12, paragraph (1) must set out: the vehicle to be used, the route, the days and hours, the persons or goods carried, the place from which the operation is managed, and how the provider and its workers will carry out the measures this Act requires.
Short name set inArticle 75-12, paragraph (2), item (ii)
specified automated operation providermachine translation
「特定自動運行実施者」
A person holding the permission of a public safety commission (公安委員会) under Article 75-12, paragraph (1) to carry out specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
Defined inArticle 75-24, paragraph (1)
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.