A person as referred to in one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person violating Article 51-3 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Functions Involved in Moving and Storing Vehicles), paragraph (2), Article 51-12 (Agency in Charge of Checking for Abandoned Vehicles), paragraph (6), Article 51-15 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Related to Abandonment Penalties), paragraph (2), or Article 108 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Involved in Licensing), paragraph (2);
a person violating Article 71 (Rules to Be Observed by Drivers), item (v)-5 and thereby causing a road traffic hazard; or
a person giving false information in a questionnaire as referred to in Article 89 (Applying for a license; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), Article 101 (Application for License Renewal and Periodic Screening), paragraph (1), or Article 101-2 (Application for License Renewal and Fitness Screening before the Renewal Period), paragraph (1); or falsely reporting when asked to report by the public safety commission under Article 101-5 (Requesting Licensees to Report) or Article 107-3-2 (Requesting Persons with International Driving Permits and Licenses to Report).
If there is a violation of Article 75-18 (Compliance with Specified Automated Operation Plans, etc.), the person who committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
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Applications for License Renewal and Periodic Screenings
A person seeking to undergo renewal of the valid period of a license or a license information record (hereinafter referred to as a "license or license information record")…
免許証又は免許情報記録（以下「免許証等」という。）の有効期間の更新（以下「免許証等の更新」という。）を受けようとする者は、当該免許証等の有効期間が満了する日の直前のその者の誕生日の一月前から当該免許証等の有効期間が満了する日までの間（以下「更新期間」という。）に…
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A person who is expected to have difficulty undergoing fitness screening within the renewal period due to overseas travel or any other compelling circumstance that Cabinet Order prescribes may apply…
海外旅行その他政令で定めるやむを得ない理由のため更新期間内に適性検査を受けることが困難であると予想される者は、その者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会に当該更新期間前における免許証等の更新を申請することができる。
Open this provisionApplications for License Renewal and Fitness Screening Before the Renewal Period
A person who is expected to have difficulty undergoing fitness screening within the renewal period due to overseas travel or any other compelling circumstance that Cabinet Order prescribes may apply…
海外旅行その他政令で定めるやむを得ない理由のため更新期間内に適性検査を受けることが困難であると予想される者は、その者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会に当該更新期間前における免許証等の更新を申請することができる。
Open this provision(Requesting Licensees to Report)
Pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, a public safety commission may ask a licensee to report as needed, upon finding this to be necessary in order to investigate whether the licensee falls under one of…
公安委員会は、免許を受けた者が第百三条第一項第一号、第一号の二又は第三号のいずれかに該当するかどうかを調査するため必要があると認めるときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その者に対し、必要な報告を求めることができる。
Open this provisionApplications for License Renewal and Periodic Screenings
A person seeking to undergo renewal of the valid period of a license or a license information record (hereinafter referred to as a "license or license information record")…
免許証又は免許情報記録（以下「免許証等」という。）の有効期間の更新（以下「免許証等の更新」という。）を受けようとする者は、当該免許証等の有効期間が満了する日の直前のその者の誕生日の一月前から当該免許証等の有効期間が満了する日までの間（以下「更新期間」という。）に…
Open this provision(Requesting Persons with International Driving Permits and Licenses to Report)
Pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, a public safety commission may ask a person with an International Driving Permit or license report as needed, upon finding this to be necessary in order to…
公安委員会は、国際運転免許証等を所持する者が当該国際運転免許証等に係る発給の条件を満たしているかどうかを調査するため必要があると認めるとき（その者が第百三条第一項第一号、第一号の二又は第三号のいずれかに該当するかどうかを調査するため必要があると認めるときに限る。）は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その者に対し…
Open this provision(Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Involved in Licensing)
A public safety commission, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may ask a corporation that Cabinet Office Order prescribes to handle all or part of the administrative processes involved in licensing as…
公安委員会は、政令で定めるところにより、この章に規定する免許に関する事務（免許の拒否及び保留、免許の条件の付与及び変更、運転免許試験及び適性検査の結果の判定並びに免許の取消し及び効力の停止に係る事務その他の政令で定める事務を除く。次項において「免許関係事務」という。）の全部又は一部を内閣府令で定める法人に委託すること…
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It is prohibited for a current or former officer or employee of a corporation that has been asked to handle licensing processes pursuant to the preceding paragraph to divulge confidential information…
前項の規定により免許関係事務の委託を受けた法人の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、当該委託に係る免許関係事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
Open this provision(Agency in Charge of Checking for Abandoned Vehicles)
Having asked a person to handle the checking and confirmation processes pursuant to Article 51-8, paragraph (1), the chief of a police station must issue public notice giving the name of the person…
警察署長は、第五十一条の八第一項の規定により確認事務を委託したときは、その受託者（以下「放置車両確認機関」という。）の名称及び主たる事務所の所在地その他政令で定める事項を公示しなければならない。
Open this provision(Agency in Charge of Checking for Abandoned Vehicles)
It is prohibited for a current or former officer or employee of the agency in charge of checking for abandoned vehicles (including parking inspectors; the same applies in the following paragraph) to…
放置車両確認機関の役員若しくは職員（駐車監視員を含む。次項において同じ。）又はこれらの職にあつた者は、確認事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
Open this provision(Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Related to Abandonment Penalties)
A public safety commission may ask a company or other corporation to handle all or part of the administrative processes related to abandonment penalties as prescribed in Article 51-4…
公安委員会は、第五十一条の四に規定する放置違反金に関する事務（確認事務、納付命令、督促及び滞納処分を除く。）の全部又は一部を会社その他の法人に委託することができる。
Open this provision(Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Related to Abandonment Penalties)
It is prohibited for the current or former officer or employee of a corporation that has been asked to handle administrative processes by the public safety commission pursuant to the preceding…
前項の規定により公安委員会から事務の委託を受けた法人の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、当該事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
Open this provision(Asking Others to Handle Administrative Functions Involved in Moving and Storing Vehicles)
The chief of a police station may ask a corporation that Cabinet Office Order prescribes to handle all or part of the administrative functions involved in moving and storing vehicles…
警察署長は、第五十一条第五項及び第六項（同条第二十二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による車両（積載物を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の移動及び保管に関する事務（当該車両の移動、返還、売却及び廃棄の決定、同条第十六項の規定による命令、滞納処分その他の政令で定めるものを除く。）の全部又は一部を内閣府令で定める法…
Open this provision(Asking Others to Handle Administrative Functions Involved in Moving and Storing Vehicles)
It is prohibited for the current or former officer or employee of a corporation that has been asked to handle administrative processes by the chief of the police station pursuant to the preceding…
前項の規定により警察署長から事務の委託を受けた法人の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、当該事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
Open this provision(Rules to Be Observed by Drivers)
The driver of a vehicle or streetcar must observe the following rules:
車両等の運転者は、次に掲げる事項を守らなければならない。
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when driving a motor vehicle, motorized bicycle or bicycle (hereinafter referred to in this item as a "motor vehicle, etc."), except when that motor vehicle, etc. is at a stop…
自動車、原動機付自転車又は自転車（以下この号において「自動車等」という。）を運転する場合においては、当該自動車等が停止しているときを除き、携帯電話用装置、自動車電話用装置その他の無線通話装置（その全部又は一部を手で保持しなければ送信及び受信のいずれをも行うことができないものに限る。第百十八条第一項第四号において「無線…
Open this provisionCompliance with Specified Automated Operation Plan and Related Considerations
Specified automated operation must be carried out in accordance with the specified automated operation plan for which permission was obtained under Article 75-12…
特定自動運行は、第七十五条の十二第一項の許可を受けた特定自動運行計画（第七十五条の十六第一項又は第三項の規定による変更の許可又は届出があつたときは、その変更後のもの。第七十五条の二十七第一項第二号において同じ。）及び第七十五条の十五第一項（第七十五条の十六第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により付された条件（…
Open this provision(Applying for a License; Related Considerations)
A person seeking a license must submit a written license application in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes…
免許を受けようとする者は、その者の住所地（仮免許を受けようとする者で現に第九十八条第二項の規定による届出をした自動車教習所において自動車の運転に関する教習を受けているものにあつては、その者の住所地又は当該自動車教習所の所在地）を管轄する公安委員会に…
Open this provision(Applying for a License; Related Considerations)
A person seeking a license must submit a written license application in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes…
免許を受けようとする者は、その者の住所地（仮免許を受けようとする者で現に第九十八条第二項の規定による届出をした自動車教習所において自動車の運転に関する教習を受けているものにあつては、その者の住所地又は当該自動車教習所の所在地）を管轄する公安委員会に…
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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
drivermachine translation
「運転者」
The person driving a vehicle or streetcar (車両等).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xviii)
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)
agency in charge of checking for abandoned vehicles
「放置車両確認機関」
A corporation registered with the public safety commission (公安委員会) to which the chief of a police station has entrusted the work of checking for abandoned vehicles and attaching notice marks (確認事務).
Short name set inArticle 51-12, 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)
license
「免許」
A driving license (運転免許) granted by a prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (1)
license renewalmachine translation
「免許証等の更新」
Renewal of the period of validity of a driver's license (免許証) or a license information record (免許情報記録).
Short name set inArticle 101, paragraph (1)
renewal periodmachine translation
「更新期間」
The period in which a person must apply to renew the validity of their license card (免許証) or license information record (免許情報記録): from one month before the holder's last birthday before the validity ends, up to the day it ends.
Short name set inArticle 101, paragraph (1)
fitness screening
「適性検査」
The test of fitness to drive motor vehicles and motorized bicycles (自動車等) that a public safety commission (公安委員会) must promptly give a person who has applied to renew their license card or license information record (免許証等).
Short name set inArticle 101, paragraph (5)
International Driving Permit or licensemachine translation
「国際運転免許証等」
An international driving permit (国際運転免許証) or a foreign driver's license (外国運転免許証), with which a person may drive in Japan, for one year from landing, the vehicles it covers.
Short name set inArticle 107-2, 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.