Article 58-5Prohibition on Requiring or Otherwise Compelling Drivers to Drive Overloaded Vehicles
第五十八条の五（過積載車両の運転の要求等の禁止）
It is prohibited for a person other than a user or an owner as prescribed in Article 75, paragraph (1) to do the following:
to require the driver of a vehicle to drive while carrying an excessive load in the vehicle;
to sell or deliver to the driver of a vehicle a load exceeding the weight subject to the restrictions referred to in Article 57, paragraph (1) so that the load can be loaded onto the vehicle, while knowing that the load exceeds those restrictions.
If a person violates the preceding paragraph and the chief of the police station finds that the violator is likely to violate that paragraph again, the chief may order the violator not to violate that paragraph, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.