When a vehicle found to be an improperly maintained vehicle (excluding a light road vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is being driven, a police officer may stop the vehicle, require the driver of the vehicle to present the motor vehicle inspection certificate and other documents that Cabinet Order prescribes and the records made by the operating status recording device (meaning a device for recording the information necessary for confirming the operating status prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (2) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act; the same applies in Article 63-2-2), and inspect the equipment of the vehicle. In this case, if the police officer finds it necessary to take measures to put those records into a state in which they can be recognized by human sight or hearing, the officer may request the person who manufactured or imported the vehicle or other relevant persons to take those measures.
警察官は、整備不良車両に該当すると認められる車両（軽車両を除く。以下この条において同じ。）が運転されているときは、当該車両を停止させ、並びに当該車両の運転者に対し、自動車検査証その他政令で定める書類及び作動状態記録装置（道路運送車両法第四十一条第二項に規定する作動状態の確認に必要な情報を記録するための装置をいう。第六十三条の二の二において同じ。）により記録された記録の提示を求め、並びに当該車両の装置について検査をすることができる。この場合において、警察官は、当該記録を人の視覚又は聴覚により認識することができる状態にするための措置が必要であると認めるときは、当該車両を製作し、又は輸入した者その他の関係者に対し、当該措置を求めることができる。
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a police officer may order the driver of the vehicle to take the necessary stop-gap measures to prevent a road hazard or otherwise ensure traffic safety or to prevent the vehicle from being a nuisance to others; if it is found not to be possible to effect the necessary maintenance on a vehicle through stop-gap measures alone (hereinafter such a vehicle is referred to in this Article as a "malfunctioning vehicle"), the police officer may issue an order prohibiting the driver from continuing to drive the malfunctioning vehicle.
Notwithstanding the preceding Article, a police officer may grant permission for a person to drive a malfunctioning vehicle on a specified section and route of travel on finding, in a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, that there is nothing to prevent this in terms of the degree of improper maintenance on the malfunctioning vehicle and road or traffic conditions, but only so far as is necessary for the malfunctioning vehicle to undergo maintenance, and may attach other conditions necessary to prevent road hazards or to prevent the malfunctioning vehicle from being a nuisance to others. In such a case, a police officer must issue a permit.
When a police officer has taken measures under paragraph (2), the officer must issue to the driver of the malfunctioning vehicle a document stating the matters requiring maintenance on that malfunctioning vehicle, and must attach a mark in an easily visible place on the front of the malfunctioning vehicle.
Having taken a measure under the preceding paragraph, a police officer must report this to the competent police station chief over the place where the measure was taken.
警察官は、前項の措置をとつたときは、その旨を当該措置をとつた場所を管轄する警察署長に報告しなければならない。
Upon receiving a report as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the chief of the police station must notify the Director of the District Transport Bureau with jurisdiction over the base of operations of the malfunctioning vehicle of the information that Cabinet Office Order/Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism prescribes.
It is prohibited for any person to damage or deface a mark attached pursuant to paragraph (4); it is also prohibited for any person to remove such a mark until after the chief of the nearest police station or the administrative agency with authority over matters relating to vehicle maintenance confirms, through procedures that Cabinet Office Order/Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism prescribes, that the necessary maintenance of the malfunctioning vehicle has been carried out.
Cabinet Office Order/Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism provides for the format of permits as referred to in paragraph (3), the format of documents issued to the driver of a malfunctioning vehicle pursuant to paragraph (4), and the format of marks as referred to in that paragraph.