A person seeking a license must submit a written license application in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes (if a person is issued a questionnaire under the following paragraph, that person must submit the written application and the questionnaire filled out with the necessary information) to the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile (or, if a person is seeking a provisional license and undergoing instruction on how to drive a motor vehicle at a driving school that has made a filing under Article 98, paragraph (2), the domicile of the person or the locality of the driving school) and take a driver's license test administered by the public safety commission.
A public safety commission as prescribed in the preceding paragraph may issue a questionnaire in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes to a person seeking to submit a written license application under the paragraph, in order to ask the necessary questions to determine whether the person falls under any of the categories set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) through item (ii) of the following Article.
前項に規定する公安委員会は、同項の規定により免許申請書を提出しようとする者に対し、その者が次条第一項第一号から第二号までのいずれかに該当するかどうかの判断に必要な質問をするため、内閣府令で定める様式の質問票を交付することができる。
If currently undergoing instruction on how to drive a motor vehicle at a driving school, a person who has submitted a written provisional license application to the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the locality of the driving school (other than the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the locality of the person's domicile) pursuant to paragraph (1) and who holds a provisional license granted by the public safety commission may undergo an assessment administered by the public safety commission pursuant to Cabinet Office Order to assess whether the person has the necessary skills to drive a motor vehicle. In such a case, if the public safety commission finds that the person has the necessary motor vehicle driving skills, it must issue a certificate indicating this to that person, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.
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(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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A public safety commission as prescribed in the preceding paragraph may issue a questionnaire in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes to a person seeking to submit a written license…
前項に規定する公安委員会は、同項の規定により免許申請書を提出しようとする者に対し、その者が次条第一項第一号から第二号までのいずれかに該当するかどうかの判断に必要な質問をするため、内閣府令で定める様式の質問票を交付することができる。
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a person with one of the following illnesses;
次に掲げる病気にかかつている者
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a person with dementia, as prescribed in Article 5-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Act No. 123 of 1997)…
介護保険法（平成九年法律第百二十三号）第五条の二第一項に規定する認知症（第百二条第一項及び第百三条第一項第一号の二において単に「認知症」という。）である者
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an alcohol, narcotics, marijuana, opium, or stimulants addict;
アルコール、麻薬、大麻、あへん又は覚醒剤の中毒者
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A person operating or managing a driving school may file the following information with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the location of the driving school…
自動車教習所を設置し、又は管理する者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該自動車教習所の所在地を管轄する公安委員会に、次に掲げる事項を届け出ることができる。
Open this provisionmotor 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
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
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)
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)
provisional license
「仮免許」
A provisional driving license (仮運転免許), the third category of driving license beside class 1 and class 2 licenses, which under Article 87 lets a person drive a large, mid-sized, semi-mid-sized or standard motor vehicle only for practice or in a driving test or skills evaluation (技能検定).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (2)