Driver's license tests are administered to test persons on the points set forth in the following items for each type of license (this means covering the points set forth in items (i) and (iii), in the case of a driver's license test for an SS-MVL or MBL, and the points set forth in items (i) and (ii), in the case of a driver's license test for a towing license):
the fitness needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle;
the skills needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle; and
the knowledge needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle.
The part of a driver's license test for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, L-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, or class 2 L-MVL covering the point set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is to be administered on the road; provided, however, that this does not apply to any portion of a driver's license test that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as likely to hinder road traffic.
The part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) is administered within the scope of the rules of the road prepared by the National Public Safety Commission pursuant to Article 108-28, paragraph (4).
第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての運転免許試験は、第百八条の二十八第四項の規定により国家公安委員会が作成する教則の内容の範囲内で行う。
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the procedures for implementing driver's license tests, the way they are implemented, and other necessary particulars concerning them.
前三項に規定するもののほか、運転免許試験の実施の手続、方法その他運転免許試験について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
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(Establishment of Traffic Safety Education Guidelines and Rules of the Road)
The National Public Safety Commission must create and publicize rules of the road consisting of the following points, in order to enable persons using the road to easily understand correct traffic…
国家公安委員会は、道路を通行する者が適正な交通の方法を容易に理解することができるようにするため、次に掲げる事項を内容とする教則を作成し、これを公表するものとする。
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Driver's license tests are administered to test persons on the points set forth in the following items for each type of license…
運転免許試験は、免許の種類ごとに次の各号（小型特殊免許及び原付免許の運転免許試験にあつては第一号及び第三号、牽引免許の運転免許試験にあつては第一号及び第二号）に掲げる事項について行う。
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the fitness needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle;
自動車等の運転について必要な適性
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the skills needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle; and
自動車等の運転について必要な技能
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the knowledge needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle.
自動車等の運転について必要な知識
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The part of a driver's license test for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, L-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, or class 2 L-MVL covering the point set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is to be…
前項第二号に掲げる事項について行う大型免許、中型免許、準中型免許、普通免許、大型第二種免許、中型第二種免許及び普通第二種免許の運転免許試験は、道路において行うものとする。ただし、道路において行うことが交通の妨害となるおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定める運転免許試験の項目については、この限りでない。
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The part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) is administered within the scope of the rules of the road prepared by the National Public Safety…
第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての運転免許試験は、第百八条の二十八第四項の規定により国家公安委員会が作成する教則の内容の範囲内で行う。
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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
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
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)
motor vehicle or motorized bicyclemachine translation
「自動車等」
Motor vehicles (自動車) and general motorized bicycles (一般原動機付自転車), the vehicles a person must hold a driver's license (運転免許) to drive.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (1)
M-MVL
「中型免許」
A mid-sized motor vehicle license (中型自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a mid-sized motor vehicle (中型自動車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers semi-mid-sized and standard motor vehicles, special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
MBL
「原付免許」
A motorized bicycle license (原動機付自転車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a general motorized bicycle (一般原動機付自転車).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
L-MVL
「大型免許」
A large motor vehicle license (大型自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a large motor vehicle (大型自動車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers mid-sized, semi-mid-sized and standard motor vehicles, special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
SS-MVL
「小型特殊免許」
A special small motor vehicle license (小型特殊自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a special small motor vehicle (小型特殊自動車).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
S-MVL
「普通免許」
A standard motor vehicle license (普通自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a standard motor vehicle (普通自動車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
SM-MVL
「準中型免許」
A semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license (準中型自動車免許), one of the kinds of class 1 license (第一種免許) that Article 84, paragraph (3) sets out; the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2015 use the term for that license as that Act left Article 84, when deeming licenses held under the earlier wording to be licenses of the new kinds.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
class 2 M-MVL
「中型第二種免許」
A class 2 mid-sized motor vehicle license (中型自動車第二種免許), the class 2 license (第二種免許) that Article 86, paragraph (1) requires for driving a mid-sized or semi-mid-sized motor vehicle (中型自動車, 準中型自動車) used for passenger motor carrier services (旅客自動車運送事業) in order to carry its passengers.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (4)
class 2 L-MVL
「大型第二種免許」
A class 2 large motor vehicle license (大型自動車第二種免許), the class 2 license (第二種免許) that Article 86, paragraph (1) requires for driving a large motor vehicle (大型自動車) used for passenger motor carrier services (旅客自動車運送事業) in order to carry its passengers.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (4)
class 2 S-MVL
「普通第二種免許」
A class 2 standard motor vehicle license (普通自動車第二種免許), one of the kinds of class 2 license (第二種免許) that Article 84, paragraph (4) sets out; the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 90 of 2004 and Act No. 40 of 2015 use the term for that license as each of those Acts left Article 84, when deeming licenses held under the earlier wording to be licenses of the new kinds.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (4)
National Public Safety Commission
国家公安委員会
A commission placed under the Prime Minister's jurisdiction by the Police Act (警察法) (Police Act, Article 4, paragraph (1)), made up of a chairperson, who is a Minister of State (国務大臣), and five members (Article 4, paragraph (2), and Article 6, paragraph (1)). The Prime Minister appoints the members, with the consent of both Houses of the Diet, from people who have not been career public officials doing police or prosecution work in the five years before their appointment; where that consent cannot be obtained because the Diet is closed or the House of Representatives dissolved, the Prime Minister may appoint first and seek both Houses' approval afterwards (Article 7, paragraphs (1) to (3)). The National Police Agency (警察庁) is placed under it, and it administers that Agency in the matters Article 5, paragraph (4) lists (Article 5, paragraph (4), and Article 15). Where an Act, a Cabinet Order (政令) or an Order of the Cabinet Office (内閣府令) specially delegates a matter to it, it may make National Public Safety Commission Rules (国家公安委員会規則) (Article 12). Under the Secondhand Goods Business Act, it sets the standard a secondhand goods auction intermediary's methods must meet to be certified as helping prevent the sale of stolen goods and find them quickly, and it receives reports from the prefectural Public Safety Commissions (Secondhand Goods Business Act, Article 21-5, paragraph (1), and Article 27, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15 and Secondhand Goods Business Act, Arts. 21-5, 27 as a reference.