A person other than a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicle chassis or motors, and a person designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must not stamp the chassis number or motor model of a motor vehicle.
自動車の製作を業とする者、自動車の車台又は原動機の製作を業とする者及び国土交通大臣が指定した者以外の者は、自動車の車台番号又は原動機の型式を打刻してはならない。
When a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicle chassis or motors, or a person who has received the designation under the preceding paragraph intends to stamp the chassis number or motor model of a motor vehicle, the person must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in advance of its form and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and do so in accordance with what was notified.
Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds the matters relating to the notification under the preceding paragraph to be inappropriate, the Minister may order that they be changed.
国土交通大臣は、前項の届出に係る事項が適当でないと認めるときは、その変更を命ずることができる。