The user of a registered motor vehicle, or of a light motor vehicle subject to inspection or two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle that has been designated a vehicle number, who intends to continue using that motor vehicle after the validity period of the motor vehicle inspection certificate expires must present that motor vehicle and undergo the continuing inspection conducted by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In this case, the user of that motor vehicle must submit that motor vehicle inspection certificate to the Minister.
When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds as a result of the continuing inspection that the motor vehicle conforms to the safety standards, the Minister is to record the validity period on that motor vehicle inspection certificate and return it to the user of that motor vehicle, and when the Minister finds that the motor vehicle does not conform to the safety standards, the Minister is not to return that motor vehicle inspection certificate to the user of that motor vehicle.
The provisions of Article 59, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to continuing inspection.
第五十九条第三項の規定は、継続検査について準用する。
A motor vehicle that is to undergo an extraordinary inspection pursuant to paragraph (2) of the following Article cannot undergo a continuing inspection unless it has undergone the extraordinary inspection.
When a user of a motor vehicle intends to apply for a continuing inspection, and there are grounds for applying for a record of change of the motor vehicle inspection certificate under Article 67, paragraph (1), the user must apply for it in advance.