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警察署長(けいさつしょちょう)

The head of a police station (警察署). The Police Act (警察法) divides each prefecture's area into districts, each served by a police station, and places a chief in every station (Police…

Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 48, 51, 53, Road Traffic Act, Art. 77 and Lost Property Act, Art. 4 as a reference.

方面公安委員会(ほうめんこうあんいいんかい)

A commission the Police Act (警察法) sets up in Hokkaido (道). Hokkaido is divided into no more than five districts (方面), and each district except the one where the Hokkaido Police Hea…

Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 46, 51 and Anti-Stalking Act, Arts. 15, 17 as a reference.

報労金(ほうろうきん)

The reward a person who gets back property they lost (遺失者) must pay its finder (拾得者): an amount from 5% to 20% of the property's value, or of the price it fetched where the police…

Written by AI using Lost Property Act, Arts. 9, 17, 20, 28, 29, 31, 34 as a reference.

competent police station chief

所轄警察署長(しょかつけいさつしょちょう)

The chief of the police station (警察署長) with jurisdiction over the place where road work, a structure, a stall or another use of a road that needs permission under Article 77 is to take place, who grants that permission.

police chief of the place of departure

出発地警察署長(しゅっぱつちけいさつしょちょう)

The chief of the police station (警察署長) with jurisdiction over the place a vehicle sets out from, who may permit it to carry loads outside the places built for passengers and loads, or beyond the load limits.

excessive load

過積載(かせきさい)

Loading a vehicle with cargo heavier than the limit under Article 57, paragraph (1), or than the weight allowed by a permit under paragraph (3) of that Article.

車両に積載をする積載物の重量が第五十七条第一項の制限に係る重量(同条第三項の規定による許可に係る積載物については、当該許可に係る重量)を超える場合における当該積載

structure or object

工作物等(こうさくぶつとう)

A structure (工作物) or object (物件) involved in a violation of the rules on use of roads, which the chief of a police station may order removed, moved or repaired under Article 81.

property in custody

保管物件(ほかんぶっけん)

Property (物件) that a special-case facility occupant (特例施設占有者) keeps in its own custody under the second sentence of Article 17, having notified the chief of a police station (警察署長) of it instead of handing it in.

warning

警告(けいこく)

A warning given under Article 4(1) by the Superintendent General, a prefectural police chief or a police station chief (警察本部長等) to someone who has breached Article 3 and is likely to do so again, telling them not to repeat the act.

Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc.

警察本部長等(けいさつほんぶちょうとう)

The Superintendent General (警視総監), who heads the police of Tokyo, the chief of the police headquarters of any other prefecture (道府県警察本部長), or the chief of a police station (警察署長).

registration

登録(とうろく)

In Articles 51-8 to 51-11, registration with a public safety commission (公安委員会) of a corporation that seeks to take on, under contract from a police station chief (警察署長), the work of checking abandoned vehicles and attaching marks to them (確認事務).

public notice

公告(こうこく)

The public notice that Article 7, paragraph (1) requires the chief of a police station (警察署長) to give of the type and features of property (物件) handed in, and of the date, time and place it was found, when the person who lost it (遺失者), or where that person is, cannot be found.

submission

提出(ていしゅつ)

A finder's (拾得者) handing in of found property (物件) to the chief of a police station (警察署長) under Article 4, paragraph (1).

sale

売却(ばいきゃく)

A sale by the chief of a police station (警察署長), under Article 9, paragraph (1) or (2), of property (物件) handed in to them, in the cases those paragraphs allow; the word has this meaning in Articles 9 and 10.

provisional suspension

仮停止(かりていし)

In Article 103-2, a suspension of a driving license (免許) by the chief of the police station where a holder caused a traffic accident, lasting until the day 30 days after the accident counting that day, in the cases that paragraph lists, each a violation by the holder involving a traffic accident that killed or injured someone.

agency in charge of checking for abandoned vehicles

放置車両確認機関(ほうちしゃりょうかくにんきかん)

A corporation registered with the public safety commission (公安委員会) to which the chief of a police station has entrusted the work of checking for abandoned vehicles and attaching notice marks (確認事務).

person in possession, owner, or holder of title

占有者等(せんゆうしゃとう)

In Articles 81 and 82, the person in possession (占有者), owner (所有者) or other person with title (権原) to a structure or object (工作物等) that the chief of a police station has taken into storage.

Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc.

警察本部長等(けいさつほんぶちょうとう)

The Superintendent General (警視総監), who heads the police of Tokyo, the chief of the police headquarters of any other prefecture (道府県警察本部長), or the chief of a police station (警察署長).

charges, fines, or fees

負担金等(ふたんきんとう)

In Article 51, the charge (負担金) a police station chief (警察署長) has ordered a driver, user or owner of a vehicle to pay for the costs of moving and storing it and related measures, together with the late-payment charge (延滞金) and the fee for the demand that may be added when it is not paid on time.

warning, etc.

警告等(けいこくとう)

In Article 6(2), a warning (警告) or a prohibition order, etc. (禁止命令等).

construction or work

工事等(こうじとう)

Construction work (工事) or other work (作業) involved in a violation of the rules on use of roads, which the chief of a police station may order stopped under Article 81.

owner or other such person

所有者等(しょゆうしゃとう)

In Article 51, the owner (所有者), possessor (占有者) or other person with title (権原) to a load found in a vehicle that the chief of a police station has stored under Article 51, paragraph (6).

permission to exceed restrictions

制限外許可(せいげんがいきょか)

In Article 58, a permission from the chief of the police station of the place of departure (出発地警察署長), under Article 56 or Article 57, paragraph (3), to carry a load outside the places built for it, or an indivisible load beyond the load limits.