Article 58Inspection of Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Inspection Certificates
第五十八条（自動車の検査及び自動車検査証）
A motor vehicle (excluding a light motor vehicle specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as "light motor vehicle exempt from inspection") and a special small motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) must not be used for operation unless it has undergone the inspection conducted by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as prescribed in this Chapter and has been issued a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate.
A motor vehicle inspection certificate is a card on which the chassis number, the name of the user and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism are stated, and on which these particulars, the validity period and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as "particulars recorded on the motor vehicle inspection certificate") are recorded by an electronic method, a magnetic method or any other method that cannot be recognized by human perception.
自動車検査証は、車台番号、使用者の氏名又は名称その他国土交通省令で定める事項が記載され、かつ、これらの事項、有効期間その他国土交通省令で定める事項（以下「自動車検査証記録事項」という。）が電子的方法、磁気的方法その他の人の知覚によつては認識することができない方法により記録されたカードとする。
A national administrative organ, local government, private business operator or other person that handles affairs performed by identifying specific motor vehicles and is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, record the particulars necessary for handling those affairs in the part of a motor vehicle inspection certificate that is separate from the part in which the particulars recorded on the motor vehicle inspection certificate are recorded, and use it. In this case, those persons must handle the motor vehicle inspection certificate in accordance with the standards established by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as necessary to ensure the secure management of the particulars recorded on the motor vehicle inspection certificate, such as preventing their leakage, loss or damage.
自動車検査証は、特定の自動車を識別して行う事務を処理する国の行政機関、地方公共団体、民間事業者その他の者であつて国土交通省令で定めるものが、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、自動車検査証の自動車検査証記録事項が記録された部分と区分された部分に、当該事務を処理するために必要な事項を記録して利用することができる。この場合において、これらの者は、自動車検査証記録事項の漏えい、滅失又は毀損の防止その他の自動車検査証記録事項の安全管理を図るため必要なものとして国土交通大臣が定める基準に従つて自動車検査証を取り扱わなければならない。