The validity period of a motor vehicle inspection certificate is one year for a motor vehicle used for motor vehicle transport business that transports passengers, a motor vehicle used for transporting cargo, and a private-use motor vehicle specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, other than a light motor vehicle subject to inspection, and two years for other motor vehicles.
When a motor vehicle inspection certificate is issued for the first time pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or Article 71, paragraph (4) for a motor vehicle listed in the following items, the validity period of that motor vehicle inspection certificate is, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the period set forth in the relevant item:
among motor vehicles whose motor vehicle inspection certificate has a validity period of one year under the preceding paragraph, motor vehicles used for transporting cargo with a gross vehicle weight of less than eight tons and private-use motor vehicles specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: two years;
among motor vehicles whose motor vehicle inspection certificate has a validity period of two years under the preceding paragraph, private-use passenger motor vehicles (meaning private-use motor vehicles used for transporting persons, excluding those specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) and two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicles: three years.
When issuing or returning a motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (1), Article 62, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 63, paragraph (3) and Article 67, paragraph (4)) or Article 71, paragraph (4), if the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds that the motor vehicle is likely to cease to conform to the safety standards before the validity period under paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph elapses, the Minister may shorten the validity period under paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph.
In the case of reissuance of a motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 70, the validity period of the newly issued motor vehicle inspection certificate is the remaining period of the validity period of the previous motor vehicle inspection certificate.
第七十条の規定により自動車検査証の再交付をする場合にあつては、新たに交付する自動車検査証の有効期間は、従前の自動車検査証の有効期間の残存期間とする。