When any of the following grounds has arisen with respect to a motor vehicle, the user of the motor vehicle must surrender the motor vehicle inspection certificate to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism within 15 days from the day on which the ground arose (where the ground is the dismantling of an end-of-life automobile, the day on which the user learned that a dismantling report record had been made):
when the motor vehicle has been destroyed, dismantled (excluding where it is dismantled for maintenance or modification), or its use as a motor vehicle has been abolished;
当該自動車が滅失し、解体し（整備又は改造のために解体する場合を除く。）、又は自動車の用途を廃止したとき。
when the chassis of the motor vehicle has ceased to be the one that existed at the time of the new registration of the motor vehicle (in the case of a light motor vehicle subject to inspection or a two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle, at the time of the designation of the vehicle number);
when provisional cancellation of registration for export based on an application under Article 15-2, paragraph (1), or temporary cancellation of registration based on an application under Article 16, paragraph (1), has been made with respect to the motor vehicle;
when a certificate of notification of scheduled export has been issued with respect to the motor vehicle based on a notification under paragraph (3) of the following Article.
A person who has been ordered to suspend the use of a motor vehicle pursuant to Article 54, paragraph (2) or Article 54-2, paragraph (6) must, without delay, surrender the motor vehicle inspection certificate to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
第五十四条第二項又は第五十四条の二第六項の規定により自動車の使用の停止を命ぜられた者は、遅滞なく、当該自動車検査証を国土交通大臣に返納しなければならない。
When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has revoked the suspension of use pursuant to Article 54, paragraph (3), or when the period of suspension of use of a motor vehicle under Article 54-2, paragraph (6) has expired and the motor vehicle has come to conform to the safety standards, the Minister must return the surrendered motor vehicle inspection certificate.
国土交通大臣は、第五十四条第三項の規定により使用の停止の取消をしたとき又は第五十四条の二第六項の規定による自動車の使用の停止の期間が満了し、かつ、当該自動車が保安基準に適合するに至つたときは、返納を受けた自動車検査証を返付しなければならない。
The user of a light motor vehicle subject to inspection or a two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle for which a vehicle number has been designated may, when the user has ceased to use the motor vehicle for operation, surrender the motor vehicle inspection certificate to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and receive the issuance of a certificate of surrender of motor vehicle inspection certificate.