Article 97-4Non-Issuance of Motor Vehicle Inspection Certificates for Non-Payment of Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax, etc.
第九十七条の四（自動車重量税の不納付による自動車検査証の不交付等）
In the case where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (where Article 74-4 applies, the Organization) issues or returns a motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (1), Article 62, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 63, paragraph (3) and Article 67, paragraph (4)) or Article 71, paragraph (4), if the motor vehicle tonnage tax to be imposed on the motor vehicle for which the certificate is issued or returned has not been paid (excluding the case where the payment of that motor vehicle tonnage tax has been entrusted pursuant to Article 10-3, paragraph (1) of the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act (Act No. 89 of 1971)), the Minister (or the Organization) is not to issue or return that motor vehicle inspection certificate.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the case where the Director of the District Transport Bureau assigns a vehicle number pursuant to Article 97-3, paragraph (1).