①With regard to compulsory execution against and the execution of provisional seizure of a registered motor vehicle, the district court has jurisdiction as the execution court or the court for execution of preservation; provided, however, that with regard to the execution of a provisional seizure specified by Rules of the Supreme Court, a court other than a district court has jurisdiction as the court for execution of preservation.

②Matters necessary with regard to the compulsory execution and the execution of provisional seizure referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Rules of the Supreme Court.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the auction of a registered motor vehicle.

④The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to a large special motor vehicle prescribed in the proviso to Article 2 of the Automobile Mortgage Act.

①In the case where the user of a motor vehicle intends to have the motor vehicle inspection certificate returned pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 67, paragraph (4)) (in the case of the user of a light motor vehicle subject to inspection or a two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle, limited to the case where the user intends to have the certificate returned pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2)), the user of that motor vehicle must present a document sufficient to certify that the owner of that motor vehicle has no current arrears of motor vehicle tax or light motor vehicle tax on that motor vehicle (excluding arrears due to a natural disaster or other unavoidable reason).

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the presentation of a document sufficient to certify that there are currently no arrears of motor vehicle tax or light motor vehicle tax may be replaced, as provided by Cabinet Order, by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (where Article 74-4 applies, the Organization; the same applies in the following paragraph) confirming with the local government that imposed that motor vehicle tax or light motor vehicle tax whether or not the amount has been paid.

③If there is no presentation of the document referred to in paragraph (1) or confirmation of the fact of payment referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is not to return the motor vehicle inspection certificate.

①A light motor vehicle exempt from inspection must not be put into operation unless its user has notified the Director of the District Transport Bureau having jurisdiction over the location of its base of operations and has been assigned a vehicle number.

②The provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to light motor vehicles exempt from inspection.

③Matters concerning the vehicle number plate to be displayed on a light motor vehicle exempt from inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding paragraph are specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

①In 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.

②The 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).

①No person may, for the purpose of use, forge or alter a motor vehicle registration number plate, temporary operation permit number plate, delivery operation permit number plate, extraordinary inspection pass mark, inspection mark or safety standards conformity mark, or use any of these items that has been forged or altered.

②No person may, for the purpose of use, manufacture or use any item having an appearance confusingly similar to a motor vehicle registration number plate, temporary operation permit number plate, delivery operation permit number plate, extraordinary inspection pass mark, inspection mark or safety standards conformity mark.

③A motor vehicle registration number plate, temporary operation permit number plate, delivery operation permit number plate, extraordinary inspection pass mark, inspection mark or safety standards conformity mark must not be used on any motor vehicle other than the relevant motor vehicle.

The provisions of Articles 40 through 42 apply mutatis mutandis to the use of motor vehicles used in places other than roads that transport a large number of persons, and other motor vehicles specified by Cabinet Order as being particularly important in terms of safety or pollution prevention or other conservation of the environment.

No person may, with regard to a motor vehicle for which a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate has been issued pursuant to Article 58, paragraph (1) or a light motor vehicle exempt from inspection for which notification of use has been made pursuant to Article 97-3, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "motor vehicle issued with a motor vehicle inspection certificate, etc."), carry out any modification of the motor vehicle or a part thereof, attachment or removal of equipment, or other similar act that would cause the motor vehicle to fail to conform to the safety standards.

①A person who intends to carry out any of the following acts (hereinafter referred to as "specified modification, etc.") with regard to a motor vehicle issued with a motor vehicle inspection certificate, etc. must obtain permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in advance, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism:

②The provisions of Article 78, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "conditions" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "conditions or time limits".

③The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may not grant the permission referred to in paragraph (1) unless the Minister finds that the application for that permission conforms to the following standards:

④A person who has obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) must maintain the person's capability and system so as to conform to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as referred to in item (i) of the preceding paragraph.

⑤In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, a person who has obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) must comply with the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as necessary for ensuring the appropriate management of programs, etc., reliable alteration, and other appropriate implementation of specified modification, etc.

⑥If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds that the capability and system of a person who has obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) do not conform to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as referred to in item (i) of paragraph (3), or that a person who has obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) is not complying, with regard to specified modification, etc., with the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister may order that person to take the measures necessary to bring the person's capability and system into conformity with the standards or to ensure the appropriate implementation of specified modification, etc.

⑦If a person who has obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may, by specifying a period, order the suspension of specified modification, etc., or revoke the permission referred to in that paragraph:

⑧The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to have the Agency carry out the following among the affairs relating to the permission referred to in paragraph (1):

⑨When the Agency has conducted the examinations set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, it must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the results of those examinations without delay, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, inquire of the Information Management Center about matters necessary concerning dismantling report records.

①In addition to what is provided for in Article 75-6, paragraph (1), if the relevant administrative agency finds it necessary for achieving the purpose of Article 1, it may have the following persons submit reports concerning the ownership or use of road transport vehicles, or their business or operations:

②A relevant official may, in addition to what is provided for in Article 75-6, paragraph (1), if the official finds it particularly necessary for achieving the purpose of Article 1, enter the offices or other places of business of the persons set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, or places where road transport vehicles are found to be located, and inspect road transport vehicles, books and documents, and other articles, or question persons concerned.

③In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant official must carry an identification card showing the official's status and present it when requested by a person concerned.

④The authority under paragraph (2) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.

①When a relevant official inspects any of the following items pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the relevant administrative agency may have the Agency conduct the examination prescribed in the respective item:

②When the Agency has conducted the examinations prescribed in the items of the preceding paragraph, it must notify the relevant administrative agency of the results of those examinations without delay, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

①The following persons (excluding the State and incorporated administrative agencies (limited to incorporated administrative agencies prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999) that are specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the content of their operations and other circumstances; the same applies in item (viii)); the same applies in the following paragraph) must pay a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs to the State (to the Organization, where a person set forth in item (iv), item (x) or item (xi) files the application with the Organization):

②A person who applies for a new inspection, continuing inspection, inspection for change of structure, etc. or preliminary inspection must pay to the State (to the Organization, where the application is filed with the Organization) a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs (excluding actual costs relating to the management of technical information for examination), and to the Agency a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs relating to the management of technical information for examination, respectively.

③Among the persons prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a person who intends to undergo a standards conformity examination conducted by the Agency must, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph, pay to the State a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs relating to the issuance of the motor vehicle inspection certificate, and to the Agency a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs relating to the standards conformity examination, respectively.

④A person set forth in each of the following items must pay to the State a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs (excluding actual costs relating to the examination prescribed in the respective item), and to the Agency a fee in an amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual costs relating to the examination prescribed in the respective item, respectively:

⑤Payment of the fee referred to in paragraph (1) by a person set forth in items (i) through (iv), item (vii), item (viii) or items (x) through (xii) of that paragraph, payment of the fees referred to in that paragraph and paragraph (3) by a person prescribed in paragraph (2), and payment of the fee referred to in paragraph (4) by a person set forth in the items of that paragraph must be made, except in the case of payment to the Agency or the Organization, by means of motor vehicle inspection and registration revenue stamps, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; provided, however, that where a request under paragraph (1), item (viii) is made, payment may be made in cash, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

⑥If a person who makes the request referred to in paragraph (1), item (viii), or a person who files an application, etc. under the items of paragraph (1) (excluding item (viii)), paragraph (2) or the items of paragraph (4) by using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002) pursuant to that paragraph, does not pay the fee within the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (where Article 74-4 applies, the Organization) may dismiss the application, etc., as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

⑦Fees under paragraphs (1) and (2) that are paid to the Organization constitute revenue of the Organization.

⑧Fees under paragraphs (2) through (4) that are paid to the Agency constitute revenue of the Agency.

①When the relevant administrative agency intends to order the suspension of business pursuant to Article 26, paragraph (2) or Article 93, or the suspension of issuance of safety standards conformity certificates, safety standards conformity marks and limited safety standards conformity certificates pursuant to Article 94-8, paragraph (1), it must hold a hearing, regardless of the classification of procedures for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act.

②When the relevant administrative agency holds a hearing relating to a disposition under Article 26, paragraph (2), Article 36-2, paragraph (8) (limited to the case of revocation of permission), Article 53, Article 75, paragraph (8) or (9), Article 75-2, paragraph (5) or (6), Article 75-3, paragraph (6) or (7), Article 93, Article 94, paragraph (4), Article 94-4, paragraph (4), Article 94-8, paragraph (1) or Article 99-3, paragraph (7) (limited to the case of revocation of permission), it must give the notice under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act by one week before the date of the hearing, and must also give public notice of the date and place of the hearing.

③If a notification as provided for in the preceding paragraph is to be made according to a method as prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the reasonable period of time to be provided prior to the date of the hearing pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same article must not be less than two weeks in length.

④The proceedings on the hearing date referred to in paragraph (2) must be open to the public.

A person dissatisfied with a disposition relating to light motor vehicle inspection work conducted by the Organization, or its failure to act, may file a request for review with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In this case, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is deemed to be the superior administrative agency of the Organization for the purpose of the application of Article 25, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 46, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 47 and Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act.

In the case of establishing, amending or abolishing a Cabinet Order or an Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism pursuant to the provisions of this Act, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) may be provided for by the Cabinet Order or the Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, respectively, within the extent judged reasonably necessary in connection with that establishment, amendment or abolition.

①The authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism provided for in this Act may be delegated to a Director of a District Transport Bureau, as provided by Cabinet Order.

②The authority of a Director of a District Transport Bureau provided for in this Act and the authority delegated to a Director of a District Transport Bureau pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated to a Director of a Transport Supervision Department or a Director of a Transport Branch Office, as provided by Cabinet Order.

③Where the authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a Director of a District Transport Bureau has been delegated to a Director of a District Transport Bureau, or to a Director of a Transport Supervision Department or a Director of a Transport Branch Office, pursuant to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, matters necessary for the application of the provisions of this Act and other laws and regulations may be specified by Cabinet Order within the extent judged reasonably necessary.

The affairs that municipalities (including special wards) are to handle under the provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (6), Article 34, paragraph (2) and Article 35, paragraph (4) (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73, paragraph (2)) are Type I statutory entrusted affairs prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).