Article 97Compulsory Execution against Registered Motor Vehicles, etc.
第九十七条（登録自動車に対する強制執行等）
With 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.
登録自動車に対する強制執行及び仮差押えの執行については、地方裁判所が執行裁判所又は保全執行裁判所として、これを管轄する。ただし、仮差押えの執行で最高裁判所規則で定めるものについては、地方裁判所以外の裁判所が保全執行裁判所として、これを管轄する。
Matters 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.
前項の強制執行及び仮差押えの執行に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the auction of a registered motor vehicle.
The 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.
前三項の規定は、自動車抵当法第二条但書に規定する大型特殊自動車については、適用しない。
第九十七条の二
In 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).
In 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.
If 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.
Article 97-3Notification of Use of Light Motor Vehicles Exempt from Inspection, etc.
第九十七条の三（検査対象外軽自動車の使用の届出等）
A 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.
The provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to light motor vehicles exempt from inspection.
Matters 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.
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).
Article 98Prohibition of Unauthorized Use, etc.
第九十八条（不正使用等の禁止）
No 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.
何人も、行使の目的をもつて、自動車登録番号標、臨時運行許可番号標、回送運行許可番号標、臨時検査合格標章、検査標章若しくは保安基準適合標章を偽造し、若しくは変造し、又は偽造若しくは変造に係るこれらの物を使用してはならない。
No 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.
何人も、行使の目的をもつて、自動車登録番号標、臨時運行許可番号標、回送運行許可番号標、臨時検査合格標章、検査標章若しくは保安基準適合標章に紛らわしい外観を有する物を製造し、又はこれらの物を使用してはならない。
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 must not be used on any motor vehicle other than the relevant motor vehicle.
自動車登録番号標、臨時運行許可番号標、回送運行許可番号標、臨時検査合格標章、検査標章又は保安基準適合標章は、当該自動車以外の自動車に使用してはならない。
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.
第四十条から第四十二条までの規定は、道路以外の場所において使用する自動車であつて多数の人員の輸送を行うものその他政令で定める保安上又は公害防止その他の環境保全上特に重要なものの使用について準用する。
Article 99-2Prohibition of Unauthorized Modification, etc.
第九十九条の二（不正改造等の禁止）
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.
何人も、第五十八条第一項の規定により有効な自動車検査証の交付を受けている自動車又は第九十七条の三第一項の規定により使用の届出を行つている検査対象外軽自動車（以下「自動車検査証交付済自動車等」という。）について、自動車又はその部分の改造、装置の取付け又は取り外しその他これらに類する行為であつて、当該自動車が保安基準に適合しないこととなるものを行つてはならない。
Article 99-3Permission for Specified Modification, etc.
第九十九条の三（特定改造等の許可）
A 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:
自動車検査証交付済自動車等について、次に掲げる行為（以下「特定改造等」という。）をしようとする者は、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、国土交通大臣の許可を受けなければならない。
the act of carrying out, by a method using a telecommunications line or any other method specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a modification of a motor vehicle by altering a program, etc. (meaning a program or other information used for processing by a computer; the same applies hereinafter) incorporated in an automated operation device or other equipment, that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as one in which, unless the program, etc. for that modification is appropriate, the motor vehicle is likely to fail to conform to the safety standards; or
the act of providing, by a method using a telecommunications line or any other method specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the user of a motor vehicle or any other person with the program, etc. for the modification, for the purpose of having the modification prescribed in the preceding item carried out.
The 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".
The 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:
the applicant is a person who conforms to the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as a person having the capability and system sufficient to appropriately carry out specified modification, etc.; and
申請者が特定改造等を適確に実施するに足りる能力及び体制を有する者として国土交通省令で定める基準に適合する者であること。
the motor vehicle modified by altering the program, etc. in the application conforms to the safety standards.
A 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.
In 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.
If 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.
If 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:
the person violates this Act, an order under this Act, or a disposition under this Act or an order under this Act;
この法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令又はこれらに基づく処分に違反したとき。
the person violates a condition attached to the permission pursuant to Article 78, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2); or
the person obtains the permission referred to in paragraph (1) by deception or other wrongful means.
偽りその他不正の手段により第一項の許可を受けたとき。
The 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):
examination of whether an applicant for the permission referred to in paragraph (1) has the capability sufficient to appropriately carry out specified modification, etc.; and
examination of whether a motor vehicle modified by altering the program, etc. in an application for the permission referred to in paragraph (1) conforms to the safety standards.
When 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.
Article 99-4Inquiries to the Information Management Center
第九十九条の四（情報管理センターに対する照会）
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.