A person holding an S-MVL, SM-MVL, S-ML, L-ML, or MBL who, during the period (not counting any period during which the person's license is suspended) running from the date on which the person is licensed until the date that marks the passage of one year, in total, that the person has been licensed (hereinafter referred to as the "period during which the person is a novice driver"), engages in conduct that violates this Act, an order under this Act, or a measure under this Act when driving a vehicle that the person is licensed to drive with that license, and the violation falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes with respect to the person's license (hereinafter such a person is referred to as "target novice driver"), a public safety commission is to administer testing to check whether the target novice driver has the ability to safely drive vehicles the person is licensed to drive with that license (hereinafter referred to as "retesting"); provided, however, that this does not apply to the following persons:
公安委員会は、準中型免許、普通免許、大型二輪免許、普通二輪免許又は原付免許を受けた者で、当該免許を受けた日から当該免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年に達することとなる日までの間（以下「初心運転者期間」という。）に当該免許に係る免許自動車等の運転に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定又はこの法律の規定に基づく処分に違反する行為をし、当該行為が当該免許について政令で定める基準に該当することとなつたもの（以下「基準該当初心運転者」という。）に対し、その者が当該免許に係る免許自動車等を安全に運転するために必要な能力を現に有するかどうかを確認するための試験（以下「再試験」という。）を行うものとする。ただし、次に掲げる者については、この限りでない。
a person who has held a license of a higher grade at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold the license in question;
a person who has held the same type of license (including a license that Cabinet Order prescribes as equivalent to the license in question and excluding a license revoked pursuant to Article 104-2-2, paragraph (1), (2), or (4) or a license that Cabinet Order prescribes as equivalent to such a revoked license) at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold the license in question, and who held that license for at least one year in total (other than any period during which that license was suspended);
当該免許を受けた日前六月以内に当該免許と同一の種類の免許（当該免許と同等の免許として政令で定めるものを含み、第百四条の二の二第一項、第二項又は第四項の規定により取り消された免許及びこれに準ずるものとして政令で定める免許を除く。）を受けていたことがあり、かつ、その免許を受けていた期間（その免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年以上である者
a person who has obtained a license of a higher grade than the license in question after the date on which the person obtained the license in question;
a person who completes the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (x) (other than a person engaging in conduct that violates this Act, an order under this Act, or a measure under this Act when driving a vehicle that the person is licensed to drive with the license in question, between the completion of the training and the end of the period during which the person is a novice driver, if that violation falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes with regard to the license in connection with which the person has undergone the training); or
第百八条の二第一項第十号に掲げる講習を終了した者（当該講習を終了した後初心運転者期間が経過することとなるまでの間に当該免許に係る免許自動車等の運転に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定又はこの法律の規定に基づく処分に違反する行為をし、当該行為が当該講習に係る免許について政令で定める基準に該当することとなる者を除く。）
Once the period during which a target novice driver is a novice driver driving under the license in question has passed, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the driver's domicile at the end of that period retests the driver for the necessary skills and knowledge (limited to the necessary knowledge, if it is an MBL) to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, for each type of license.
Article 97, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to retesting administered by public safety commissions.
第九十七条第二項から第四項までの規定は、公安委員会が行う再試験について準用する。
Before administering retesting pursuant to paragraph (1), a public safety commission must notify the target novice driver in writing that it will administer the retesting, giving the reasons for the retesting and other necessary information, promptly after the end of the period during which the person is a novice driver driving under the license in question, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.
Having received a notice of retesting from a public safety commission (meaning the notice under the preceding paragraph; the same applies hereinafter), a target novice driver must submit the written application for retesting that Cabinet Office Order prescribes to that public safety commission and undergo retesting before the period counted from the day following the date on which the person received the notice (for a person who has a compelling reason that Cabinet Order prescribes for not undergoing retesting, the period obtained by excluding from that period the period during which those circumstances exist) comes to exceed one month in total. The provisions of Article 95-6, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis in such a case.
基準該当初心運転者は、公安委員会から再試験の通知（前項の規定による通知をいう。以下同じ。）を受けたときは、当該通知を受けた日の翌日から起算した期間（再試験を受けないことについて政令で定めるやむを得ない理由のある者にあつては、当該期間から当該事情の存する期間を除いた期間）が通算して一月を超えることとなるまでに、当該公安委員会に内閣府令で定める再試験受験申込書を提出して、再試験を受けなければならない。第九十五条の六第三項の規定は、この場合について準用する。
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(Retesting)
A person holding an S-MVL, SM-MVL, S-ML, L-ML, or MBL who, during the period (not counting any period during which the person's license is suspended) running from the date on which the person is…
公安委員会は、準中型免許、普通免許、大型二輪免許、普通二輪免許又は原付免許を受けた者で、当該免許を受けた日から当該免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年に達することとなる日までの間（以下「初心運転者期間」という。）に当該免許に係る免許自動車等の運転に関しこの法律若しくはこの法…
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Before administering retesting pursuant to paragraph (1), a public safety commission must notify the target novice driver in writing that it will administer the retesting…
公安委員会は、第一項の規定に基づき再試験を行おうとする場合には、内閣府令で定めるところにより、基準該当初心運転者の当該免許に係る初心運転者期間が経過した後速やかに、再試験を行う旨及びその理由その他必要な事項を基準該当初心運転者に書面で通知しなければならない。
Open this provision(Revocation in Connection with Retesting)
A public safety commission administering retesting must revoke the license of the person undergoing retesting if it finds that the person does not currently have the level of ability necessary to…
再試験を行つた公安委員会は、再試験の結果、再試験を受けた者が当該免許に係る免許自動車等を安全に運転するために必要な能力を現に有しないと認めるときは、その者の当該免許を取り消さなければならない。
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If a person notified of retesting violates Article 100-2, paragraph (5) in failing to undergo retesting, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over that person's domicile must revoke that…
再試験の通知を受けた者が第百条の二第五項の規定に違反して再試験を受けないと認めるときは、その者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会は、その者の当該免許を取り消さなければならない。
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A public safety commission that has been sent a transfer of measures notice as referred to in the preceding paragraph must revoke a person's license if it finds the person to be in violation of…
前項の処分移送通知書の送付を受けた公安委員会は、その者が第百条の二第五項の規定に違反して当該再試験を受けないと認めるときは、その者の当該免許を取り消さなければならない。この場合において、処分移送通知書を送付した公安委員会は、第二項の規定にかかわらず、その者の当該免許を取り消すことができない。
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training for target novice drivers (other than those whose licenses are suspended) in the necessary skills and knowledge to drive the vehicles the persons are licensed to drive…
基準該当初心運転者（免許の効力が停止されている者を除く。）に対する免許の種類ごとに行う当該免許自動車等の運転について必要な技能及び知識に関する講習
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If the last day of one of the periods prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs falls on a Sunday or any other day that Cabinet Order prescribes, the following day is deemed to be the last day of…
前二項に規定する期間の末日が日曜日その他政令で定める日に当たるときは、これらの日の翌日を当該期間の末日とみなす。
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The part of a driver's license test for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, L-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, or class 2 L-MVL covering the point set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is to be…
前項第二号に掲げる事項について行う大型免許、中型免許、準中型免許、普通免許、大型第二種免許、中型第二種免許及び普通第二種免許の運転免許試験は、道路において行うものとする。ただし、道路において行うことが交通の妨害となるおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定める運転免許試験の項目については、この限りでない。
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The part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) is administered within the scope of the rules of the road prepared by the National Public Safety…
第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての運転免許試験は、第百八条の二十八第四項の規定により国家公安委員会が作成する教則の内容の範囲内で行う。
Open this provision(How Driver's License Tests Are Administered)
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the procedures for implementing driver's license tests, the way they are implemented…
前三項に規定するもののほか、運転免許試験の実施の手続、方法その他運転免許試験について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
Open this provisiondrivingmachine translation
「運転」
Using a vehicle or streetcar on a road as it is meant to be used, including moving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle by pedals or other human-powered gear it has besides its motor, but not specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)· applies throughout the law
public safety commissionmachine translation
「公安委員会」
A prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会), the body in each prefecture that manages its police and that this Act empowers to regulate road traffic and to grant driving licenses.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
license of a higher grademachine translation
「上位免許」
For a given kind of driving license (運転免許), another kind of license, other than a provisional license (仮運転免許), that under Article 85, paragraph (2) also lets its holder drive the vehicles (免許自動車等) the first license is for.
Defined inArticle 71-5, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 100-2, paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii)
vehicle the person is licensed to drivemachine translation
「免許自動車等」
For a given kind of driving license (運転免許), the motor vehicles and motorized bicycles that its holder may drive under Article 85, paragraph (2), following the categories of the table in Article 85, paragraph (1).
Short name set inArticle 71-5, paragraph (2)
license
「免許」
A driving license (運転免許) granted by a prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (1)
motor vehicle or motorized bicyclemachine translation
「自動車等」
Motor vehicles (自動車) and general motorized bicycles (一般原動機付自転車), the vehicles a person must hold a driver's license (運転免許) to drive.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (1)
MBL
「原付免許」
A motorized bicycle license (原動機付自転車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a general motorized bicycle (一般原動機付自転車).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
L-ML
「大型二輪免許」
A large motorcycle license (大型自動二輪車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a large motorcycle (大型自動二輪車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers standard motorcycles, special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
S-ML
「普通二輪免許」
A standard motorcycle license (普通自動二輪車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a standard motorcycle (普通自動二輪車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
S-MVL
「普通免許」
A standard motor vehicle license (普通自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a standard motor vehicle (普通自動車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
SM-MVL
「準中型免許」
A semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license (準中型自動車免許), one of the kinds of class 1 license (第一種免許) that Article 84, paragraph (3) sets out; the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2015 use the term for that license as that Act left Article 84, when deeming licenses held under the earlier wording to be licenses of the new kinds.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (3)
retesting
「再試験」
A test the public safety commission (公安委員会) gives a target novice driver (基準該当初心運転者) to check whether they have the ability needed to drive the vehicles their license covers safely, except for the persons the items of Article 100-2, paragraph (1) exclude.
Short name set inArticle 100-2, paragraph (1)
period during which the person is a novice driver
「初心運転者期間」
For a holder of a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license (準中型免許), standard motor vehicle license (普通免許), large motorcycle license (大型二輪免許), standard motorcycle license (普通二輪免許) or motorized bicycle license (原付免許), the time from the day they obtained the license until they have held it for one year in total, not counting any time it was suspended.
Short name set inArticle 100-2, paragraph (1)
target novice driver
「基準該当初心運転者」
A holder of a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle, standard motor vehicle, large motorcycle, standard motorcycle or motorized bicycle license who, during the novice driver period (初心運転者期間), has broken this Act, an order under it or a disposition under it in driving the vehicles that license covers, in a way that meets the standard a Cabinet Order (政令) sets for that license.
Short name set inArticle 100-2, paragraph (1)