Article 107-5Prohibiting Persons from Driving Motor Vehicles and Motorized Bicycles; Other Measures

②If a person with an International Driving Permit or license comes to fall under one of the following items, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile at the time that the person comes to fall under the item may prohibit the person, in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes, from driving motor vehicles and motorized bicycles that the permit or license is for, for a period of at least three and up to 10 years that it fixes:

③Article 103, paragraph (10) applies mutatis mutandis to a person who is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9). In such a case, the phrase "the period of the license suspension" in paragraph (10) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the period during which the person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle".

④Article 104 applies mutatis mutandis if a public safety commission seeks to prohibit a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle for 90 days or more (or for a period of up to 90 days that the public safety commission fixes, if any; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) pursuant to paragraph (1), item (ii) or the items of paragraph (2) on the grounds that the person falls under paragraph (1), item (ii) or the items of paragraph (2), or if a public safety commission has been sent a transfer of measures notice (but only one in connection with what is provided in paragraph (1), item (ii) or the items of paragraph (2)) as referred to in Article 103, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph); and Article 104-2 applies mutatis mutandis if a public safety commission seeks to prohibit a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle for 90 days or more pursuant to paragraph (1) on the grounds that the person falls under item (i) of that paragraph, or if a public safety commission has been sent a transfer of measures notice (but only in connection with what is provided in paragraph (1), item (i)) as referred to in Article 103, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9). In such a case, the phrase "may revoke or suspend the person's license (but only in connection with what is provided in Article 103, paragraph (1), item (v)) as under paragraph (1) or (4) of that Article or revoke the person's license (but only in connection with what is provided in paragraph (2), item (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of that Article) as under paragraph (2) or (4) of that Article, without holding a hearing of opinions" in Article 104, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "may prohibit the person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle as under Article 107-5, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) (this is limited to a prohibition in connection with what is provided in paragraph (1), item (ii) or the items of Article 107-5, paragraph (2)), without holding a hearing of opinions" and the phrase "To hold a hearing as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a hearing on the revocation of a license under Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4) (but only in connection with what is provided in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article (other than item (v))), or a hearing on the revocation of a license under paragraph (2) or (4) of that Article (but only in connection with what is provided in paragraph (2), item (v) of that Article)" in paragraph (2) of Article 104-2 is deemed to be replaced with "To hold a hearing as referred to in the preceding paragraph".

⑤A person with an International Driving Permit or license must promptly submit it to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the person's domicile if the person is prohibited from driving motor vehicle or motorized bicycle pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) or paragraph (4) of Article 103 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9).

⑥A public safety commission to which an International Driving Permit or license is submitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph or sent pursuant to paragraph (5) or (6) of Article 103-2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (10) must immediately return it at the request of the person submitting it once the period for the measures in question is over or when the person departs from Japan, whichever comes first.

⑦A person who is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), paragraph (4) of Article 103 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9), or paragraph (1) of Article 103-2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (10) must promptly submit the International Driving Permit or license thereof to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the person's domicile if, after departing from Japan, the person lands in Japan again during the term of those measures. The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis in such a case.

⑧If a public safety commission prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) or paragraph (4) of Article 103 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph, or shortens the period pursuant to paragraph (10) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3), it must inscribe the particulars of those measures on the International Driving Permit or license of the person subject to them, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.

⑨Paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (9) of Article 103 apply mutatis mutandis if a person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2). In such a case, the phrase "that commission may either revoke the person's license or suspend it for a period of up to six months that it fixes if the person falls under one of the items of paragraph (1) (if the person falls under item (v) of that paragraph and Article 102-2 applies, such measures may only be taken if the period referred to in that Article passes without the person undergoing the training prescribed in that Article), in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes which are referred to in that paragraph, or may revoke the person's license if the person falls under one of the items of paragraph (2)" in paragraph (4) of Article 103 is deemed to be replaced with "that commission may prohibit that person from driving motor vehicles or motorized bicycles that the International Driving Permit or license is for, fixing a period of up to five years for the same, in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes which are referred to in that paragraph, if the person falls under one of the items of Article 107-5, paragraph (1) (if the person falls under item (ii) of that paragraph and Article 102-2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-4-2 applies, this may only be done if the period referred to in Article 102-2 passes without the person undergoing the training prescribed in Article 102-2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-4-2); and may prohibit that person from driving motor vehicles or motorized bicycles that the International Driving Permit or license is for, fixing a period of three to ten years for the same, in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes which are referred to in that paragraph, if the person falls under one of the items of Article 107-5, paragraph (2)".

⑩Article 103-2 (other than paragraph (4)) applies mutatis mutandis if a person with an International Driving Permit or license comes to fall under one of the items of paragraph (1) of that Article in driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle. In such a case, in that Article, the phrase "suspend the licensee's license" is deemed to be replaced with "prohibit the person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle", the phrase "If the license of a person under a provisional suspension is suspended" is deemed to be replaced with "If a person under a provisional prohibition is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle", the phrase "the license is suspended" is deemed to be replaced with "the person is prohibited from driving it", the term "provisional suspension" is deemed to be replaced with "provisional prohibition", the phrase "provisionally suspended a person's license" is deemed to be replaced with "provisionally prohibited a person from driving", the phrase "the license was provisionally suspended" is deemed to be replaced with "the person was provisionally prohibited from driving", the term "license" is deemed to be replaced with "International Driving Permit or license", and the term "provisional suspension notice" is deemed to be replaced with "provisional prohibition notice"; the term "has" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "holds"; the phrase "paragraph (3) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (3) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of Article 107-5"; the phrase "paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (7) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 107-5 or paragraph (4) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of Article 107-5"; and the phrase "paragraph (1) or (4) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 107-5 or paragraph (4) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of Article 107-5".

⑪Article 104-3 applies mutatis mutandis if a person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article, or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9).