A person who has a license (other than an SS-MVL, MBL, or provisional license) (other than a person whose license is under a suspension pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (5), Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 103-2, paragraph (1), Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)) may be issued a driver's license as referred to in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Convention, for motor vehicles and motorized bicycles as prescribed in Annex 10 to the Convention that are in keeping with the motor vehicles and motorized bicycles that the license permits the person to drive and in accordance with the categories that Cabinet Office Order prescribes, this driver's license being issued by a public safety commission (hereinafter referred to as a "Foreign Driving Permit").
A person seeking a Foreign Driving Permit must submit an application for issuance in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes, together with a document evidencing that the person will visit a foreign country, to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the person's domicile.
Upon the filing of an application as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a public safety commission is to specify the types of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles, that the person may drive and issue a Foreign Driving Permit inscribed with an indication of these.
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the format of Foreign International Driving Permits and other necessary information regarding their issuance.