①A public safety commission may have the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police or the chief of the prefectural police (hereinafter referred to as the "chief of the prefectural police") handle administrative processes involved in withholding and suspending licenses (including those involved in granting persons opportunities for explanation, hearings, and hearings of opinions when those measures are taken), granting provisional licenses, and revoking provisional licenses.

②An area public safety commission may have the chief of area headquarters handle those of the administrative processes prescribed in the preceding paragraph that have been delegated to it by the Hokkaido public safety commission, pursuant to the preceding Article.