Article 51-7Presentation of Documents Evidencing Payment or Collection of Abandonment Penalties, Fines, and Fees
第五十一条の七（放置違反金等の納付等を証する書面の提示）
If a person seeking the return of a motor vehicle inspection certificate (meaning the return of a motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2) of the Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 67, paragraph (4) of that Act) or Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Comprehensive Special Zones Act (Act No. 81 of 2011); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) has become subject to a demand under Article 51-4, paragraph (13) (but only one connected with a payment order (other than one that has been revoked pursuant to paragraph (16) of that Article) of which the motor vehicle in question was the cause) after a motor vehicle inspection certificate was last issued as under Article 60, paragraph (1) or Article 71, paragraph (4) of that Act or after a motor vehicle inspection certificate was last returned for that vehicle (meaning a motor vehicle as prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1) of the Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation), the person must present a document to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or other relevant authority evidencing that the abandonment penalty, fines, or fees subject to the demand have been paid or collected.
自動車検査証の返付（道路運送車両法第六十二条第二項（同法第六十七条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）又は総合特別区域法（平成二十三年法律第八十一号）第二十二条の二第三項の規定による自動車検査証の返付をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を受けようとする者は、その自動車（道路運送車両法第五十八条第一項に規定する自動車をいう。）が最後に同法第六十条第一項若しくは第七十一条第四項の規定による自動車検査証の交付又は自動車検査証の返付を受けた後に第五十一条の四第十三項の規定による督促（当該自動車が原因となつた納付命令（同条第十六項の規定により取り消されたものを除く。）に係るものに限る。）を受けたことがあるときは、国土交通大臣等に対して、当該督促に係る放置違反金等を納付したこと又はこれを徴収されたことを証する書面を提示しなければならない。
If a person (but only one notified as referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article) that the preceding paragraph requires to present the document prescribed in that paragraph fails to do so, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or other relevant authority must not return the motor vehicle inspection certificate.