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Article 56Special Rules on Riding and Loading

第五十六条(乗車又は積載の方法の特例)

Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the chief of the police station having jurisdiction over the place of departure of a vehicle (hereinafter referred to through Article 58 as "police chief of the place of departure") grants permission for a specific place in which a load may be carried, having found that there is nothing to prevent this in terms of the structure of a vehicle or road or traffic conditions, the driver may drive that vehicle while carrying a load in a specific place other than one that is meant to carry a passenger or a load.

車両の運転者は、当該車両の出発地を管轄する警察署長(以下第五十八条までにおいて「出発地警察署長」という。)が当該車両の構造又は道路若しくは交通の状況により支障がないと認めて積載の場所を指定して許可をしたときは、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該車両の乗車又は積載のために設備された場所以外の場所で指定された場所に積載して車両を運転することができる。

Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the police chief of the place of departure grants permission for a limited number of personnel to be carried, having found that there is nothing to prevent this in terms of the structure of a truck or the road or traffic conditions, the driver of the truck may drive while carrying a number of personnel on its loading platform that falls within the scope of that permission.

貨物自動車の運転者は、出発地警察署長が道路又は交通の状況により支障がないと認めて人員を限つて許可をしたときは、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該許可に係る人員の範囲内で当該貨物自動車の荷台に乗車させて貨物自動車を運転することができる。

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