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Article 71-2Rules to Be Observed by Drivers of Motor Vehicles and Motorized Bicycles

第七十一条の二(自動車等の運転者の遵守事項)

It is prohibited for the driver of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle (other than a machine that Cabinet Office Order prescribes; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) to drive the motor vehicle or ride the motorized bicycle if it is not equipped with a muffler as prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1), item (xi) or Article 44, item (viii) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (this includes a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle equipped with a muffler that has been cut or to which another modification or the like that seriously hinders the function of a muffler and that Cabinet Office Order prescribes has been made).

自動車又は原動機付自転車(これらのうち内閣府令で定めるものを除く。以下この条において同じ。)の運転者は、道路運送車両法第四十一条第一項第十一号又は第四十四条第八号に規定する消音器を備えていない自動車又は原動機付自転車(当該消音器を切断したものその他の消音器の機能に著しい支障を及ぼす改造等で内閣府令で定めるものを加えた当該消音器を備えている自動車又は原動機付自転車を含む。)を運転してはならない。

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