A person as referred to in one of the following items must obtain permission from the chief of the police station with jurisdiction over the place where the activity set forth in the relevant item would take place (hereinafter referred to as the "competent police station chief" in this Section; if the location of the activity would be under the jurisdiction of two or more chiefs of police under the management of the same public safety commission, the person must obtain permission from one of the competent police station chiefs; the same applies hereinafter in this Section):
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、それぞれ当該各号に掲げる行為について当該行為に係る場所を管轄する警察署長（以下この節において「所轄警察署長」という。）の許可（当該行為に係る場所が同一の公安委員会の管理に属する二以上の警察署長の管轄にわたるときは、そのいずれかの所轄警察署長の許可。以下この節において同じ。）を受けなければならない。
a person seeking to do road construction or roadwork, or the contractor for that construction or work;
道路において工事若しくは作業をしようとする者又は当該工事若しくは作業の請負人
a person seeking to erect a stone monument, bronze statue, advertising board, arch, or similar structure on a road;
道路に石碑、銅像、広告板、アーチその他これらに類する工作物を設けようとする者
a person seeking to open an outdoor booth, food stall, or similar shop on a road in a permanent location; and
場所を移動しないで、道路に露店、屋台店その他これらに類する店を出そうとする者
a person, other than as set forth in the preceding items, seeking to undertake an activity such as holding a festival or filming on location on a road which would involve persons using the road by passing down it in a configuration or manner that would have a serious effect on public traffic, or seeking to undertake an activity that would cause people to gather and thereby have a serious effect on public traffic, if the public safety commission prescribes that activity as one for which a person must obtain permission, having found that this is necessary, based on area road or traffic conditions, in order to prevent road hazards or to otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic.
If a person has applied for the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph and the activity that the application is for is as referred to in one of the following items, the competent police station chief must permit the activity:
it is found to be unlikely to obstruct traffic;
当該申請に係る行為が現に交通の妨害となるおそれがないと認められるとき。
it is found to be unlikely to obstruct traffic if it is undertaken in accordance with conditions attached to the permission; or
当該申請に係る行為が許可に付された条件に従つて行なわれることにより交通の妨害となるおそれがなくなると認められるとき。
it is likely to obstruct traffic, but the public interest or custom serves as a compelling circumstance.
当該申請に係る行為が現に交通の妨害となるおそれはあるが公益上又は社会の慣習上やむを得ないものであると認められるとき。
On finding it to be necessary to do so, the competent police station chief who gives permission under paragraph (1) may attach to the permission the necessary conditions to prevent road hazards or otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic, unless the activity to which the permission pertains falls under item (i) of the preceding paragraph.
The competent police station chief may make changes or add to the conditions attached pursuant to the preceding paragraph, if it becomes particularly necessary to do so in order to prevent road hazards or otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic.
If a person that has obtained the permission under paragraph (1) violates a condition under the preceding two paragraphs or if it becomes particularly necessary to do so in order to prevent road hazards or otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic, the competent police station chief may revoke the permission or suspend its validity.
Before taking a measure under the preceding paragraph with regard to a person that has violated a condition under paragraph (3) or (4), the competent police station chief must first notify the person of the date, time, and place for giving an explanation and the reason that the measure would be taken, as well as providing the person with an opportunity to submit an explanation of the matter at issue and evidence in the person's favor; provided, however, that this does not apply if circumstances urgently compel that the competent police station chief do otherwise in order to prevent a traffic hazard.
A person that has obtained permission pursuant to paragraph (1) must promptly remove the structure or take other measures to restore the road to its original state if the period of the permission is of limited duration and expires, or if the permission is revoked pursuant to paragraph (5).
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A person as referred to in one of the following items must obtain permission from the chief of the police station with jurisdiction over the place where the activity set forth in the relevant item…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、それぞれ当該各号に掲げる行為について当該行為に係る場所を管轄する警察署長（以下この節において「所轄警察署長」という。）の許可（当該行為に係る場所が同一の公安委員会の管理に属する二以上の警察署長の管轄にわたるときは、そのいずれかの所轄警察署長の許可。以下この節において同じ。）を受けなけ…
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a person seeking to do road construction or roadwork, or the contractor for that construction or work;
道路において工事若しくは作業をしようとする者又は当該工事若しくは作業の請負人
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a person seeking to erect a stone monument, bronze statue, advertising board, arch, or similar structure on a road;
道路に石碑、銅像、広告板、アーチその他これらに類する工作物を設けようとする者
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a person seeking to open an outdoor booth, food stall, or similar shop on a road in a permanent location; and
場所を移動しないで、道路に露店、屋台店その他これらに類する店を出そうとする者
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it is found to be unlikely to obstruct traffic;
当該申請に係る行為が現に交通の妨害となるおそれがないと認められるとき。
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On finding it to be necessary to do so, the competent police station chief who gives permission under paragraph (1) may attach to the permission the necessary conditions to prevent road hazards or…
第一項の規定による許可をする場合において、必要があると認めるときは、所轄警察署長は、当該許可に係る行為が前項第一号に該当する場合を除き、当該許可に道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図るため必要な条件を付することができる。
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The competent police station chief may make changes or add to the conditions attached pursuant to the preceding paragraph, if it becomes particularly necessary to do so in order to prevent road…
所轄警察署長は、道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図るため特別の必要が生じたときは、前項の規定により付した条件を変更し、又は新たに条件を付することができる。
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If a person that has obtained the permission under paragraph (1) violates a condition under the preceding two paragraphs or if it becomes particularly necessary to do so in order to prevent road…
所轄警察署長は、第一項の規定による許可を受けた者が前二項の規定による条件に違反したとき、又は道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図るため特別の必要が生じたときは、その許可を取り消し、又はその許可の効力を停止することができる。
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「道路」
A road as defined in the Road Act, a motor vehicle road (自動車道) as defined in the Road Transportation Act, and any other place used for general traffic.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
public safety commissionmachine translation
「公安委員会」
A prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会), the body in each prefecture that manages its police and that this Act empowers to regulate road traffic and to grant driving licenses.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
competent police station chief
「所轄警察署長」
The chief of the police station (警察署長) with jurisdiction over the place where road work, a structure, a stall or another use of a road that needs permission under Article 77 is to take place, who grants that permission.
Short name set inArticle 77, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
chief of a police station
警察署長
The head of a police station (警察署). The Police Act (警察法) divides each prefecture's area into districts, each served by a police station, and places a chief in every station (Police Act, Article 53, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Under the direction and supervision of the officers above the station in the prefectural police — the Superintendent General (警視総監) of Tokyo's police, the chief of a prefectural police headquarters (警察本部長), or, in Hokkaido, a district headquarters chief (方面本部長), among others — the chief handles police work within the station's district and directs and supervises the station's police officials (Article 53, paragraph (3); Articles 48 and 51). Under the Road Traffic Act, a person who means to work on a road, put up a structure or a fixed stall on it, or use it in another way the prefectural public safety commission (公安委員会) has listed as greatly affecting traffic, needs the permission of the chief of the police station for that place (Road Traffic Act, Article 77, paragraph (1)). Under the Lost Property Act, a finder must promptly return a found item to its owner or hand it in to a police station chief, and must hand in items that are illegal to possess or appear to have been held by a criminal (Lost Property Act, Article 4, paragraph (1)); something found inside a facility such as a station or shop goes to the facility's operator instead (Article 4, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 48, 51, 53, Road Traffic Act, Art. 77 and Lost Property Act, Art. 4 as a reference.