A person who, without obtaining a class 1 or class 2 license permitting the person to drive a standard motor vehicle, seeks to drive such a motor vehicle for practice, for a driver's license test administered to test the person on the points set forth in Article 97, paragraph (1), item (ii), or for a skills evaluation to evaluate the person's motor vehicle driving skills at a designated driving school as prescribed in Article 99, paragraph (1) (referred to as a "test or evaluation" in the following paragraph) must obtain a provisional S-MVL; a person seeking to drive a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle for practice or for a test or evaluation without obtaining a class 1 or class 2 license permitting the person to drive it must obtain a provisional SM-MVL; a person seeking to drive a mid-sized motor vehicle for practice or for a test or evaluation without obtaining a class 1 or class 2 license permitting the person to drive it must obtain a provisional M-MVL; and a person seeking to drive a large motor vehicle for practice or for a test or evaluation without obtaining a class 1 or class 2 license permitting the person to drive it must obtain a provisional L-MVL.
A person holding a provisional L-MVL may drive a large, mid-sized, semi-mid-sized, or standard motor vehicle; a person holding a provisional M-MVL may drive a mid-sized, semi-mid-sized, or standard motor vehicle; a person holding a provisional SM-MVL may drive a semi-mid-sized or standard motor vehicle; and a person holding a provisional S-MVL may drive a standard motor vehicle for practice or for a test or evaluation. In such a case, a person holding a provisional license who seeks to drive a motor vehicle for practice must drive the motor vehicle with, and under the guidance of, a person who holds a class 1 license that permits the person to drive the motor vehicle (excluding a person whose license is suspended) and who has held that license for a total of three years or more (excluding any period during which the license was suspended), a person who holds a class 2 license that permits the person to drive the motor vehicle (excluding a person whose license is suspended and a person under 21 years of age), or any other person that Cabinet Order prescribes, who is riding on the passenger equipment next to the driver's seat.
大型仮免許を受けた者は大型自動車、中型自動車、準中型自動車又は普通自動車を、中型仮免許を受けた者は中型自動車、準中型自動車又は普通自動車を、準中型仮免許を受けた者は準中型自動車又は普通自動車を、普通仮免許を受けた者は普通自動車を、練習のため又は試験等において運転することができる。この場合において、仮免許を受けた者は、練習のため自動車を運転しようとするときは、その運転者席の横の乗車装置に、当該自動車を運転することができる第一種免許を受けている者（免許の効力が停止されている者を除く。）で当該免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して三年以上のもの、当該自動車を運転することができる第二種免許を受けている者（免許の効力が停止されている者及び二十一歳に満たない者を除く。）その他政令で定める者を同乗させ、かつ、その指導の下に、当該自動車を運転しなければならない。
A person holding a provisional license who seeks to drive a motor vehicle for practice must display a mark in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes on the front and rear of that vehicle, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order.
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), it is not permissible for a person holding a provisional license to drive a motor vehicle used for passenger services to transport passengers as a part of passenger motor carrier services.
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), it is not permissible for a person holding a provisional license to drive a standard motor vehicle that is to be driven by a professional designated driver.
The valid period of a provisional license is six months, counting from the date on which the person takes the driver's license test administered to test the person on the points set forth in Article 97, paragraph (1), item (i) in connection with that provisional license (referred to in Article 90, paragraph (1) and Article 95-6, paragraph (1) as the "fitness test"); provided, however, that if a person holding a provisional L-MVL obtains an L-MVL or class 2 L-MVL; if a person holding a provisional M-MVL obtains a class 1 license or class 2 license that permits the person to drive a large or mid-sized motor vehicle; if a person holding a provisional SM-MVL obtains a class 1 or class 2 license that permits the person to drive a large, mid-sized, or semi-mid-sized motor vehicle; or if a person holding a provisional S-MVL obtains a class 1 or class 2 license that permits the person to drive a large, mid-sized, semi-mid-sized, or standard motor vehicle, and does so before the end of that period, the provisional license loses its validity.
仮免許の有効期間は、当該仮免許に係る第九十七条第一項第一号に掲げる事項について行う運転免許試験（第九十条第一項及び第九十五条の六第一項において「適性試験」という。）を受けた日から起算して六月とする。ただし、当該期間が満了するまでの間に、大型仮免許を受けた者が大型免許若しくは大型第二種免許を受け、中型仮免許を受けた者が大型自動車若しくは中型自動車を運転することができる第一種免許若しくは第二種免許を受け、準中型仮免許を受けた者が大型自動車、中型自動車若しくは準中型自動車を運転することができる第一種免許若しくは第二種免許を受け、又は普通仮免許を受けた者が大型自動車、中型自動車、準中型自動車若しくは普通自動車を運転することができる第一種免許若しくは第二種免許を受けたときは、当該仮免許は、その効力を失う。