Licensing is done by issuing a person a driver's license (hereinafter referred to as a "license"). In such a case, if two or more types of licensing that fall under the categories of class 1 or class 2 licenses are granted to the same person on the same day, a license for one type of licensing is to be issued with information about the other type of licensing inscribed on it, instead of separate licenses being issued for each type of licensing.
When a person who currently holds a license is granted a license of a type different from that license's type, the license for the different type is to be issued with the matters pertaining to the license that the person currently holds inscribed on it, in exchange for the license that the person currently holds.
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license
「免許」
A driving license (運転免許) granted by a prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会).
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (1)
class 1 license
「第一種免許」
A class 1 driver's license (第一種運転免許), one of the three classes of license under Article 84, paragraph (2) beside class 2 licenses (第二種免許) and provisional licenses (仮免許); Article 84, paragraph (3) divides it into ten kinds.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (2)
class 2 license
「第二種免許」
A class 2 driver's license (第二種運転免許), one of the three classes of license under Article 84, paragraph (2) beside class 1 licenses (第一種免許) and provisional licenses (仮免許); Article 84, paragraph (4) divides it into five kinds.
Short name set inArticle 84, paragraph (2)
license
「免許証」
A driver's license (運転免許証), the card issued to a person granted a driving license (運転免許).
Short name set inArticle 92, paragraph (1)