Article 94Filing to Change Information Included on Licenses; Related Considerations
第九十四条（免許証の記載事項の変更届出等）
If a piece of information set forth in one of the items of Article 93, paragraph (1) changes, the licensee must promptly file with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the domicile thereof (if the licensee's address has changed to a different jurisdiction, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the new domicile) and have it include (or record pursuant to the preceding Article) the current information on the license.
A person who has obtained a license may apply for reissuance of the license to the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile (for a license for a provisional license, the domicile of the person or the location of the driving school that has made a filing under Article 98, paragraph (2) and at which the person is currently receiving instruction on driving a motor vehicle) if the license is lost, destroyed, defaced, or damaged, if a record under the preceding Article is corrupted, if the person has made a filing under the preceding paragraph, or in any other case that Cabinet Office Order prescribes.
Cabinet Office Order provides for the procedures for filing as under paragraph (1) and for the process of applying for the reissuance of a license as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
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(Recording Information on Licenses by Electronic or Magnetic Means)
A public safety commission may, as provided by Cabinet Office Order, record on a license by Electronic or Magnetic Means…
公安委員会は、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項又は同条第二項若しくは第三項の規定により記載され若しくは表示されるものの一部を、内閣府令で定めるところにより、免許証に電磁的方法（電子的方法、磁気的方法その他の人の知覚によつて認識することができない方法をいう。以下同じ。）により記録することができる。
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The following information (other than that which Cabinet Office Order prescribes, if recording under the following Article is undertaken) is to be included on a license:
免許証には、次に掲げる事項（次条の規定による記録が行われる場合にあつては、内閣府令で定めるものを除く。）を記載するものとする。
Open this provision(Filing to Change Information Included on Licenses; Related Considerations)
If a piece of information set forth in one of the items of Article 93, paragraph (1) changes, the licensee must promptly file with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the domicile…
免許を受けた者は、第九十三条第一項各号に掲げる事項に変更を生じたときは、速やかに住所地を管轄する公安委員会（公安委員会の管轄区域を異にして住所を変更したときは、変更した後の住所地を管轄する公安委員会）に届け出て…
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A person who has obtained a license may apply for reissuance of the license to the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile…
免許を受けた者は、免許証を亡失し、滅失し、汚損し、若しくは破損したとき、前条の規定による記録を毀損したとき、又は前項の規定による届出をしたとき、その他内閣府令で定めるときは、その者の住所地（仮免許に係る免許証にあつては、その者の住所地又はその者が現に自動車の運転に関する教習を受けている第九十八条第二項の規定による届出…
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A person operating or managing a driving school may file the following information with the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the location of the driving school…
自動車教習所を設置し、又は管理する者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該自動車教習所の所在地を管轄する公安委員会に、次に掲げる事項を届け出ることができる。
Open this provisionmotor vehiclemachine translation
「自動車」
A vehicle that runs on a motor without rails or overhead wires, or that carries out specified automated operation (特定自動運行), other than motorized bicycles (原動機付自転車), light road vehicles (軽車両), small mobility vehicles (移動用小型車), vehicles for persons with physical disabilities (身体障害者用の車), remotely operated small vehicles (遠隔操作型小型車), and walking-aid carts, prams and other small vehicles used while walking that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies (歩行補助車等).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
drivingmachine translation
「運転」
Using a vehicle or streetcar on a road as it is meant to be used, including moving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle by pedals or other human-powered gear it has besides its motor, but not specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)· 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)
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)
provisional license
「仮免許」
A provisional driving license (仮運転免許), the third category of driving license beside class 1 and class 2 licenses, which under Article 87 lets a person drive a large, mid-sized, semi-mid-sized or standard motor vehicle only for practice or in a driving test or skills evaluation (技能検定).
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)