Article 101-2-2Special Rules on Where to Apply for License Renewal
第百一条の二の二（免許証等の更新に係る申請先の特例）
A person seeking to undergo license renewal who will fall under a driver with an exemplary record or a driver with a satisfactory record on the date on which the person undergoes that renewal (limited to a person who has been sent a document stating, pursuant to Article 101, paragraph (3), that the person will fall under a driver with an exemplary record or a driver with a satisfactory record on the date on which the person undergoes that renewal) may submit the written application for renewal under paragraph (1) of that Article through a public safety commission other than the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile (hereinafter referred to as an "intermediate public safety commission").
The submission of a written application for renewal through an intermediate public safety commission under the preceding paragraph must be made, except in the case of making a request under the following paragraph, by the person's birthday immediately preceding the last day of the valid period of that license or license information record.
A person seeking to undergo renewal of the valid period of a license information record may, together with the submission of the written application for renewal through an intermediate public safety commission under paragraph (1), make a request to the effect that the person wishes to have the rewriting of the license information record under Article 101-4-2, paragraph (3) done at that intermediate public safety commission.
免許情報記録の有効期間の更新を受けようとする者は、第一項の規定による経由地公安委員会を経由して行う更新申請書の提出に併せて第百一条の四の二第三項の規定による免許情報記録の書換えを当該経由地公安委員会において受けたい旨を申し出ることができる。
An intermediate public safety commission that has accepted a written application for renewal pursuant to paragraph (1) must promptly conduct fitness screening for the applicant.
An intermediate public safety commission must notify the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the applicant's domicile of the contents of the written application for renewal it accepted pursuant to paragraph (1) (including, if a request has been made under paragraph (3), that fact) and the results of the fitness screening under the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the applicant's domicile is not to conduct the fitness screening under Article 101, paragraph (5).
If a person seeking license renewal has undergone the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi) that is conducted by an intermediate public safety commission pursuant to paragraph (1) of the following Article, the intermediate public safety commission is to notify the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile of that fact.
経由地公安委員会は、当該免許証等の更新を受けようとする者が次条第一項の規定により経由地公安委員会が行う第百八条の二第一項第十一号に掲げる講習を受けたときは、その旨をその者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会に通知するものとする。
If a public safety commission that has received a notification under paragraph (5) cannot determine, solely from the results of the fitness screening pertaining to the notification, whether there is anything to prevent the person seeking that license renewal from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, it is to conduct fitness screening for that person. In such a case, the public safety commission must notify the person that the person is to undergo fitness screening.
Cabinet Office Order provides for the necessary particulars concerning the procedures for the request under paragraph (3).
第三項の申出の手続について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
Article 101-3Obligations of Persons Seeking Renewal
第百一条の三（更新を受けようとする者の義務）
A person seeking to undergo license renewal must undergo the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi) that is conducted by the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile (in the case of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile or an intermediate public safety commission; the same applies in paragraphs (1) through (3) of the following Article); provided, however, that this does not apply to a person who has undergone the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii) within six months before the last day of the renewal period (or, for a person seeking to apply for license renewal under Article 101-2, paragraph (1), the date of that application; the same applies in paragraphs (1) through (3) of the following Article and Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii)), or to any other person that Cabinet Order prescribes as not needing to undergo the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi).
免許証等の更新を受けようとする者は、その者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会（前条第一項の場合にあつては、その者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会又は経由地公安委員会。次条第一項から第三項までにおいて同じ。）が行う第百八条の二第一項第十一号に掲げる講習を受けなければならない。ただし、更新期間が満了する日（第百一条の二第一項の規定による免許証等の更新の申請をしようとする者にあつては、当該申請をする日。次条第一項から第三項まで及び第百八条の二第一項第十二号において同じ。）前六月以内に同項第十二号に掲げる講習を受けた者その他の同項第十一号に掲げる講習を受ける必要がないものとして政令で定める者は、この限りでない。
Notwithstanding Article 101, paragraph (6) or Article 101-2, paragraph (4), if a person (excluding a person that Cabinet Order prescribes as referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph) whom a public safety commission has found, judging from the results of the fitness screening under Article 101, paragraph (5) or Article 101-2, paragraph (3), or the results of a fitness screening notified pursuant to paragraph (5) of the preceding Article (where a fitness screening has been conducted pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Article, the results of the notified fitness screening and the results of the fitness screening pursuant to that paragraph), to be a person for whom there is nothing to prevent driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle has not undergone the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi), the public safety commission may refrain from carrying out license renewal for that person.
Article 101-4Special Rules for Persons 70 Years of Age and Older
第百一条の四（七十歳以上の者の特例）
A person seeking license renewal who will be 70 years of age or older on the last day of the renewal period must have undergone the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii) that was conducted by the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile within six months before the last day of the renewal period; provided, however, that this does not apply to a person that Cabinet Order prescribes as not needing to undergo that training.
免許証等の更新を受けようとする者で更新期間が満了する日における年齢が七十歳以上のものは、更新期間が満了する日前六月以内にその者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会が行つた第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習を受けていなければならない。ただし、当該講習を受ける必要がないものとして政令で定める者は、この限りでない。
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, a person seeking license renewal who will be 75 years of age or older on the last day of the renewal period must have undergone, within six months before the last day of the renewal period, a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination conducted within that period by the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile or by a person who conducts an examination for licensed drivers, etc. under Article 108-32-3, paragraph (1) upon accreditation under that paragraph, except where the person has submitted a medical certificate pursuant to Article 102, paragraphs (1) through (4) within six months before the last day of the renewal period and in any other case that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as one in which the person is not required to undergo a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination.
前項に定めるもののほか、免許証等の更新を受けようとする者で更新期間が満了する日における年齢が七十五歳以上のものは、更新期間が満了する日前六月以内に第百二条第一項から第四項までの規定により診断書を提出した場合その他認知機能検査等を受ける必要がないものとして内閣府令で定める場合を除き、当該期間内にその者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会又は第百八条の三十二の三第一項の認定を受けて同項の運転免許取得者等検査を行う者が行つた認知機能検査等を受けていなければならない。
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, a person seeking license renewal who will be 75 years of age or older on the last day of the renewal period (limited to a person currently holding a license for a standard motor vehicle who falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes as those for a person for whom driving a standard motor vehicle, etc. may create a risk of traffic hazards on roads, taking into account the status of compliance with the provisions of this Act and orders under this Act and the dispositions based on the provisions of this Act concerning the driving of a standard motor vehicle, etc., and with the provisions of laws pertaining to aiding or abetting a material violation and to an off-road death or injury) must have undergone, within six months before the last day of the renewal period, a driving skills assessment or equivalent examination conducted by the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the person's domicile or by a person who conducts an examination for licensed drivers, etc. under Article 108-32-3, paragraph (1) upon accreditation under that paragraph.
前二項に定めるもののほか、免許証等の更新を受けようとする者で更新期間が満了する日における年齢が七十五歳以上のもの（普通自動車対応免許を現に受けている者であつて、普通自動車等の運転に関するこの法律及びこの法律に基づく命令の規定並びにこの法律の規定に基づく処分並びに重大違反唆し等及び道路外致死傷に係る法律の規定の遵守の状況を勘案して普通自動車等を運転することが道路における交通の危険を生じさせるおそれがある者として政令で定める基準に該当するものに限る。）は、更新期間が満了する日前六月以内にその者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会又は第百八条の三十二の三第一項の認定を受けて同項の運転免許取得者等検査を行う者が行つた運転技能検査等を受けていなければならない。
A public safety commission may, notwithstanding Article 101, paragraph (6) or Article 101-2, paragraph (4), refrain from carrying out license renewal for a person who has undergone a driving skills assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to the preceding paragraph and whose result falls under the criteria that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as indicating that there is an impediment to driving a standard motor vehicle, etc.
A public safety commission must send a person as set forth in one of the following items a document giving the information referred to in the relevant item:
公安委員会は、次の各号に掲げる者に対し、当該各号に定める事項を記載した書面を送付するものとする。
a person currently holding a license who will be 70 years of age or older but under 75 on the last day of the renewal period: an indication that, when seeking license renewal, the person must have undergone training pursuant to paragraph (1) within six months before the last day of the renewal period; the dates, times, and places at which that training can be undergone; and other matters necessary for ensuring the smooth implementation of the administrative work connected with that training;
a person currently holding a license who will be 75 years of age or older on the last day of the renewal period (excluding a person currently holding a license for a standard motor vehicle who falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes in paragraph (3)): the matters prescribed in the preceding item, and an indication that, when seeking license renewal, the person must have undergone a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to paragraph (2) within six months before the last day of the renewal period, the dates, times, and places at which that cognitive assessment or equivalent examination can be undergone, and other matters necessary for ensuring the smooth implementation of the administrative work connected with that cognitive assessment or equivalent examination; and
a person currently holding a license who will be 75 years of age or older on the last day of the renewal period (limited to a person currently holding a license for a standard motor vehicle who falls under the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes in paragraph (3)): the matters prescribed in the preceding item, and an indication that, when seeking license renewal, the person must have undergone a driving skills assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to that paragraph within six months before the last day of the renewal period, the dates, times, and places at which that driving skills assessment or equivalent examination can be undergone, and other matters necessary for ensuring the smooth implementation of the administrative work connected with that driving skills assessment or equivalent examination.
Article 101-4-2Issuance of Renewed Licenses; Related Considerations
第百一条の四の二（更新された免許証の交付等）
Renewal of the valid period of a license is carried out by issuing a renewed license in exchange for the license that the person seeking that renewal currently holds (excluding a license for a provisional license; the same applies hereinafter in this Article).
A person who files an application under Article 95-2, paragraph (1) when seeking to receive issuance of a license under the preceding paragraph may, together with that application, make a request to the effect that the person does not wish to receive issuance of that license. In such a case, upon the person's having received the renewed recording of specified license information under paragraph (3) of that Article, that license is deemed to have been issued under the preceding paragraph and returned under paragraph (4) of that Article.
Renewal of the valid period of a license information record is carried out by rewriting the license information record recorded on the Individual Number Card bearing a license information record that the person seeking that renewal currently holds.
免許情報記録の有効期間の更新は、当該更新を受けようとする者が現に有する免許情報記録個人番号カードに記録された免許情報記録を書き換えて行う。
A person who has received the rewriting of the license information record under the preceding paragraph at an intermediate public safety commission may, notwithstanding Article 95-2, paragraph (4), return the license to that intermediate public safety commission.
前項の規定による免許情報記録の書換えを経由地公安委員会において受けた者は、第九十五条の二第四項の規定にかかわらず、免許証を当該経由地公安委員会に返納することができる。
Cabinet Office Order provides for the necessary particulars concerning the procedures for the request under paragraph (2).
第二項の申出の手続について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
Article 101-5Requesting Licensees to Report
第百一条の五（免許を受けた者に対する報告徴収）
Pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, a public safety commission may ask a licensee to report as needed, upon finding this to be necessary in order to investigate whether the licensee falls under one of the categories set forth in Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i), (i)-2 or (iii) .
公安委員会は、免許を受けた者が第百三条第一項第一号、第一号の二又は第三号のいずれかに該当するかどうかを調査するため必要があると認めるときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その者に対し、必要な報告を求めることができる。
Article 101-6Reporting by Medical Doctors
第百一条の六（医師の届出）
If a medical doctor finds that a person whom the doctor has examined falls under one of the categories set forth in Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i), (i)-2 or (iii) and learns that the person has a license or holds an international driving permit or foreign driver's license as referred to in Article 107-2 (this excludes a person whose period of stay counting from the date of landing in Japan (meaning landing as prescribed in Article 107-2) is over one year in total), the doctor may report the results of the person's examination to a public safety commission.
In a case as provided in the preceding paragraph, if the medical doctor asks a public safety commission to confirm whether a person examined thereby has a license, the public safety commission must respond to the inquiry.
The provisions of the Penal Code dealing with criminal breach of confidence and other legal provisions on the duty of confidentiality must not be construed as preventing a person from submitting a report under paragraph (1).
Having received a report under paragraph (1) regarding a person living outside the boundaries of the prefecture over which it has jurisdiction, a public safety commission must report the content of that report to the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the domicile of the person.