①In this Chapter, the term "violation" means conduct constituting an offense as referred to in the preceding Chapter which is set forth in the left-hand column of Appended Table 2 and which the driver of a vehicle or streetcar has engaged in; Cabinet Order provides for the different categories thereof.

②In this Chapter, the term "violator" means a person other than as referred to in one of the following items who commits a violation:

③In this Chapter, the term "penalty" means an amount of money that a violator is required to pay to the State when seeking to apply this Chapter; Cabinet Order provides for the amounts of penalties associated with different categories of violation, within the scope of what is prescribed in Appended Table 2.

①Except in one of the following cases, when finding a person to be a violator, a police officer must promptly notify that person in writing via a document, of the essential facts constituting the violation, the category of violation, and the date and place for the person to appear in order to be issued a notice of findings as under the first sentence of paragraph (1) of the following Article; provided, however, this does not apply to notifying the person of the date and place to appear if the police officer finds it unnecessary for the person to appear:

②The document referred to in the preceding paragraph must include the necessary information to allow the person to understand the procedures provided for in this Chapter.

③Having notified a person as under paragraph (1), a police officer must report this to the chief of the prefectural police having jurisdiction over the place where the violation of which the officer has notified the person was committed; provided, however, that, having notified a person found to have committed a violation in an area outside the jurisdiction of the prefectural police to which the police officer belongs based on Article 60-2 or Article 66, paragraph (2) of the Police Act, the police officer must report having so notified the person to the chief of the prefectural police to which the officer belongs.

④On finding a person to be a violator who has committed an offense as prescribed in Article 119-2-4, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 119-3, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) or paragraph (3), a traffic patrol officer as prescribed in Article 114-4, paragraph (1) is to notify the person in accordance with paragraph (1) and after doing so, to report in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

①Following receipt of a report as referred to in paragraph (3) or (4) of the preceding Article, on finding that the person who has been issued the reported notice to appear has committed a violation belonging to the category of which the person has been notified, the chief of the prefectural police is to issue written notice to that person clearly indicating the reasons for the finding and notifying the person to pay the penalty for that category of violation. In doing so, unless the person has appeared on the date and at the place indicated in the notice to appear or has made a provisional payment under Article 129, paragraph (1), the chief of the prefectural police is to also notify the person to pay the necessary costs for sending the written notice of findings.

②Following receipt of a report as referred to in paragraph (3) or (4) of the preceding Article, on finding that the person who has been issued the reported notice to appear has not committed a violation belonging to the category of which the person has been notified, the chief of the prefectural police is to promptly issue written notice to that person clearly indicating the reasons for the finding. In such a case, if the chief of the prefectural police finds that the person issued the reported notice to appear has committed a violation belonging to a category other than that of which the person has been notified, the chief is to issue written notice to that person clearly indicating the reasons for the finding and notifying the person to pay the penalty for that category of violation.

③Notice of findings under paragraph (1) is to be issued on or promptly after the date that follows the final day in the period provided for in Article 129, paragraph (1).

①The penalty of which a person is notified as under paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (or the penalty and the necessary costs for sending the written notice of findings, for a person notified as under the second sentence of paragraph (1) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) must be paid to the national government within 10 days, counting from the day after that on which the person is so notified (or, if the person is unable to pay the penalty within that period due compelling circumstances that Cabinet Order prescribes, within 10 days counting from the day after that on which the circumstances cease to exist) pursuant to Cabinet Order.

②A person paying a penalty pursuant to the preceding paragraph is not subject to prosecution, nor is that person subject to being brought before the family court for trial, in connection with a case involving the conduct constituting the reasons for the finding of which the person has been notified.

①A person who has been notified to appear as under Article 126, paragraph (1) or paragraph (4) may provisionally pay an amount equivalent to the penalty for the category to which the violation of which the person has been notified belongs within seven days, counting from the day after that on which the person is so notified, pursuant to Cabinet Order; provided, however, that this does not apply after receipt of a notice of findings as under the first sentence of Article 127, paragraph (2).

②A person who has made a provisional payment under the preceding paragraph may be issued a notice of findings as under the first sentence of Article 127, paragraph (1) by public notice, pursuant to Cabinet Order.

③If a person who has made a provisional payment under paragraph (1) is issued a notice of findings as under the first sentence of Article 127, paragraph (1) in connection with the notice to appear in respect of which the person has made the provisional payment, that person is deemed to be a person who has paid the penalty detailed in the notice of findings pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and the person's provisional payment of an amount equivalent to that penalty is deemed to be the payment of the penalty under that paragraph.

④Having issued a notice of findings as under the first sentence of Article 127, paragraph (2) to a person who has made a provisional payment under paragraph (1), the chief of the prefectural police must promptly return an amount of money equivalent to the provisional payment to that person.

If the last day of a period as provided in Article 128, paragraph (1), or in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article falls on a Sunday or any other day that Cabinet Order prescribes, the following day is deemed to be the last day of the period in question.

A violator is not subject to prosecution, nor is a violator subject to being brought before the family court for trial, in connection with a case involving the violation in question unless it is after the violator has been issued a notice of findings pursuant to Article 127, paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (2), notifying the violator to pay the penalty for the category to which the violation belongs, and after the period provided for in Article 128, paragraph (1) has ended; provided, however, that this does not apply if:

①On finding it to be appropriate to do so after having begun a trial in a case that involves a notice of findings as prescribed in the main clause of the preceding Article, the family court may issue instructions for the payment of a penalty, specifying a due date for the same. Notwithstanding Article 125, paragraph (3), in such a case, the amount of the penalty is the amount that the family court fixes, within the scope of what is prescribed in Appended Table 2.

②Notice of instructions under the preceding paragraph is to be issued in writing, and the document in which that notice is issued must state the due date and the amount of the penalty that has been fixed pursuant to that paragraph.

③Article 128 applies mutatis mutandis to the payment of a penalty subject to instructions under paragraph (1). In such a case, the phrase "within 10 days, counting from the day after that on which the person is so notified" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "by the due date fixed pursuant to Article 130-2, paragraph (1)".

Administrative processes falling within the authority of the chief of the Hokkaido police pursuant to this Chapter may be delegated to the chief of area headquarters, pursuant to Cabinet Order.

Beyond what is prescribed in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the information required to be given in a document as prescribed in Article 126, paragraph (1), or Article 127, paragraph (1) or (2), and for other necessary particulars concerning the implementation of this Chapter.