# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百七条の十 (Article 107-10) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百七条の十 (Article 107-10)（国外運転免許証の返納等） — address `art-107-10` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百七条の十（国外運転免許証の返納等） — (Returning and Submitting Foreign Driving Permits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-107-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10 **第一項** 国外運転免許証の交付を受けた者は、当該国外運転免許証の有効期間が満了し、又は当該国外運転免許証が失効したとき（当該国外運転免許証の有効期間が満了した時又は当該国外運転免許証が失効した時に本邦外の地域にある者については、本邦に帰国したとき。）は、すみやかに、当該国外運転免許証をその住所地を管轄する公安委員会に返納しなければならない。 art-107-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10/par-1 A person with a Foreign Driving Permit must promptly return it to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the person's domicile once it expires or if it ceases to be valid (or once the person returns to Japan, if that person is in a region outside Japan when the permit expires or ceases to be valid). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国外運転免許証の交付を受けた者は、当該国外運転免許証の効力が停止されたとき（当該国外運転免許証の効力が停止された時に本邦外の地域にあり、かつ、当該国外運転免許証の効力の停止の期間中に本邦に帰国した者については、帰国したとき。）は、すみやかに、当該国外運転免許証をその者の住所地を管轄する公安委員会に提出しなければならない。 art-107-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10/par-2 A person with a Foreign Driving Permit must promptly submit it to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the person's domicile if it is suspended (or once the person returns to Japan, if that person is in a region outside Japan when it is suspended and returns to Japan during the period of suspension period). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により国外運転免許証の提出を受けた公安委員会は、当該国外運転免許証の効力の停止の期間が満了した場合においてその提出者から返還の請求があつたときは、直ちに当該国外運転免許証を返還しなければならない。 art-107-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10/par-3 A public safety commission to which a Foreign Driving Permit is submitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph must immediately return it at the request of the person submitting it once the period of suspension expires. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-107-10/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百七条の十第二項 (Article 107-10, paragraph (2)), art-107-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百七条の十第三項（国外運転免許証の返納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-10/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-10 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13