# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百七条の三 (Article 107-3) - 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: 第百七条の三 (Article 107-3)（国際運転免許証等の携帯及び提示義務） — address `art-107-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-3 - 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. --- ### 第百七条の三（国際運転免許証等の携帯及び提示義務） — (Obligation to Carry and Present an International Driving Permit or License) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-107-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-3 **第一項** 国際運転免許証等を所持する者は、自動車等を運転するときは、当該自動車等に係る国際運転免許証等を携帯していなければならない。第九十五条第二項の規定は、この場合について準用する。 art-107-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-3/par-1 When driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, a person with an International Driving Permit or license must carry the permit or license authorizing the person to drive it. The provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 95 apply mutatis mutandis in such a case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-107-3/par-1: 第九十五条第二項 → 道路交通法 第九十五条第二項 (Article 95, paragraph (2)), art-95/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-95/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-95/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-10 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-12 --- ## 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