# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百八条の十三 (Article 108-13) - 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: 第百八条の十三 (Article 108-13)（指定等） — address `art-108-13` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八条の十三（指定等） — (Designation; Other Matters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-108-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13 **第一項** 国家公安委員会は、交通事故の防止及び交通事故による被害の軽減に資するための調査研究等を行うことにより道路における交通の安全と円滑に寄与することを目的とする一般社団法人又は一般財団法人であつて、次条に規定する事業を適正かつ確実に行うことができると認められるものを、その申出により、全国に一を限つて、交通事故調査分析センター（以下この章において「分析センター」という。）として指定することができる。 art-108-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-1 At the application of a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation that aims to contribute to the safety and fluidity of road traffic by carrying out investigations, research, and other activities that help prevent traffic accidents and lessen the damage they cause, and which is found to be able to carry out the operations prescribed in the following Article in a proper and reliable manner, the National Public Safety Commission may designate a maximum of one such association or foundation nationwide as the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as "ITARDA"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国家公安委員会は、前項の規定による指定をしたときは、分析センターの名称、住所及び事務所の所在地を公示しなければならない。 art-108-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-2 Upon conferring the designation under the preceding paragraph, the National Public Safety Commission must issue public notice of the name and address of ITARDA and of the localities of its offices. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 分析センターは、その名称、住所又は事務所の所在地を変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を国家公安委員会に届け出なければならない。 art-108-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-3 Before changing its name or address or the locality of its offices, ITARDA must notify the National Public Safety Commission of this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 国家公安委員会は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、その旨を公示しなければならない。 art-108-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-4 Upon being notified as under the preceding paragraph, the National Public Safety Commission must issue public notice of this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-108-13/par-1: 次条 → 道路交通法 第百八条の十四 (Article 108-14), art-108-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-14 - art-108-13/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の十三第一項 (Article 108-13, paragraph (1)), art-108-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-1 - art-108-13/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の十三第三項 (Article 108-13, paragraph (3)), art-108-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百八条の十三第二項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百八条の十三第四項（指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-13/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百八条の二十五第一項（国家公安委員会規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-25/par-1 --- ## 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