# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百二十五条 (Article 125) - 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: 第百二十五条 (Article 125)（通則） — address `art-125` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125 - 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. --- ### 第百二十五条（通則） — (General Rules) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125 **第一項** この章において「反則行為」とは、前章の罪に当たる行為のうち別表第二の上欄に掲げるものであつて、車両等の運転者がしたものをいい、その種別は、政令で定める。 art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-1 In 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. machine translation, not official **第二項** この章において「反則者」とは、反則行為をした者であつて、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者以外のものをいう。 art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-2 In this Chapter, the term "violator" means a person other than as referred to in one of the following items who commits a violation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該反則行為に係る車両等（特定小型原動機付自転車等を除く。）に関し法令の規定による運転の免許を受けていない者（法令の規定により当該免許の効力が停止されている者を含み、第百七条の二の規定により国際運転免許証等で当該車両等を運転することができることとされている者を除く。）又は第八十五条第五項から第十項までの規定により当該反則行為に係る自動車を運転することができないこととされている者 art-125/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-2/item-1 a person who has not been issued a driver's license under laws and regulations for the vehicle or streetcar (excluding a specified small motorized bicycle or light road vehicle) associated with the violation (this includes a person whose license is under a suspension pursuant to laws and regulations and excludes a person with an International Driving Permit or license who is permitted by Article 107-2 to drive the vehicle or streetcar using that permit or license) or a person who is prohibited from driving the motor vehicle associated with the violation pursuant to Article 85, paragraphs (5) through (10); machine translation, not official **二** 当該反則行為をした場合において、酒に酔つた状態若しくは第百十七条の二第一項第三号に規定する状態で車両等を運転していた者又は身体に第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号の政令で定める程度以上にアルコールを保有する状態で車両等（自転車以外の軽車両を除く。）を運転していた者 art-125/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-2/item-2 a person who has committed the violation in question while driving a vehicle or streetcar in an intoxicated state or in a state as prescribed by Article 117-2, paragraph (1), item (iii), or a person who has committed it while driving a vehicle or streetcar (other than a light road vehicle that is not a bicycle) with alcohol in their system at or above the level that Cabinet Order prescribes which is referred to in Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii); machine translation, not official **三** 当該反則行為をし、よつて交通事故を起こした者 art-125/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-2/item-3 a person who has caused a traffic accident by committing the violation in question. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 十六歳未満の者 art-125/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-2/item-4 a person under 16 years of age. machine translation, not official **第三項** この章において「反則金」とは、反則者がこの章の規定の適用を受けようとする場合に国に納付すべき金銭をいい、その額は、別表第二に定める金額の範囲内において、反則行為の種別に応じ政令で定める。 art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-3 In 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-125/par-1: 別表第二 → 道路交通法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/appdx-2 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第百七条の二 → 道路交通法 第百七条の二 (Article 107-2), art-107-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-2 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第八十五条第五項から第十項まで → 道路交通法 第八十五条第十項 (Article 85, paragraph (10)), art-85/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-10 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第八十五条第五項から第十項まで → 道路交通法 第八十五条第五項 (Article 85, paragraph (5)), art-85/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-5 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第八十五条第五項から第十項まで → 道路交通法 第八十五条第六項 (Article 85, paragraph (6)), art-85/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-6 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第八十五条第五項から第十項まで → 道路交通法 第八十五条第七項 (Article 85, paragraph (7)), art-85/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-7 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第八十五条第五項から第十項まで → 道路交通法 第八十五条第八項 (Article 85, paragraph (8)), art-85/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-8 - art-125/par-2/item-1: 第八十五条第五項から第十項まで → 道路交通法 第八十五条第九項 (Article 85, paragraph (9)), art-85/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-9 - art-125/par-2/item-2: 第百十七条の二第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二第一項第三号 (Article 117-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-117-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1/item-3 - art-125/par-2/item-2: 第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 - art-125/par-3: 別表第二 → 道路交通法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/appdx-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百三十条の二第一項（反則者に係る保護事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-8 - 道路交通法 附則第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3601-87/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3601-87/par-5 - 道路交通法 附則第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63/par-4 - 道路交通法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4021-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4021-73/par-3 - 道路交通法 附則第十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-12/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-017, translated 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