# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百二十七条 (Article 127) - 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: 第百二十七条 (Article 127)（通告） — address `art-127` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127 - 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. --- ### 第百二十七条（通告） — (Notice of Findings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-127 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127 **第一項** 警察本部長は、前条第三項又は第四項の報告を受けた場合において、当該報告に係る告知を受けた者が当該告知に係る種別に属する反則行為をした反則者であると認めるときは、その者に対し、理由を明示して当該反則行為が属する種別に係る反則金の納付を書面で通告するものとする。この場合においては、その者が当該告知に係る出頭の期日及び場所に出頭した場合並びにその者が第百二十九条第一項の規定による仮納付をしている場合を除き、当該通告書の送付に要する費用の納付をあわせて通告するものとする。 art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-1 Following 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 警察本部長は、前条第三項又は第四項の報告を受けた場合において、当該報告に係る告知を受けた者が当該告知に係る種別に属する反則行為をした反則者でないと認めるときは、その者に対し、すみやかに理由を明示してその旨を書面で通知するものとする。この場合において、その者が当該告知に係る種別以外の種別に属する反則行為をした反則者であると認めるときは、その者に対し、理由を明示して当該反則行為が属する種別に係る反則金の納付を書面で通告するものとする。 art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-2 Following 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による通告は、第百二十九条第一項に規定する期間を経過した日以後において、すみやかに行なうものとする。 art-127/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-3 Notice 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). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-127/par-1: 前条第三項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第三項 (Article 126, paragraph (3)), art-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-3 - art-127/par-1: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第四項 (Article 126, paragraph (4)), art-126/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-4 - art-127/par-1: 第百二十九条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-1 - art-127/par-2: 前条第三項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第三項 (Article 126, paragraph (3)), art-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-3 - art-127/par-2: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第四項 (Article 126, paragraph (4)), art-126/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-4 - art-127/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十七条第一項 (Article 127, paragraph (1)), art-127/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-1 - art-127/par-3: 第百二十九条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百二十六条第一項（告知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十七条第三項（通告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百二十八条第一項（反則金の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-128/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十九条第一項（仮納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十九条第二項（仮納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十九条第三項（仮納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百二十九条第四項（仮納付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百三十条第一項（反則者に係る刑事事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百三十条第一項第二号（反則者に係る刑事事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第百三十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-132/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第十六条第二項第二号（交通安全対策特別交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3351-105/art-16/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3351-105/art-16/par-2/item-2 --- ## 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