# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百三十条 (Article 130) - 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: 第百三十条 (Article 130)（反則者に係る刑事事件） — address `art-130` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130 - 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. --- ### 第百三十条（反則者に係る刑事事件） — (Criminal Cases against Violators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130 **第一項** 反則者は、当該反則行為についてその者が第百二十七条第一項又は第二項後段の規定により当該反則行為が属する種別に係る反則金の納付の通告を受け、かつ、第百二十八条第一項に規定する期間が経過した後でなければ、当該反則行為に係る事件について、公訴を提起されず、又は家庭裁判所の審判に付されない。ただし、次の各号に掲げる場合においては、この限りでない。 art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1 A violator is not subject to prosecution, nor is a violator subject to being brought before the family court for trial, in connection with a case involving the violation in question unless it is after the violator has been issued a notice of findings pursuant to Article 127, paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (2), notifying the violator to pay the penalty for the category to which the violation belongs, and after the period provided for in Article 128, paragraph (1) has ended; provided, however, that this does not apply if: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百二十六条第一項各号のいずれかに掲げる場合に該当するため、同項又は同条第四項の規定による告知をしなかつたとき。 art-130/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1/item-1 the violator was not notified to appear as under Article 126, paragraph (1) or (4) because the circumstances fell under a category of case as set forth in one of the items of Article 126, paragraph (1); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その者が書面の受領を拒んだため、又はその者の居所が明らかでないため、第百二十六条第一項若しくは第四項の規定による告知又は第百二十七条第一項若しくは第二項後段の規定による通告をすることができなかつたとき。 art-130/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1/item-2 the violator could not be notified to appear as under Article 126, paragraph (1) or (4) or could not be notified of the findings as under Article 127, paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (2) because the violator refused to receive the document or because the violator's residence was unknown. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-130/par-1: 第百二十七条第一項 → 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-130/par-1: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百二十七条第二項 (Article 127, paragraph (2)), art-127/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-2 - art-130/par-1: 第百二十八条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十八条第一項 (Article 128, paragraph (1)), art-128/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-128/par-1 - art-130/par-1/item-1: 第百二十六条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 - art-130/par-1/item-1: 同条第四項 → 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-130/par-1/item-2: 第百二十六条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 - art-130/par-1/item-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-130/par-1/item-2: 第百二十七条第一項 → 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-130/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百二十七条第二項 (Article 127, paragraph (2)), art-127/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites 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 --- ## 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