# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第十五条の三 (Article 15-3)

- 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: 第十五条の三 (Article 15-3)（遠隔操作による通行の届出） — address `art-15-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3
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### 第十五条の三（遠隔操作による通行の届出） — Notification of Travel by Remote Operation
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-15-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3</sup>

**第一項**  遠隔操作型小型車（遠隔操作により道路において通行させるものに限る。以下この項及び次条において同じ。）の使用者は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を当該遠隔操作型小型車を遠隔操作により通行させようとする場所を管轄する公安委員会に届け出なければならない。その届け出た事項を変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1</sup>
A user of a remotely operated small vehicle (limited to one that is caused to travel on a road by remote operation; the same applies in this paragraph and the following Article) must, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, notify the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the place where the user intends to cause the remotely operated small vehicle to travel by remote operation of the following matters. The same applies when the user intends to change the matters so notified.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  遠隔操作型小型車の使用者の氏名又は名称及び住所並びに法人にあつては、その代表者の氏名
  <sup>art-15-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the name and address of the user of the remotely operated small vehicle and, if the user is a corporation, the name of its representative;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  遠隔操作型小型車を遠隔操作により通行させようとする場所
  <sup>art-15-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the place where the remotely operated small vehicle is to be caused to travel by remote operation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  遠隔操作型小型車の遠隔操作を行う場所の所在地及び連絡先並びに遠隔操作のための装置、人員その他の体制
  <sup>art-15-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the location and contact information of the place where remote operation of the remotely operated small vehicle is performed, and the device, personnel, and other arrangements for remote operation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  運送される人又は物の別及び当該人又は物の運送の方法
  <sup>art-15-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the distinction between people and goods to be transported and the method of transporting those people or goods;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  非常停止装置の位置及び形状
  <sup>art-15-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the position and shape of the emergency stop device;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  遠隔操作型小型車の仕様に関する事項として内閣府令で定める事項
  <sup>art-15-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1/item-6</sup>
  matters concerning the specifications of the remotely operated small vehicle that Cabinet Office Order prescribes.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による届出には、当該届出をする者に係る住民票の写し又は登記事項証明書、当該届出に係る遠隔操作型小型車の仕様を示す書面その他の内閣府令で定める書類を添付しなければならない。
<sup>art-15-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-2</sup>
A notification under the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of residence or a certificate of registered information of the person making the notification, a document showing the specifications of the remotely operated small vehicle to which the notification relates, and other documents prescribed by Cabinet Office Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  公安委員会は、第一項前段の規定による届出があつたときは、当該届出をした者を識別するための番号、記号その他の符号（次条において「届出番号等」という。）をその者に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-15-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-3</sup>
When a notification under the first sentence of paragraph (1) has been made, the public safety commission must notify the person who made the notification of a number, symbol, or other code for identifying that person (referred to as a "notification number or other code" in the following Article).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-15-3/par-1: この項 → 道路交通法 第十五条の三第一項 (Article 15-3, paragraph (1)), art-15-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1
- art-15-3/par-1: 次条 → 道路交通法 第十五条の四 (Article 15-4), art-15-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-4
- art-15-3/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第十五条の三第一項 (Article 15-3, paragraph (1)), art-15-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1
- art-15-3/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第十五条の三第一項 (Article 15-3, paragraph (1)), art-15-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1
- art-15-3/par-3: 次条 → 道路交通法 第十五条の四 (Article 15-4), art-15-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-4

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路交通法 第十五条の三第一項（遠隔操作による通行の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-1
- 道路交通法 第十五条の三第二項（遠隔操作による通行の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-2
- 道路交通法 第十五条の三第三項（遠隔操作による通行の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-3/par-3
- 道路交通法 第十五条の四第一項（届出番号等の表示義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-4/par-1
- 道路交通法 第十五条の五第一項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-2/par-1/item-1

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## 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-20261013T074321-002, 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
