# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第十五条の五 (Article 15-5)

- 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: 第十五条の五 (Article 15-5)（報告及び検査） — address `art-15-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5
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### 第十五条の五（報告及び検査） — Reports and Inspections
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-15-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5</sup>

**第一項**  公安委員会は、この章の規定の施行に必要な限度において、遠隔操作型小型車の使用者に対し、遠隔操作型小型車の遠隔操作による道路における通行に関し報告若しくは資料の提出を求め、又は警察職員に、第十五条の三第一項第三号に規定する場所その他の遠隔操作型小型車の使用者の事務所に立ち入り、帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させ、若しくは関係者に質問させることができる。
<sup>art-15-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-1</sup>
A public safety commission may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter, ask a user of a remotely operated small vehicle to report or submit materials concerning travel on roads by remote operation of remotely operated small vehicles, or have a police official enter the place prescribed in Article 15-3, paragraph (1), item (iii) or any other office of a user of a remotely operated small vehicle and inspect books, documents, and other articles or question relevant persons.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により警察職員が立ち入るときは、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、関係者に提示しなければならない。
<sup>art-15-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-2</sup>
When a police official enters premises pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the official must carry identification showing the official's status and present it to relevant persons.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。
<sup>art-15-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-3</sup>
The authority for an on-site inspection under paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-15-5/par-1: 第十五条の三第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第十五条の三第一項第三号 (Article 15-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), 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
- art-15-5/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第十五条の五第一項 (Article 15-5, paragraph (1)), art-15-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-1
- art-15-5/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第十五条の五第一項 (Article 15-5, paragraph (1)), art-15-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第十五条の五第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-2
- 道路交通法 第十五条の五第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-15-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15-5/par-3
- 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-3/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
