# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第三十五条 (Article 35) - 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: 第三十五条 (Article 35)（指定通行区分） — address `art-35` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35 - 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. --- ### 第三十五条（指定通行区分） — (Designated Traffic Distribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35 **第一項** 車両（特定小型原動機付自転車等及び右折につき一般原動機付自転車が前条第五項本文の規定によることとされる交差点において左折又は右折をする一般原動機付自転車を除く。）は、車両通行帯の設けられた道路において、道路標識等により交差点で進行する方向に関する通行の区分が指定されているときは、同条第一項、第二項及び第四項の規定にかかわらず、当該通行の区分に従い当該車両通行帯を通行しなければならない。ただし、第四十条の規定に従うため、又は道路の損壊、道路工事その他の障害のためやむを得ないときは、この限りでない。 art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35/par-1 Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of that Article, if road signs or markings on a road with vehicle traffic lanes specify a traffic distribution for the directions in which vehicles proceed at an intersection, the driver of a vehicle (other than a specified small motorized bicycle or light road vehicle, and other than a general motorized bicycle that turns left or right at an intersection where, for a right turn, a general motorized bicycle is to comply with the main clause of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article) must proceed along those vehicle traffic lanes in accordance with that distribution of traffic; provided, however, that this does not apply when unavoidable in order to comply with Article 40, or due to road damage, road work, or any other obstruction. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条第六項の規定は、車両が前項の通行の区分に従い通行するため進路を変更しようとして手又は方向指示器による合図をした場合について準用する。 art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35/par-2 The provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis if the driver of a vehicle uses a hand or turn signal to indicate the intention to change course in order to abide by a distribution of traffic as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35/par-1: 前条第五項 → 道路交通法 第三十四条第五項 (Article 34, paragraph (5)), art-34/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-5 - art-35/par-1: 同条第一項 → 道路交通法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-1 - art-35/par-1: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-2 - art-35/par-1: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第三十四条第四項 (Article 34, paragraph (4)), art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-4 - art-35/par-1: 第四十条 → 道路交通法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-40 - art-35/par-2: 前条第六項 → 道路交通法 第三十四条第六項 (Article 34, paragraph (6)), art-34/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-6 - art-35/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第二十条第三項（車両通行帯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20/par-3 - 道路交通法 第三十五条第二項（指定通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35/par-2 - 道路交通法 第四十一条第一項（緊急自動車等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十一条の二第四項（消防用車両の優先等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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-20261013T074321-003, 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