# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第四十五条 (Article 45) - 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: 第四十五条 (Article 45)（駐車を禁止する場所） — address `art-45` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条（駐車を禁止する場所） — (Places Where Parking Is Prohibited) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45 **第一項** 車両は、道路標識等により駐車が禁止されている道路の部分及び次に掲げるその他の道路の部分においては、駐車してはならない。ただし、公安委員会の定めるところにより警察署長の許可を受けたときは、この限りでない。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-1 The driver of a vehicle must not park on a part of the road where parking is prohibited by road signs or markings or on a part of the road as set forth below; provided, however, that this does not apply if permission to park there has been granted by the chief of the police station pursuant to public safety commission rules: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 人の乗降、貨物の積卸し、駐車又は自動車の格納若しくは修理のため道路外に設けられた施設又は場所の道路に接する自動車用の出入口から三メートル以内の部分 art-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-1/item-1 within 3 meters of a motor-vehicle entrance or exit connecting the road and a facility or place that has been set up along the road for loading and unloading persons or cargo; for parking; or for storing or repairing motor vehicles; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 道路工事が行なわれている場合における当該工事区域の側端から五メートル以内の部分 art-45/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-1/item-2 within 5 meters of the outside edge of a road work zone while road work is taking place in that zone; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 消防用機械器具の置場若しくは消防用防火水槽の側端又はこれらの道路に接する出入口から五メートル以内の部分 art-45/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-1/item-3 within 5 meters of a place where fire-services machinery or equipment is stored, within 5 meters of a fire-services cistern, or within 5 meters of an entrance or exit connecting either of these to the road; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 消火栓、指定消防水利の標識が設けられている位置又は消防用防火水槽の吸水口若しくは吸管投入孔から五メートル以内の部分 art-45/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-1/item-4 within 5 meters of a fire hydrant, a sign indicating a designated fire-services water source, or the water intake or injection tube of a fire-services cistern; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 火災報知機から一メートル以内の部分 art-45/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-1/item-5 within 1 meter of a fire alarm. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 車両は、第四十七条第二項又は第三項の規定により駐車する場合に当該車両の右側の道路上に三・五メートル（道路標識等により距離が指定されているときは、その距離）以上の余地がないこととなる場所においては、駐車してはならない。ただし、貨物の積卸しを行なう場合で運転者がその車両を離れないとき、若しくは運転者がその車両を離れたが直ちに運転に従事することができる状態にあるとき、又は傷病者の救護のためやむを得ないときは、この限りでない。 art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-2 The driver of a vehicle must not park pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (2) or (3) if doing so would fail to leave at least 3.5 meters (or the distance that is specified by road signs or markings, if any) of road to the right side of the vehicle; provided, however, that this does not apply when cargo is being loaded or unloaded if the driver does not leave the vicinity of the vehicle or if the driver leaves the vicinity of the vehicle but will be able to go back to driving immediately, and does not apply if the driver is compelled to park pursuant to those provisions in order to assist an injured or sick person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公安委員会が交通がひんぱんでないと認めて指定した区域においては、前項本文の規定は、適用しない。 art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-3 The main clause of the preceding paragraph does not apply in an area that the public safety commission prescribes as an area with infrequent traffic. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45/par-2: 第四十七条第二項 → 道路交通法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-2 - art-45/par-2: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第四十七条第三項 (Article 47, paragraph (3)), art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-47/par-3 - art-45/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第四十五条第三項（駐車を禁止する場所） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45/par-3 - 道路交通法 第四十五条の二第一項（高齢運転者等標章自動車の停車又は駐車の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十六条第一項（停車又は駐車を禁止する場所の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-46/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十九条の三第一項（時間制限駐車区間における駐車の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-49-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-49-3/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条第一項（違法駐車に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十五条第一項第七号（自動車の使用者の義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75/par-1/item-7 - 道路交通法 第百十条の二第五項（特定の交通の規制等の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-110-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-110-2/par-5 - 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の四第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-4/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/appdx-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