# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十一条の十一 (Article 51-11) - 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: 第五十一条の十一 (Article 51-11)（報告及び検査） — address `art-51-11` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条の十一（報告及び検査） — (Reporting and Inspection) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11 **第一項** 公安委員会は、第五十一条の八から前条までの規定の施行に必要な限度において、登録を受けた法人に対し、その業務又は経理の状況に関し報告をさせ、又は警察職員に、登録を受けた法人の事務所に立ち入り、業務の状況若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-51-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-1 A public safety commission may have a registered corporation report on its operational or accounting status or have a police official enter the office of a registered corporation and inspect its operational status, books, documents and other articles, but only so far as is necessary for enforcing Article 51-8 through the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をする警察職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-51-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-2 Police officials conducting on-site inspections pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it at the request of a relevant person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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。 art-51-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-3 The authority for an on-site inspection under paragraph (1) must not be construed as authorizing a criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51-11/par-1: 第五十一条の八から前条まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十 (Article 51-10), art-51-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-10 - art-51-11/par-1: 第五十一条の八から前条まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八 (Article 51-8), art-51-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8 - art-51-11/par-1: 第五十一条の八から前条まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の九 (Article 51-9), art-51-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-9 - art-51-11/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十一第一項 (Article 51-11, paragraph (1)), art-51-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-1 - art-51-11/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十一第一項 (Article 51-11, paragraph (1)), art-51-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第二項（確認事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十第一項第三号（登録の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-10/par-1/item-3 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十一第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十一第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-3 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十四第一項（国家公安委員会規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-14/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