# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十一条の十三 (Article 51-13)

- 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: 第五十一条の十三 (Article 51-13)（駐車監視員資格者証） — address `art-51-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13
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### 第五十一条の十三（駐車監視員資格者証） — (Parking Inspector Certificates)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-51-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13</sup>

  **第一項**  公安委員会は、次の各号のいずれにも該当する者に対し、駐車監視員資格者証を交付する。
  <sup>art-51-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1</sup>
  The public safety commission issues a parking inspector certificate to a person falling under both of the following items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  次のいずれかに該当する者
    <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-1</sup>
    one who is either of the following:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  公安委員会が国家公安委員会規則で定めるところにより放置車両の確認等に関する技能及び知識に関して行う講習を受け、その課程を修了した者
      <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      a person who has taken and completed a training course implemented by the public safety commission in accordance with Rules of the National Public Safety Commission, to learn the skills and knowledge involved in checking for, confirming, and marking abandoned vehicles;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  公安委員会が国家公安委員会規則で定めるところにより放置車両の確認等に関しイに掲げる者と同等以上の技能及び知識を有すると認める者
      <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      a person whom the public safety commission finds, pursuant to Rules of the National Public Safety Commission, has at least the same level of skills and knowledge as regards checking for, confirming, and marking abandoned vehicles, as a person set forth in (a).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  次のいずれにも該当しない者
    <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-2</sup>
    one who is none any of the following:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  十八歳未満の者
      <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
      under 18 years of age;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  第五十一条の八第三項第二号イからヘまでのいずれかに該当する者
      <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
      a person falling under any one of Article 51-8, paragraph (3), item (ii), subitems (a) through (f);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ハ**  次項第二号又は第三号に該当して同項の規定により駐車監視員資格者証の返納を命ぜられ、その返納の日から起算して二年を経過しない者
      <sup>art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3</sup>
      a person to whom item (ii) or (iii) of the following paragraph applies, who has been ordered to return a parking inspector certificate pursuant to that paragraph, if it has been less than two years since the date of its return.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  公安委員会は、駐車監視員資格者証の交付を受けた者が次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、その者に係る駐車監視員資格者証の返納を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-51-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2</sup>
  If a public safety commission finds that any one of the following items applies to a person who has been issued a parking inspector certificate, it may order the person to return the parking inspector certificate issued thereto:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第五十一条の八第三項第二号イからヘまでのいずれかに該当するに至つたとき。
    <sup>art-51-13/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2/item-1</sup>
    the person has come to fall under one of Article 51-8, paragraph (3), item (ii), subitems (a) through (f);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  偽りその他不正の手段により駐車監視員資格者証の交付を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-51-13/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2/item-2</sup>
    the person was issued the parking inspector certificate through deception or other wrongful means;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前条第五項の規定に違反し、又は放置車両の確認等に関し不正な行為をし、その情状が駐車監視員として不適当であると認められるとき。
    <sup>art-51-13/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2/item-3</sup>
    the person has violated paragraph (5) of the preceding Article or acted unlawfully in checking for, confirming, or marking an abandoned vehicle, and is found to be unfit to be a parking inspector in light of the circumstances of those actions.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第五十一条の八第三項第二号 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第三項第二号 (Article 51-8, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-51-8/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2
- art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 次項第二号 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十三第二項第二号 (Article 51-13, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-51-13/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2/item-2
- art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 第三号 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十三第二項第三号 (Article 51-13, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-51-13/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2/item-3
- art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 同項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十三第二項 (Article 51-13, paragraph (2)), art-51-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2
- art-51-13/par-2/item-1: 第五十一条の八第三項第二号 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第三項第二号 (Article 51-8, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-51-8/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2
- art-51-13/par-2/item-3: 前条第五項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第五項 (Article 51-12, paragraph (5)), art-51-12/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-5

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第三項（放置車両確認機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-3
- 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第五項（放置車両確認機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-5
- 道路交通法 第五十一条の十三第一項第二号ハ（駐車監視員資格者証） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-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
- 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-2/par-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
- This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13