# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58) - 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（制限外許可証の交付等） — address `art-58` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十八条（制限外許可証の交付等） — (Issuance of Permit to Exceed Restrictions; Related Considerations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58 **第一項** 出発地警察署長は、第五十六条又は前条第三項の規定による許可（以下この条において「制限外許可」という。）をしたときは、許可証を交付しなければならない。 art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-1 Having granted permission pursuant to Article 56 or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "permission to exceed restrictions"), the police chief of the place of departure must issue a permit. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により許可証の交付を受けた車両の運転者は、当該許可に係る車両の運転中、当該許可証を携帯していなければならない。 art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-2 A driver of a vehicle issued a permit pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry the permit at all times while driving the vehicle for which the permission has been given. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 制限外許可を与える場合において、必要があると認めるときは、出発地警察署長は、政令で定めるところにより、当該許可に危険を防止するため必要な条件を付することができる。 art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-3 On finding that it is necessary to do so when granting permission to exceed restrictions, the chief of police of the place of departure may attach conditions to that permission as necessary to prevent hazards, pursuant to Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の許可証の様式その他制限外許可の手続について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。 art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-4 Cabinet Office Order provides for the format of permits as referred to in paragraph (1) and the necessary particulars concerning procedures for permission to exceed restrictions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-58/par-1: 第五十六条 → 道路交通法 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-56 - art-58/par-1: 前条第三項 → 道路交通法 第五十七条第三項 (Article 57, paragraph (3)), art-57/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-57/par-3 - art-58/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58 - art-58/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-1 - art-58/par-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第五十六条第一項（乗車又は積載の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-56/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十八条第一項（制限外許可証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十八条第二項（制限外許可証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十八条第四項（制限外許可証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-2/item-2 --- ## 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