# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十八条の三 (Article 58-3) - 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: 第五十八条の三 (Article 58-3)（過積載車両に係る措置命令） — address `art-58-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3 - 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. --- ### 第五十八条の三（過積載車両に係る措置命令） — (Order to Take Measures for Overloaded Vehicles) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-58-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3 **第一項** 警察官は、過積載（車両に積載をする積載物の重量が第五十七条第一項の制限に係る重量（同条第三項の規定による許可に係る積載物については、当該許可に係る重量）を超える場合における当該積載をいう。以下同じ。）をしている車両の運転者に対し、当該車両に係る積載が過積載とならないようにするため必要な応急の措置をとることを命ずることができる。 art-58-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-1 A police officer may order the driver of a vehicle carrying an excessive load (meaning a load carried by a vehicle which exceeds the weight prescribed in Article 57, paragraph (1) (or that exceeds the permitted weight, if the permission under paragraph (3) of that Article has been granted); the same applies hereinafter) to take the necessary stop-gap measures so that the vehicle is no longer carrying an excessive load. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 警察官は、前項の規定による命令によつては車両に係る積載が過積載とならないようにすることができないと認められる場合において、当該車両に係る過積載の程度及び道路又は交通の状況を勘案して当該車両を警察官が指示した事項を遵守して運転させることに支障がないと認めるときは、当該車両の運転者に対し、第五十七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、車両の通行の区間及び経路、道路における危険を防止するためにとるべき必要な措置その他の事項であつて警察官が指示したものを遵守して当該車両を運転し、及び当該車両に係る積載が過積載とならないようにするため必要な措置をとることを命ずることができる。この場合において、警察官は、当該車両の運転者に対し、通行指示書を交付しなければならない。 art-58-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-2 Notwithstanding Article 57, paragraph (1), if it is found that an order under the preceding paragraph is insufficient to stop a vehicle from carrying an excessive load, and if a police officer finds that, in light of the degree to which the vehicle is overloaded and road or traffic conditions, there is nothing to prevent the driver from driving the vehicle while abiding by the instructions that the officer gives, the officer may order the driver of the vehicle to drive in compliance with measures that need to be taken in order to prevent hazards on a section of road for vehicle traffic, route, or road, to abide by other instructions that the police officer gives, and to take other necessary measures so that the vehicle is no longer carrying an excessive load. In such a case, the police officer must issue written road use instructions to the driver of the vehicle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により通行指示書の交付を受けた車両の運転者は、同項の規定による命令に係る運転に当たつては、当該通行指示書を携帯していなければならない。 art-58-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-3 A driver of a vehicle who has been issued written road use instructions pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry the instructions at all times while driving the vehicle based on an order under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の通行指示書の様式その他同項の通行指示書に関し必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。 art-58-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-4 Cabinet Office Order provides for the format of, and other necessary particulars concerning, the written road use instructions referred to in paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-58-3/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 道路交通法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-57/par-1 - art-58-3/par-1: 同条第三項 → 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-58-3/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十八条の三第一項 (Article 58-3, paragraph (1)), art-58-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-1 - art-58-3/par-2: 第五十七条第一項 → 道路交通法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-57/par-1 - art-58-3/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十八条の三第二項 (Article 58-3, paragraph (2)), art-58-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-2 - art-58-3/par-4: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第五十八条の三第二項 (Article 58-3, paragraph (2)), art-58-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第五十七条第一項（乗車又は積載の制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-57/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十八条の三第二項（過積載車両に係る措置命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十八条の三第三項（過積載車両に係る措置命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-3 - 道路交通法 第五十八条の三第四項（過積載車両に係る措置命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-3/par-4 - 道路交通法 第五十八条の四第一項（過積載車両に係る指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-58-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-58-4/par-1 - 道路交通法 第六十一条第一項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-61/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百十九条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119/par-1/item-9 --- ## 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