# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第六十四条 (Article 64)

- 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64)（無免許運転等の禁止） — address `art-64`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64
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### 第六十四条（無免許運転等の禁止） — (Prohibition against Unlicensed Driving and Related Conduct)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64</sup>

  **第一項**  何人も、第八十四条第一項の規定による公安委員会の運転免許を受けないで（第九十条第五項、第百三条第一項若しくは第四項、第百三条の二第一項、第百四条の二の三第一項若しくは第三項又は同条第五項において準用する第百三条第四項の規定により運転免許の効力が停止されている場合を含む。）、自動車又は一般原動機付自転車を運転してはならない。
  <sup>art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-1</sup>
  It is prohibited for any person to drive a motor vehicle or ride a general motorized bicycle without being licensed to drive by a public safety commission as under Article 84, paragraph (1) (this includes if the person's driver's license has been suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (5), Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 103-2, paragraph (1), Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  何人も、前項の規定に違反して自動車又は一般原動機付自転車を運転することとなるおそれがある者に対し、自動車又は一般原動機付自転車を提供してはならない。
  <sup>art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-2</sup>
  It is prohibited for any person to provide a person who is likely to drive a motor vehicle or ride a general motorized bicycle in violation of the preceding paragraph with a motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  何人も、自動車（道路運送法第二条第三項に規定する旅客自動車運送事業（以下単に「旅客自動車運送事業」という。）の用に供する自動車で当該業務に従事中のものその他の政令で定める自動車を除く。以下この項において同じ。）又は一般原動機付自転車の運転者が第八十四条第一項の規定による公安委員会の運転免許を受けていないこと（第九十条第五項、第百三条第一項若しくは第四項、第百三条の二第一項、第百四条の二の三第一項若しくは第三項又は同条第五項において準用する第百三条第四項の規定により運転免許の効力が停止されていることを含む。）を知りながら、当該運転者に対し、当該自動車又は一般原動機付自転車を運転して自己を運送することを要求し、又は依頼して、当該運転者が第一項の規定に違反して運転する自動車又は一般原動機付自転車に同乗してはならない。
  <sup>art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-3</sup>
  It is prohibited for any person who knows that the driver of a motor vehicle (other than a motor vehicle used for passenger motor carrier services as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Road Transportation Act (hereinafter simply referred to as "passenger motor carrier services") while it is in service; and other than any other motor vehicles that Cabinet Order prescribes; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) or general motorized bicycle has not been licensed by a public safety commission as under Article 84, paragraph (1) (this includes if the driver's license has been suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (5), Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 103-2, paragraph (1), Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 103, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)) to demand or request that the driver transport that person by driving that motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle, and then get into or onto a motor vehicle or general motorized bicycle that the driver will drive in violation of paragraph (1) together with the driver.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-64/par-1: 第八十四条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第一項 (Article 84, paragraph (1)), art-84/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-1
- art-64/par-1: 第九十条第五項 → 道路交通法 第九十条第五項 (Article 90, paragraph (5)), art-90/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-5
- art-64/par-1: 第百三条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1
- art-64/par-1: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第四項 (Article 103, paragraph (4)), art-103/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-4
- art-64/par-1: 第百三条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項 (Article 103-2, paragraph (1)), art-103-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1
- art-64/par-1: 第百四条の二の三第一項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第一項 (Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1)), art-104-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-1
- art-64/par-1: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第三項 (Article 104-2-3, paragraph (3)), art-104-2-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-3
- art-64/par-1: 同条第五項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第五項 (Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)), art-104-2-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-5
- art-64/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-1
- art-64/par-3: 道路運送法第二条第三項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-64/par-3: この項 → 道路交通法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-3
- art-64/par-3: 第八十四条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第一項 (Article 84, paragraph (1)), art-84/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-1
- art-64/par-3: 第九十条第五項 → 道路交通法 第九十条第五項 (Article 90, paragraph (5)), art-90/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-5
- art-64/par-3: 第百三条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1
- art-64/par-3: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第四項 (Article 103, paragraph (4)), art-103/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-4
- art-64/par-3: 第百三条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項 (Article 103-2, paragraph (1)), art-103-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1
- art-64/par-3: 第百四条の二の三第一項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第一項 (Article 104-2-3, paragraph (1)), art-104-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-1
- art-64/par-3: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第三項 (Article 104-2-3, paragraph (3)), art-104-2-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-3
- art-64/par-3: 同条第五項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第五項 (Article 104-2-3, paragraph (5)), art-104-2-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-5
- art-64/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第六十四条第二項（無免許運転等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-2
- 道路交通法 第六十四条第三項（無免許運転等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-3
- 道路交通法 第六十七条第一項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-67/par-1
- 道路交通法 第六十七条第二項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-67/par-2
- 道路交通法 第六十七条第四項（危険防止の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-67/par-4
- 道路交通法 第百七条の二第一項（国際運転免許証又は外国運転免許証を所持する者の自動車等の運転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-2/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の三の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T073427-005, translated 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