# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十五条の二十一 (Article 75-21)

- 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: 第七十五条の二十一 (Article 75-21)（特定自動運行主任者の義務） — address `art-75-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-21
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-21
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### 第七十五条の二十一（特定自動運行主任者の義務） — Obligations of Specified Automated Operation Supervisors
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-75-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-21</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項第一号の規定により配置された特定自動運行主任者は、当該特定自動運行用自動車が特定自動運行を行つているときは、同号に規定する装置の作動状態を監視していなければならない。この場合において、当該装置が正常に作動していないことを認めたときは、当該特定自動運行主任者は、直ちに、当該特定自動運行を終了させるための措置を講じなければならない。
<sup>art-75-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-21/par-1</sup>
A specified automated operation supervisor assigned pursuant to paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article must monitor the operating status of the device prescribed in that item while the motor vehicle for specified automated operation is engaged in specified automated operation. In this case, if the specified automated operation supervisor finds that the device is not operating normally, the specified automated operation supervisor must immediately take measures to end that specified automated operation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  特定自動運行主任者は、道路において特定自動運行が終了したときは、直ちに、次条又は第七十五条の二十三第一項若しくは第三項の規定による措置その他のこの法律及びこの法律に基づく命令の規定並びにこの法律の規定に基づく処分により特定自動運行主任者が実施しなければならない措置を講ずべき事由の有無を確認しなければならない。
<sup>art-75-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-21/par-2</sup>
When specified automated operation has ended on a road, a specified automated operation supervisor must immediately confirm whether there are grounds for taking measures that the specified automated operation supervisor is required to carry out under the provisions of this Act, orders based on this Act, and dispositions made under the provisions of this Act, including measures under the following Article or Article 75-23, paragraph (1) or (3).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-75-21/par-1: 前条第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十第一項第一号 (Article 75-20, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-75-20/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-20/par-1/item-1
- art-75-21/par-2: 次条 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十二 (Article 75-22), art-75-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-22
- art-75-21/par-2: 第七十五条の二十三第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第一項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (1)), art-75-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-1
- art-75-21/par-2: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第三項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (3)), art-75-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第七十五条の十二第二項第二号ニ（５）（特定自動運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-12/par-2/item-2/sub-4/sub2-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-12/par-2/item-2/sub-4/sub2-5
- 道路交通法 第七十五条の十三第一項第三号（特定自動運行の許可基準等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-13/par-1/item-3
- 道路交通法 第七十五条の十九第一項（特定自動運行を行う前の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-19/par-1
- 道路交通法 第七十五条の十九第二項（特定自動運行を行う前の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-19/par-2

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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-20261013T072436-008, 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
