# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（許可の手続） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（許可の手続） — (Procedures for Permission) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78 **第一項** 前条第一項の規定による許可を受けようとする者は、内閣府令で定める事項を記載した申請書を所轄警察署長に提出しなければならない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-1 A person seeking the permission under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must submit a written application to the competent police station chief, giving the information that Cabinet Office Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項の規定による許可に係る行為が道路法第三十二条第一項又は第三項の規定の適用を受けるものであるときは、前項の規定による申請書の提出は、当該道路の管理者を経由して行なうことができる。この場合において、道路の管理者は、すみやかに当該申請書を所轄警察署長に送付しなければならない。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-2 If the activity to which permission under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article pertains is subject to Article 32, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Road Act, the written application referred to in the preceding paragraph may be submitted via the administrator of the road in question. In such a case, the administrator of the road in question must promptly send the written application to the competent police station chief. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 所轄警察署長は、前条第一項の規定による許可をしたときは、許可証を交付しなければならない。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-3 The competent police station chief must issue a permit upon granting the permission under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による許可証の交付を受けた者は、当該許可証の記載事項に変更を生じたときは、所轄警察署長に届け出て、許可証に変更に係る事項の記載を受けなければならない。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-4 A person issued a permit under the preceding paragraph must file with the competent police station chief if a piece of information written on the permit changes, and have the chief enter the information following the change on the permit. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の規定による許可証の交付を受けた者は、当該許可証を亡失し、滅失し、汚損し、又は破損したときは、所轄警察署長に許可証の再交付を申請することができる。 art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-5 A person issued a permit pursuant to paragraph (3) may apply to the competent police station chief for its reissuance if it is lost, damaged, or defaced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の申請書の様式、第三項の許可証の様式その他前条第一項の許可の手続について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。 art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-6 Cabinet Office Order provides for the format for written applications as referred to in paragraph (1), the format for permits as referred to in paragraph (3), and other necessary details of the procedures for permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-1: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-77/par-1 - art-78/par-2: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-77/par-1 - art-78/par-2: 道路法第三十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 327AC1000000180, 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-78/par-2: 第三項 → e-Gov law 327AC1000000180, 第三十二条第三項 (Article 32, paragraph (3)), art-32/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-78/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-3: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-77/par-1 - art-78/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-3 - art-78/par-5: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-3 - art-78/par-6: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-6: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-3 - art-78/par-6: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十七条第一項 (Article 77, paragraph (1)), art-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-77/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十八条第二項（許可の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-2 - 道路交通法 第七十八条第四項（許可の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-4 - 道路交通法 第七十八条第五項（許可の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-5 - 道路交通法 第七十八条第六項（許可の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-78/par-6 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-10 --- ## 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