# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第八十六条 (Article 86) - 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: 第八十六条 (Article 86)（第二種免許） — address `art-86` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86 - 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. --- ### 第八十六条（第二種免許） — (Class 2 Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86 **第一項** 次の表の上欄に掲げる自動車で旅客自動車であるものを旅客自動車運送事業に係る旅客を運送する目的で運転しようとする者は、当該自動車の種類に応じ、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる第二種免許を受けなければならない。 自動車の種類 第二種免許の種類 大型自動車 大型第二種免許 中型自動車及び準中型自動車 中型第二種免許 普通自動車 普通第二種免許 大型特殊自動車 大型特殊第二種免許 art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-1 A person seeking to drive a motor vehicle as set forth in the left-hand column of the following Table as a motor vehicle used for passenger services, to transport passengers as a part of passenger motor carrier services must obtain the corresponding class 2 license set forth in the right-hand column of that Table: Type of motor vehicle Type of class 2 license Large motor vehicle Class 2 L-MVL Mid-sized or semi-mid-sized motor vehicle Class 2 M-MVL Standard motor vehicle Class 2 S-MVL Special large motor vehicle Class 2 SL-MVL Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の表の下欄に掲げる第二種免許を受けた者は、同表の区分に従い当該自動車を当該目的で運転することができるほか、当該第二種免許に対応する第一種免許を受けた者が前条第二項の規定により運転することができる自動車等を運転すること（大型第二種免許を受けた者にあつては旅客自動車である中型自動車、準中型自動車又は普通自動車を、中型第二種免許を受けた者にあつては旅客自動車である普通自動車を当該目的で運転することを含む。）ができる。 art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-2 In addition to its being permissible for a person holding a class 2 license set forth in the right-hand column of the Table following the preceding paragraph to drive, for the referenced purpose, a motor vehicle of the category that the Table sets forth for that type of license; it is also permissible for such a person to drive the motor vehicles and motorized bicycles that, pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, it is permissible to drive for a person holding the class-1-license equivalent of the class 2 license that the relevant person holds (and it is also permissible for a person holding a class 2 L-MVL to drive, for the referenced purpose, a mid-sized, semi-mid-sized, or standard motor vehicle as a motor vehicle used for passenger services; and for a person holding a class 2 M-MVL to drive, for the referenced purpose, a standard motor vehicle as a motor vehicle used for passenger services). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 牽引自動車によつて旅客用車両を旅客自動車運送事業に係る旅客を運送する目的で牽引して当該牽引自動車を運転しようとする者は、当該牽引自動車に係る免許（仮免許を除く。）のほか、牽引第二種免許を受けなければならない。 art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-3 In addition to obtaining a license (other than a provisional license) for a motor vehicle equipped for towing, a person seeking to drive that motor vehicle to tow a vehicle used for passenger services in order to transport passengers as a part of passenger motor carrier services must obtain a class 2 towing license. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 牽引第二種免許を受けた者で、大型免許、中型免許、準中型免許、普通免許、大型特殊免許、大型第二種免許、中型第二種免許、普通第二種免許又は大型特殊第二種免許を現に受けているものは、これらの免許によつて運転することができる牽引自動車によつて旅客用車両を旅客自動車運送事業に係る旅客を運送する目的で牽引して当該牽引自動車を運転することができるほか、これらの免許によつて運転することができる牽引自動車によつて重被牽引車を牽引して当該牽引自動車を運転することができる。 art-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-4 In addition to its being permissible for a person holding a class 2 towing license who also holds an L-MVL, M-MVL, SM-MVL, S-MVL, SL-MVL, class 2 L-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, or class 2 SL-MVL to drive any of the motor vehicles equipped for towing that the license permits the person to drive while towing a vehicle used for passenger services to transport passengers as a part of passenger motor carrier services, it is also permissible for that person to drive any of the motor vehicles equipped for towing that the license permits the person to drive while towing a heavy towable vehicle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 代行運転普通自動車を運転しようとする者は、普通第二種免許を受けなければならない。 art-86/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-5 A person seeking to drive a standard motor vehicle that is to be driven by a professional designated driver must obtain a class 2 S-MVL. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 大型第二種免許又は中型第二種免許を受けた者は、第二項に規定するもののほか、代行運転普通自動車を運転することができる。 art-86/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-6 A person holding a class 2 M-MVL or a class 2 L-MVL may drive a standard motor vehicle that is to be driven by a professional designated driver in addition to what is provided for in paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-86/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-1 - art-86/par-2: 前条第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-2 - art-86/par-6: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十六条第二項 (Article 86, paragraph (2)), art-86/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十一条の五第三項（初心運転者標識等の表示義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-3 - 道路交通法 第七十一条の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-6/par-1 - 道路交通法 第八十六条第二項（第二種免許） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-2 - 道路交通法 第八十六条第六項（第二種免許） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-6 --- ## 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