# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第九十七条の三 (Article 97-3) - 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: 第九十七条の三 (Article 97-3)（運転免許試験の停止等） — address `art-97-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3 - 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. 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. --- ### 第九十七条の三（運転免許試験の停止等） — (Stopping Driver's License Tests; Related Considerations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-97-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3 **第一項** 公安委員会は、不正の手段によつて運転免許試験を受け、又は受けようとした者に対しては、その運転免許試験を停止し、又は合格の決定を取り消すことができる。 art-97-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-1 If a person has taken or begun to take a driver's license test by wrongful means, a public safety commission may stop the driver's license test or reverse its decision that the person has passed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により合格の決定を取り消したときは、公安委員会は、その旨を直ちにその者に通知しなければならない。この場合において、当該運転免許試験に係る免許は、その通知を受けた日に効力を失うものとする。 art-97-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-2 A public safety commission that reverses its decision that a person has passed a driver's license test pursuant to the preceding paragraph must immediately notify that person. In such a case, the license that the driver's license test was for ceases to be valid on the date on which the person receives the notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 公安委員会は、第一項の規定による処分を受けた者に対し、情状により、一年以内の期間を定めて、運転免許試験を受けることができないものとすることができる。 art-97-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-3 A public safety commission may prohibit a person subject to the measures under paragraph (1) from taking driver's license tests for a period of one year or less that it fixes, based on the circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-97-3/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第九十七条の三第一項 (Article 97-3, paragraph (1)), art-97-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-1 - art-97-3/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第九十七条の三第一項 (Article 97-3, paragraph (1)), art-97-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第九十七条の三第二項（運転免許試験の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-2 - 道路交通法 第九十七条の三第三項（運転免許試験の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-97-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-3/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百六条第一項（国家公安委員会への報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-106/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百十三条の二第一項（行政手続法の適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-113-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-113-2/par-1 --- ## 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