# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第百一条 (Article 101)

- Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号
- English title "Road Transport Vehicle Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第百一条 (Article 101) — address `art-101`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101
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### 第百一条
<sup>art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101</sup>

**第一項**  当該行政庁は、前条第二項の規定により当該職員が次の各号に掲げるものを検査する場合には、それぞれ当該各号に定める審査を機構に行わせることができる。
<sup>art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101/par-1</sup>
When a relevant official inspects any of the following items pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the relevant administrative agency may have the Agency conduct the examination prescribed in the respective item:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  自動車　当該自動車が保安基準に適合するかどうかの審査
  <sup>art-101/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a motor vehicle: examination of whether the motor vehicle conforms to the safety standards;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第九十九条の三第一項の許可を受けた者の物件　同項の許可を受けた者が特定改造等を適確に実施するに足りる能力を有するかどうかの審査
  <sup>art-101/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101/par-1/item-2</sup>
  articles of a person who has obtained the permission referred to in Article 99-3, paragraph (1): examination of whether that person has the capability sufficient to appropriately carry out specified modification, etc.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  機構は、前項各号に定める審査を行つたときは、遅滞なく、これらの審査の結果を国土交通省令で定めるところにより当該行政庁に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101/par-2</sup>
When the Agency has conducted the examinations prescribed in the items of the preceding paragraph, it must notify the relevant administrative agency of the results of those examinations without delay, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-101/par-1: 前条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-100/par-2
- art-101/par-1/item-2: 第九十九条の三第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十九条の三第一項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (1)), art-99-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-99-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-99-3/par-1
- art-101/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 第百一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-101/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-033, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
