# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第百五条 (Article 105)

- 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: 第百五条 (Article 105)（権限の委任） — address `art-105`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105
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### 第百五条（権限の委任） — Delegation of Authority
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に規定する国土交通大臣の権限は、政令で定めるところにより、地方運輸局長に委任することができる。
<sup>art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-1</sup>
The authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism provided for in this Act may be delegated to a Director of a District Transport Bureau, as provided by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律に規定する地方運輸局長の権限及び前項の規定により地方運輸局長に委任された権限は、政令で定めるところにより、運輸監理部長又は運輸支局長に委任することができる。
<sup>art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-2</sup>
The authority of a Director of a District Transport Bureau provided for in this Act and the authority delegated to a Director of a District Transport Bureau pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated to a Director of a Transport Supervision Department or a Director of a Transport Branch Office, as provided by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  国土交通大臣又は地方運輸局長の権限が第一項又は前項の規定により地方運輸局長又は運輸監理部長若しくは運輸支局長に委任された場合においては、政令で、合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、この法律その他の法令の規定の適用に関し必要な事項を定めることができる。
<sup>art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-3</sup>
Where the authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a Director of a District Transport Bureau has been delegated to a Director of a District Transport Bureau, or to a Director of a Transport Supervision Department or a Director of a Transport Branch Office, pursuant to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, matters necessary for the application of the provisions of this Act and other laws and regulations may be specified by Cabinet Order within the extent judged reasonably necessary.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-105/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第百五条第一項 (Article 105, paragraph (1)), art-105/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-1
- art-105/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第百五条第一項 (Article 105, paragraph (1)), art-105/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-1
- art-105/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第五十一条第二十一項（違法駐車に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51/par-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51/par-21
- 道路運送車両法 第百五条第二項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第百五条第三項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-105/par-3

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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-20261013T120733-034, 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
