# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第百八条 (Article 108)

- 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: 第百八条 (Article 108) — address `art-108`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108
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### 第百八条
<sup>art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1</sup>
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第四条、第十一条第五項、第二十条第一項若しくは第二項、第三十五条第六項、第三十六条、第三十六条の二第七項（第七十三条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）、第五十四条の二第七項、第五十八条第一項、第六十九条第二項又は第九十九条の二の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-108/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who has violated the provisions of Article 4, Article 11, paragraph (5), Article 20, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 35, paragraph (6), Article 36, Article 36-2, paragraph (7) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73, paragraph (2)), Article 54-2, paragraph (7), Article 58, paragraph (1), Article 69, paragraph (2), or Article 99-2;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第五十四条第二項又は第五十四条の二第六項の規定による処分に違反した者
  <sup>art-108/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who has violated a disposition under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) or Article 54-2, paragraph (6);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第五十四条の三第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、若しくは質問に対し陳述をせず、若しくは虚偽の陳述をした者
  <sup>art-108/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 54-3, paragraph (1), or has made a false report, or has refused, obstructed or evaded an inspection under the provisions of that paragraph, or has failed to make a statement in response to a question or has made a false statement.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第四条 → 道路運送車両法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-4
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第十一条第五項 → 道路運送車両法 第十一条第五項 (Article 11, paragraph (5)), art-11/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-11/par-5
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第二十条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-2
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条第六項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十五条第六項 (Article 35, paragraph (6)), art-35/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-35/par-6
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第三十六条 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第三十六条の二第七項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第七項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (7)), art-36-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-7
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第七十三条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十三条第二項 (Article 73, paragraph (2)), art-73/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-73/par-2
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第五十四条の二第七項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の二第七項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (7)), art-54-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-2/par-7
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第五十八条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-58/par-1
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第六十九条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十九条第二項 (Article 69, paragraph (2)), art-69/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69/par-2
- art-108/par-1/item-1: 第九十九条の二 → 道路運送車両法 第九十九条の二 (Article 99-2), art-99-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-99-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-99-2
- art-108/par-1/item-2: 第五十四条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-2
- art-108/par-1/item-2: 第五十四条の二第六項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の二第六項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (6)), art-54-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-2/par-6
- art-108/par-1/item-3: 第五十四条の三第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 道路運送車両法 第百十一条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-111/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-111/par-1/item-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-20261013T120733-035, 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