# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

- 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（自動車登録官） — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-24
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### 第二十四条（自動車登録官） — Motor Vehicle Registration Officers
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<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-24</sup>

**第一項**  国土交通大臣は、国土交通省の職員のうちから自動車登録官を任命し、本章に規定する登録に関する事務を執行させるものとする。
<sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-24/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to appoint motor vehicle registration officers from among the officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and have them administer the affairs concerning registration prescribed in this Chapter.
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**第二項**  自動車登録官の任命、服務及び研修について必要な事項は、国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）及びこれに基づく命令によるほか、国土交通省令で定める。
<sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-24/par-2</sup>
Necessary matters concerning the appointment, service and training of motor vehicle registration officers are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in addition to being governed by the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) and orders based on that Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 道路運送車両法 第七十四条第二項（自動車検査官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74/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-20261013T120733-005, 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
