# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（自動車登録番号標交付代行者） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条（自動車登録番号標交付代行者） — Motor Vehicle Registration Number Plate Issuing Agents caption: machine translation, not official art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25 **第一項** 自動車登録番号標を登録自動車の所有者に交付する業を行おうとする者は、事業場ごとに、国土交通大臣の指定を受けなければならない。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-1 A person who intends to engage in the business of issuing motor vehicle registration number plates to owners of registered motor vehicles must obtain designation from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for each place of business. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の指定には、条件又は期限を附し、及びこれを変更することができる。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-2 Conditions or time limits may be attached to the designation under the preceding paragraph, and may be changed. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の条件又は期限は、第一項の規定により指定を受けた者（以下「自動車登録番号標交付代行者」という。）が行なう自動車登録番号標の交付が適切に行なわれるために必要とする最小限度のものに限り、かつ、当該自動車登録番号標交付代行者に不当な義務を課することとならないものでなければならない。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-3 The conditions or time limits under the preceding paragraph must be limited to the minimum necessary for the proper issuance of motor vehicle registration number plates by a person designated pursuant to paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent"), and must not impose any unjust obligation on that motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-2 - art-25/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第十一条第一項（自動車登録番号標の封印等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-11/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第十九条第一項（自動車登録番号標の表示の義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-19/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第二十条第一項（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第二十五条第二項（自動車登録番号標交付代行者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第二十五条第三項（自動車登録番号標交付代行者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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