# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2)

- 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: 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2)（遵守事項） — address `art-28-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-2
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### 第二十八条の二（遵守事項） — Matters to Be Observed
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に規定するもののほか、自動車登録番号標の管理の方法、事業場に掲示すべき事項その他自動車登録番号標の適正な交付の確保のために自動車登録番号標交付代行者の遵守すべき事項は、国土交通省令で定める。
<sup>art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-2/par-1</sup>
In addition to what is prescribed in this Act, the method of managing motor vehicle registration number plates, the matters to be posted at the place of business, and other matters to be observed by a motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent in order to ensure the proper issuance of motor vehicle registration number plates are specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  国土交通大臣は、自動車登録番号標交付代行者が前項の国土交通省令で定める事項を遵守していないため自動車登録番号標の適正な交付が確保されていないと認めるときは、当該自動車登録番号標交付代行者に対し、自動車登録番号標の管理の方法の改善その他その是正のために必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-2/par-2</sup>
Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds that the proper issuance of motor vehicle registration number plates is not being ensured because a motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent is not observing the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under the preceding paragraph, the Minister may order that motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent to take necessary measures for remedying the situation, such as improving the method of managing motor vehicle registration number plates.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-28-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十八条の二第一項 (Article 28-2, paragraph (1)), art-28-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 道路運送車両法 第二十八条の二第二項（遵守事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-2/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第二十八条の三第二項（封印の取付けの委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-3/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の五第三項（継続検査に係る自動車検査証への記録等に関する事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-5/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の六第三項（自動車検査証の変更記録に関する事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-6/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-6

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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-20261013T120733-006, 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
