# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第三十六条の四 (Article 36-4)

- 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: 第三十六条の四 (Article 36-4)（他の法律の適用除外） — address `art-36-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4
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### 第三十六条の四（他の法律の適用除外） — Exclusion from Application of Other Acts
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-36-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4</sup>

**第一項**  登録については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第二章及び第三章の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-36-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Chapter II and Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to registration.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  自動車登録番号標及びその封印に関する処分並びに登録事項等証明書の交付については、行政手続法第二章の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-36-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Chapter II of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply to dispositions concerning motor vehicle registration number plates and their seals, or to the issuance of certificates of registered particulars, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  自動車登録ファイルについては、行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号）の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-36-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4/par-3</sup>
The provisions of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999) do not apply to the motor vehicle registration file.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  自動車登録ファイルに記録されている保有個人情報（個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第六十条第一項に規定する保有個人情報をいう。）については、同法第五章第四節の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-36-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-4/par-4</sup>
With respect to retained personal information recorded in the motor vehicle registration file (meaning the retained personal information prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003)), the provisions of Chapter V, Section 4 of that Act do not apply.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-36-4/par-4: 個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第六十条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-60/par-1

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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-20261013T120733-008, 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
