# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第四十八条 (Article 48) - 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48)（定期点検整備） — address `art-48` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十八条（定期点検整備） — Periodic Inspection and Maintenance caption: machine translation, not official art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48 **第一項** 自動車（小型特殊自動車を除く。以下この項、次条第一項及び第五十四条第四項において同じ。）の使用者は、次の各号に掲げる自動車について、それぞれ当該各号に掲げる期間ごとに、点検の時期及び自動車の種別、用途等に応じ国土交通省令で定める技術上の基準により自動車を点検しなければならない。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1 The user of a motor vehicle (excluding a special small motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, Article 49, paragraph (1) and Article 54, paragraph (4)) must inspect the motor vehicles listed in the following items, for each period set forth in the relevant item, in accordance with the technical standards prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism according to the time of inspection and the type, use, etc. of the motor vehicle: machine translation, not official **一** 自動車運送事業の用に供する自動車及び車両総重量八トン以上の自家用自動車その他の国土交通省令で定める自家用自動車　三月 art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-1 motor vehicles used for motor vehicle transport business, private-use motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of eight tons or more, and other private-use motor vehicles specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: three months; machine translation, not official **二** 道路運送法第七十八条第二号に規定する自家用有償旅客運送の用に供する自家用自動車（国土交通省令で定めるものを除く。）、同法第八十条第一項の許可を受けて業として有償で貸し渡す自家用自動車その他の国土交通省令で定める自家用自動車（前号に掲げる自家用自動車を除く。）　六月 art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-2 private-use motor vehicles used for private passenger transport for compensation prescribed in Article 78, item (ii) of the Road Transportation Act (excluding those specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), private-use motor vehicles lent for compensation as a business with the permission under Article 80, paragraph (1) of that Act, and other private-use motor vehicles specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (excluding the private-use motor vehicles listed in the preceding item): six months; machine translation, not official **三** 前二号に掲げる自動車以外の自動車　一年 art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-3 motor vehicles other than those listed in the preceding two items: one year. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条第三項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「前二項」とあるのは、「前項」と読み替えるものとする。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-2 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "the preceding two paragraphs" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the preceding paragraph". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-48/par-1: この項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-1: 次条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1 - art-48/par-1: 第五十四条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第四項 (Article 54, paragraph (4)), art-54/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-4 - art-48/par-1/item-2: 道路運送法第七十八条第二号 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第七十八条第一項第二号 (Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-78/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-48/par-1/item-2: 同法第八十条第一項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第八十条第一項 (Article 80, paragraph (1)), art-80/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-48/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項第一号 (Article 48, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-48/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-1 - art-48/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項第一号 (Article 48, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-48/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-1 - art-48/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項第二号 (Article 48, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-48/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-2 - art-48/par-2: 前条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十七条の二第三項 (Article 47-2, paragraph (3)), art-47-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-47-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-47-2/par-3 - art-48/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-2: 前二項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十七条の二第一項 (Article 47-2, paragraph (1)), art-47-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-47-2/par-1 - art-48/par-2: 前二項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十七条の二第二項 (Article 47-2, paragraph (2)), art-47-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-47-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-47-2/par-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第四十七条の二第二項（日常点検整備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-47-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-47-2/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項（定期点検整備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項第二号（定期点検整備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項第三号（定期点検整備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第二項（定期点検整備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第一項（点検整備記録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第二項（点検整備記録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第四項（整備命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第五十七条第一項第一号（自動車の点検及び整備に関する手引） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/par-1/item-1 - 道路運送車両法 第五十七条の二第一項（自動車の点検及び整備に関する情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57-2/par-1 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-011, 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