# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（整備命令等） — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条（整備命令等） — Maintenance Orders, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54 **第一項** 地方運輸局長は、自動車が保安基準に適合しなくなるおそれがある状態又は適合しない状態にあるとき（次条第一項に規定するときを除く。）は、当該自動車の使用者に対し、保安基準に適合しなくなるおそれをなくするため、又は保安基準に適合させるために必要な整備を行うべきことを命ずることができる。この場合において、地方運輸局長は、保安基準に適合しない状態にある当該自動車の使用者に対し、当該自動車が保安基準に適合するに至るまでの間の運行に関し、当該自動車の使用の方法又は経路の制限その他の保安上又は公害防止その他の環境保全上必要な指示をすることができる。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-1 When a motor vehicle is in a condition in which it is likely to cease to conform to the safety standards or does not conform to them (excluding the case prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article), the Director of a District Transport Bureau may order the user of that motor vehicle to carry out the maintenance necessary in order to eliminate the likelihood of its ceasing to conform to the safety standards or in order to make it conform to the safety standards. In this case, the Director of a District Transport Bureau may give the user of that motor vehicle, which is in a condition of not conforming to the safety standards, instructions necessary for safety, or for pollution prevention and other conservation of the environment, such as restrictions on the method of use or route of that motor vehicle, concerning its operation until it comes to conform to the safety standards. machine translation, not official **第二項** 地方運輸局長は、自動車の使用者が前項の規定による命令又は指示に従わない場合において、当該自動車が保安基準に適合しない状態にあるときは、当該自動車の使用を停止することができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-2 When the user of a motor vehicle fails to comply with an order or instruction under the preceding paragraph and the motor vehicle is in a condition of not conforming to the safety standards, the Director of a District Transport Bureau may suspend the use of that motor vehicle. machine translation, not official **第三項** 地方運輸局長は、前項の処分に係る自動車が保安基準に適合するに至つたときは、直ちに同項の処分を取り消さなければならない。 art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-3 When the motor vehicle subject to the disposition under the preceding paragraph has come to conform to the safety standards, the Director of a District Transport Bureau must immediately revoke the disposition under that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第四項** 地方運輸局長は、第一項の規定により整備を命ずる場合において、当該保安基準に適合しなくなるおそれがある状態又は適合しない状態が、劣化又は摩耗により生ずる状態であつて国土交通省令で定めるものであり、かつ、当該自動車について、点検整備記録簿の有無及び記載内容その他の事項を確認した結果第四十八条第一項の規定による点検で国土交通省令で定めるものが行われていないことが判明したときは、当該自動車の使用者に対し、当該点検（第一項の規定により整備を命ずる部分に係るものを除く。）をし、及び必要に応じ整備をすべきことを勧告することができる。 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 In the case of ordering maintenance pursuant to paragraph (1), when the condition in which the motor vehicle is likely to cease to conform to the safety standards or does not conform to them is a condition arising from deterioration or wear that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and it has been found, as a result of confirming the presence or absence and contents of the inspection and maintenance record book and other matters concerning that motor vehicle, that an inspection under Article 48, paragraph (1) that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has not been carried out, the Director of a District Transport Bureau may recommend that the user of that motor vehicle carry out that inspection (excluding the part for which maintenance is ordered pursuant to paragraph (1)) and carry out maintenance as necessary. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-54/par-1: 次条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-2/par-1 - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-1 - art-54/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-2 - art-54/par-4: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-1 - art-54/par-4: 第四十八条第一項 → 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 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第五十四条第二項（整備命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第五十四条第三項（整備命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54/par-3 - 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 第六十九条第二項（自動車検査証の返納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第六十九条第三項（自動車検査証の返納等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第七十一条の二第二項（限定自動車検査証等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71-2/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第七十四条第一項（自動車検査官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第百八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-012, 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