# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第五十四条の三 (Article 54-3) - 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: 第五十四条の三 (Article 54-3)（報告及び検査） — address `art-54-3` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条の三（報告及び検査） — Reports and Inspections caption: machine translation, not official art-54-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3 **第一項** 地方運輸局長は、前条の規定の施行に必要な限度において、自動車又はその部分の改造、装置の取付け又は取り外しその他これらに類する行為を行つた者に対し、その業務に関し報告をさせ、又はその職員に、当該者の事務所その他の事業場に立ち入り、帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させ、若しくは関係者に質問させることができる。 art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-1 To the extent necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of the preceding Article, the Director of a District Transport Bureau may have a person who has carried out modification of a motor vehicle or a part thereof, installation or removal of equipment, or any other act similar thereto, make a report concerning that person's business, or have the Director's staff members enter the offices or other places of business of that person and inspect books and documents and other articles, or question persons concerned. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をする職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、かつ、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-2 A staff member who conducts an on-site inspection pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card showing his or her status and must present it when requested by a person concerned. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-54-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-3 The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-54-3/par-1: 前条 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の二 (Article 54-2), art-54-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-2 - art-54-3/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-1 - art-54-3/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の三第一項 (Article 54-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の三第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第五十四条の三第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-54-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-54-3/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第百八条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-012, 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