# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57) - 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（自動車の点検及び整備に関する手引） — address `art-57` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57 - 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. --- ### 第五十七条（自動車の点検及び整備に関する手引） — Guide to Inspection and Maintenance of Motor Vehicles caption: machine translation, not official art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57 **第一項** 国土交通大臣は、自動車を使用し、又は運行する者が、自動車の点検及び整備の実施の方法を容易に理解することができるようにするため、次に掲げる事項を内容とする手引を作成し、これを公表するものとする。 art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/par-1 In order to enable a person who uses a motor vehicle or puts it into operation to readily understand the methods of carrying out inspection and maintenance of motor vehicles, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to prepare and publish a guide containing the following matters: machine translation, not official **一** 第四十七条の二第一項及び第二項並びに第四十八条第一項の規定による点検の実施の方法 art-57/par-1/item-1 · 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 methods of carrying out inspections under Article 47-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 48, paragraph (1); machine translation, not official **二** 前号に規定する点検の結果必要となる整備の実施の方法 art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/par-1/item-2 methods of carrying out the maintenance that becomes necessary as a result of the inspection prescribed in the preceding item; and machine translation, not official **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、点検及び整備に関し必要な事項 art-57/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/par-1/item-3 matters necessary for inspection and maintenance other than those listed in the preceding two items. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-57/par-1/item-1: 第四十七条の二第一項 → 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-57/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 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 - art-57/par-1/item-1: 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 - art-57/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 道路運送車両法 第五十七条第一項第一号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-57/par-1/item-1 — 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 - art-57/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路運送車両法 第五十七条第一項第一号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-57/par-1/item-1 — 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 - art-57/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路運送車両法 第五十七条第一項第二号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-57/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第五十七条第一項第二号（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/par-1/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第五十七条第一項第三号（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T124808-001, 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