# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第六十六条 (Article 66) - 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: 第六十六条 (Article 66)（自動車検査証の備付け等） — address `art-66` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条（自動車検査証の備付け等） — Keeping of Motor Vehicle Inspection Certificates, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66 **第一項** 自動車は、自動車検査証を備え付け、かつ、国土交通省令で定めるところにより検査標章を表示しなければ、運行の用に供してはならない。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-1 A motor vehicle must not be used for operation unless the motor vehicle inspection certificate is kept in it and an inspection mark is displayed as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第二項** 国土交通大臣は、次の場合には、使用者に検査標章を交付しなければならない。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-2 The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must issue an inspection mark to the user in the following cases: machine translation, not official **一** 第六十条第一項又は第七十一条第四項の規定により自動車検査証を交付するとき。 art-66/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-2/item-1 when issuing a motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (1) or Article 71, paragraph (4); machine translation, not official **二** 第六十二条第二項（第六十三条第三項及び次条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により自動車検査証に有効期間を記録して、これを返付するとき。 art-66/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-2/item-2 when recording the validity period on a motor vehicle inspection certificate and returning it pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 63, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the following Article). machine translation, not official **第三項** 検査標章には、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、その交付の際の当該自動車検査証の有効期間の満了する時期を表示するものとする。 art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-3 The inspection mark is to indicate, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the time at which the validity period of the motor vehicle inspection certificate expires, as of the time of issuance of the mark. machine translation, not official **第四項** 検査標章の有効期間は、その交付の際の当該自動車の自動車検査証の有効期間と同一とする。 art-66/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-4 The validity period of an inspection mark is the same as the validity period of the motor vehicle inspection certificate of the motor vehicle at the time of issuance of the mark. machine translation, not official **第五項** 検査標章は、当該自動車検査証がその効力を失つたとき、又は継続検査、臨時検査若しくは構造等変更検査の結果、当該自動車検査証の返付を受けることができなかつたときは、当該自動車に表示してはならない。 art-66/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-5 An inspection mark must not be displayed on the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle inspection certificate has ceased to be effective, or when, as a result of a continuing inspection, extraordinary inspection or inspection for change of structure, etc., it has not been possible to have the motor vehicle inspection certificate returned. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-66/par-2/item-1: 第六十条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-60/par-1 - art-66/par-2/item-1: 第七十一条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十一条第四項 (Article 71, paragraph (4)), art-71/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71/par-4 - art-66/par-2/item-2: 第六十二条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十二条第二項 (Article 62, paragraph (2)), art-62/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-62/par-2 - art-66/par-2/item-2: 第六十三条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十三条第三項 (Article 63, paragraph (3)), art-63/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-63/par-3 - art-66/par-2/item-2: 次条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第四項 (Article 67, paragraph (4)), art-67/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第三十四条第一項（臨時運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-34/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第七十一条の二第四項（限定自動車検査証等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71-2/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第七十一条の二第五項（限定自動車検査証等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71-2/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の五第一項（継続検査に係る自動車検査証への記録等に関する事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-5/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の五第十一項（保安基準適合証等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-5/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-5/par-11 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-9 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-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-20261013T120733-015, 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