# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の十八 (Article 76-18)
- 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: 第七十六条の十八 (Article 76-18)（役員の欠格条項） — address `art-76-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18
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### 第七十六条の十八（役員の欠格条項） — Ineligibility of Officers
caption: machine translation, not official
art-76-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18
**第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、役員となることができない。
art-76-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18/par-1
A person who falls under any of the following cannot become an officer:
machine translation, not official
**一** 政府又は地方公共団体の職員（非常勤の者を除く。）
art-76-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18/par-1/item-1
officials of the government or a local government (excluding part-time officials);
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**二** 自動車若しくは自動車の部品の製造、改造、整備、販売、引取り、解体若しくは破砕の事業を営む者又はこれらの者が法人であるときはその役員（いかなる名称によるかを問わず、これと同等以上の職権又は支配力を有する者を含む。）
art-76-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18/par-1/item-2
a person who engages in the business of manufacturing, modifying, maintaining, selling, collecting, dismantling or crushing motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, or, where such a person is a juridical person, its officers (including a person who, regardless of title, has authority or control equal to or greater than that of an officer);
machine translation, not official
**三** 前号に掲げる事業者の団体の役員（いかなる名称によるかを問わず、これと同等以上の職権又は支配力を有する者を含む。）
art-76-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18/par-1/item-3
an officer of an association of persons engaged in the business set forth in the preceding item (including a person who, regardless of title, has authority or control equal to or greater than that of an officer).
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- art-76-18/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の十八第一項第二号 (Article 76-18, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-76-18/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18/par-1/item-2
## Cited by
3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の十八第一項第三号（役員の欠格条項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18/par-1/item-3
- 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の十九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-19/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の二十第三項（役員の選任及び解任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20/par-3
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## 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-20261013T120733-021, 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