# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の二十 (Article 76-20)
- 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: 第七十六条の二十 (Article 76-20)（役員の選任及び解任） — address `art-76-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20
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### 第七十六条の二十（役員の選任及び解任） — Appointment and dismissal of officers
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art-76-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20
**第一項** 役員の選任及び解任は、国土交通大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
art-76-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20/par-1
The appointment and dismissal of officers do not take effect unless authorization of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is obtained.
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**第二項** 国土交通大臣は、役員が、この法律、この法律に基づく命令若しくは処分、定款、業務方法書若しくは第七十六条の三十第一項に規定する検査事務規程に違反する行為をしたとき、又は協会の業務に関し著しく不適当な行為をしたときは、協会に対し、期間を指定して、その役員を解任すべきことを命ずることができる。
art-76-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20/par-2
If an officer has committed an act in violation of this Act, an order or disposition based on this Act, the articles of incorporation, the statement of business procedures, or the inspection work rules prescribed in Article 76-30, paragraph (1), or has committed a grossly inappropriate act in relation to the business of the Organization, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may order the Organization, specifying a period, to dismiss that officer.
machine translation, not official
**第三項** 国土交通大臣は、役員が第七十六条の十八各号の一に該当するに至つた場合において協会がその役員を解任しないとき、又は協会が前項の規定による命令に従わなかつたときは、当該役員を解任することができる。
art-76-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20/par-3
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may dismiss an officer if the Organization does not dismiss the officer in the case where the officer has come to fall under any of the items of Article 76-18, or if the Organization has failed to comply with an order under the preceding paragraph.
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## Cites
- art-76-20/par-2: 第七十六条の三十第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の三十第一項 (Article 76-30, paragraph (1)), art-76-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-30/par-1
- art-76-20/par-3: 第七十六条の十八 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の十八 (Article 76-18), art-76-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-18
- art-76-20/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の二十第二項 (Article 76-20, paragraph (2)), art-76-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-20/par-2
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 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-20261013T120733-022, 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