# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の二十三 (Article 76-23)

- 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: 第七十六条の二十三 (Article 76-23)（評議員会） — address `art-76-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-23
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### 第七十六条の二十三（評議員会） — Board of Councilors
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-76-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-23</sup>

  **第一項**  協会に、その運営に関する重要事項を審議する機関として、評議員会を置く。
  <sup>art-76-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-23/par-1</sup>
  The Organization has a board of councilors as a body that deliberates on important matters concerning its administration.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  評議員会は、評議員二十人以内で組織する。
  <sup>art-76-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-23/par-2</sup>
  The board of councilors is composed of not more than 20 councilors.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  評議員は、自動車の安全性の確保及び自動車による公害の防止その他の環境の保全について学識経験を有する者のうちから、国土交通大臣の認可を受けて、理事長が任命する。
  <sup>art-76-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-23/par-3</sup>
  Councilors are appointed by the president, with the authorization of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, from among persons with academic knowledge and experience in ensuring the safety of motor vehicles and the prevention of pollution by motor vehicles and other conservation of the environment.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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