# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の三十二 (Article 76-32) - 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: 第七十六条の三十二 (Article 76-32)（軽自動車検査員） — address `art-76-32` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32 - 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. --- ### 第七十六条の三十二（軽自動車検査員） — Light Motor Vehicle Inspectors caption: machine translation, not official art-76-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32 **第一項** 協会は、軽自動車の検査事務を行なう場合において、軽自動車が保安基準に適合するかどうかの判定に関する業務については、軽自動車検査員に行なわせなければならない。 art-76-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-1 When performing light motor vehicle inspection work, the Organization must have light motor vehicle inspectors carry out the work of determining whether a light motor vehicle conforms to the safety standards. machine translation, not official **第二項** 軽自動車検査員は、自動車の検査について国土交通省令で定める一定の実務の経験その他の要件を備える者のうちから、選任しなければならない。 art-76-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-2 A light motor vehicle inspector must be appointed from among persons who meet the requirements, such as a certain practical experience in the inspection of motor vehicles, prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第三項** 協会は、軽自動車検査員を選任したときは、その日から十五日以内に、国土交通大臣にその旨を届け出なければならない。これを変更したときも、同様とする。 art-76-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-3 When the Organization has appointed a light motor vehicle inspector, it must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to that effect within 15 days from the day of the appointment. The same applies when it has changed this. machine translation, not official **第四項** 国土交通大臣は、軽自動車検査員が、この法律、この法律に基づく命令若しくは処分若しくは検査事務規程に違反する行為をしたとき、又は軽自動車の検査事務に関し著しく不適当な行為をしたときは、協会に対し、軽自動車検査員の解任を命ずることができる。 art-76-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-4 If a light motor vehicle inspector has committed an act in violation of this Act, an order or disposition under this Act, or the inspection work rules, or has committed a grossly inappropriate act in relation to light motor vehicle inspection work, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may order the Organization to dismiss the light motor vehicle inspector. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項又は第九十四条の四第四項の規定による命令により軽自動車検査員又は自動車検査員の職を解任され、解任の日から二年を経過しない者は、軽自動車検査員となることができない。 art-76-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-5 A person who has been dismissed from the position of light motor vehicle inspector or motor vehicle inspector by an order under the preceding paragraph or Article 94-4, paragraph (4), and for whom two years have not elapsed from the day of dismissal, cannot become a light motor vehicle inspector. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-76-32/par-5: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の三十二第四項 (Article 76-32, paragraph (4)), art-76-32/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-4 - art-76-32/par-5: 第九十四条の四第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の四第四項 (Article 94-4, paragraph (4)), art-94-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の三十二第五項（軽自動車検査員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の四第五項（自動車検査員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-5 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-023, 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