# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の四十 (Article 76-40) - 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: 第七十六条の四十 (Article 76-40)（報告及び検査） — address `art-76-40` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十六条の四十（報告及び検査） — Reports and Inspections caption: machine translation, not official art-76-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40 **第一項** 国土交通大臣は、この法律を施行するため必要があると認めるときは、協会に対しその業務に関し報告をさせ、又はその職員に、協会の事務所その他の事業場に立ち入り、業務の状況若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-76-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-1 If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds it necessary in order to enforce this Act, the Minister may have the Organization make a report with respect to its operations, or have the Minister's officials enter the offices or other places of business of the Organization and inspect the status of its operations or its books and documents and other articles. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をする場合においては、当該職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、かつ、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-76-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-2 When conducting an on-site inspection pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the official concerned must carry a certificate showing the official's identity and present it if requested by a person concerned. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-76-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-3 The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-76-40/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の四十第一項 (Article 76-40, paragraph (1)), art-76-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-1 - art-76-40/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の四十第一項 (Article 76-40, paragraph (1)), art-76-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の四十第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の四十第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-40/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-8 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-2 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-024, 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