# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（認証） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（認証） — Certification caption: machine translation, not official art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78 **第一項** 自動車特定整備事業を経営しようとする者は、自動車特定整備事業の種類及び特定整備を行う事業場ごとに、地方運輸局長の認証を受けなければならない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-1 A person who intends to operate a motor vehicle specified maintenance business must obtain certification from the Director of a District Transport Bureau for each type of motor vehicle specified maintenance business and each place of business at which specified maintenance is performed. machine translation, not official **第二項** 自動車特定整備事業の認証は、対象とする自動車の種類を指定し、その他業務の範囲を限定して行うことができる。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-2 Certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business may be granted by designating the types of motor vehicles covered and otherwise limiting the scope of operations. machine translation, not official **第三項** 自動車特定整備事業の認証には、条件を付し、及びこれを変更することができる。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-3 Conditions may be attached to certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business, and those conditions may be changed. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の条件は、自動車特定整備事業の認証を受けた者（以下「自動車特定整備事業者」という。）が行う自動車の特定整備が適切に行われるために必要とする最小限度のものに限り、かつ、当該自動車特定整備事業者に不当な義務を課することとならないものでなければならない。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-4 The conditions under the preceding paragraph must be limited to the minimum necessary for the proper performance of specified maintenance of motor vehicles by a person who has received certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business (hereinafter referred to as a "motor vehicle specified maintenance business operator"), and must not impose undue obligations on that motor vehicle specified maintenance business operator. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-78/par-4: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-3 ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第二項（点検整備記録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第五十七条の二第一項（自動車の点検及び整備に関する情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-57-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-57-2/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第七十八条第四項（認証） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第七十九条第一項第四号（申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1/item-4 - 道路運送車両法 第九十三条第一項第二号（事業の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-93/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-93/par-1/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の二第二項（指定自動車整備事業の指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-2/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の八第一項第三号（保安基準適合証の交付の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-8/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第九十九条の三第二項（特定改造等の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-99-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-99-3/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第九十九条の三第七項第二号（特定改造等の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-99-3/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-99-3/par-7/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第百七条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-107/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-107/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-11 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-12 - 道路運送車両法 附則第二条第一項（第二条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-2/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 附則第二条第二項（第二条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-2/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-20261013T120733-024, 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