# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第九十四条 (Article 94)

- 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: 第九十四条 (Article 94)（優良自動車整備事業者の認定） — address `art-94`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94
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### 第九十四条（優良自動車整備事業者の認定） — Accreditation of Excellent Motor Vehicle Maintenance Business Operators
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<sup>art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94</sup>

**第一項**  地方運輸局長は、自動車の整備の向上を図るため、申請により、自動車又はその部分の整備又は改造を業とする者について、国土交通省令で定める基準に適合する設備、技術及び管理組織を有する事業場ごとに、優良自動車整備事業者の認定を行う。
<sup>art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-1</sup>
In order to improve the maintenance of motor vehicles, the Director of a District Transport Bureau, upon application, accredits excellent motor vehicle maintenance business operators, for each place of business having facilities, technology and a management organization that conform to the standards prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, with respect to persons engaged in the business of maintaining or modifying motor vehicles or parts thereof.
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**第二項**  優良自動車整備事業者の認定を受けた者は、事業場において、公衆の見易いように、国土交通省令で定める様式の標識を掲げなければならない。
<sup>art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-2</sup>
A person who has received accreditation as an excellent motor vehicle maintenance business operator must display, at the place of business, a sign of the form prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism so that it is easily visible to the public.
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**第三項**  優良自動車整備事業者の認定を受けた者以外の者は、前項の標識又はこれに類似する標識を掲げてはならない。
<sup>art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-3</sup>
A person other than a person who has received accreditation as an excellent motor vehicle maintenance business operator must not display the sign referred to in the preceding paragraph or a sign similar thereto.
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**第四項**  地方運輸局長は、第一項の認定を受けた者が同項の国土交通省令で定める基準に適合する設備、技術及び管理組織を有しなくなつたと認めるときは、認定を取り消すことができる。
<sup>art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-4</sup>
If the Director of a District Transport Bureau finds that a person who has received the accreditation under paragraph (1) no longer has facilities, technology and a management organization that conform to the standards prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism referred to in that paragraph, the Director may revoke the accreditation.
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**第五項**  第一項の認定の種類その他認定の実施細目は、国土交通省令で定める。
<sup>art-94/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-5</sup>
The types of accreditation under paragraph (1) and other implementing details of accreditation are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
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## Cites
- art-94/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十四条第二項 (Article 94, paragraph (2)), art-94/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-2
- art-94/par-4: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-1
- art-94/par-5: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-1

## Cited by

7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 第九十四条第三項（優良自動車整備事業者の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第九十四条第四項（優良自動車整備事業者の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-4
- 道路運送車両法 第九十四条第五項（優良自動車整備事業者の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94/par-5
- 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の二第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-2/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 第百三条第二項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-103/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-1
- 道路運送車両法 第百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-112/par-1

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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-20261013T120733-026, 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
