# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第九十六条の十六 (Article 96-16)

- 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: 第九十六条の十六 (Article 96-16)（欠格条項） — address `art-96-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16
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### 第九十六条の十六（欠格条項） — Disqualification Clause
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-96-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、登録を受けることができない。
<sup>art-96-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1</sup>
A person that falls under any of the following items cannot receive registration:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に違反し、罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-96-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who has been sentenced to a fine or a heavier punishment for violating this Act or an order under this Act, and for whom two years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第九十六条の十九において準用する第九十六条の十三の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-96-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person whose registration has been revoked under the provisions of Article 96-13 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 96-19, and for whom two years have not passed since the date of the revocation;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  法人であつて、その業務を行う役員のうちに前二号のいずれかに該当する者があるもの
  <sup>art-96-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a corporation any of whose officers engaged in its business falls under either of the preceding two items.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-96-16/par-1/item-2: 第九十六条の十九 → 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十九 (Article 96-19), art-96-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-19
- art-96-16/par-1/item-2: 第九十六条の十三 → 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十三 (Article 96-13), art-96-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-13
- art-96-16/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十六第一項第一号 (Article 96-16, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-96-16/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1/item-1
- art-96-16/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十六第一項第二号 (Article 96-16, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-96-16/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 道路運送車両法 第二十二条第三項（登録事項等証明書等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-22/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十六第一項第三号（欠格条項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-16/par-1/item-3
- 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十八第二項（登録の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-18/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の十九第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-19/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-20261013T120733-030, 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