# 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 / Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. — 第一条 (Article 1) - Law: 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 (Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc.), 平成二十五年法律第八十六号 - English title "Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc.": Ministry of Justice translation - 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（定義） — address `art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（定義） — (Definitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-1 **第一項** この法律において「自動車」とは、道路交通法（昭和三十五年法律第百五号）第二条第一項第九号に規定する自動車及び同項第十号に規定する原動機付自転車（次条第四号イにおいて単に「原動機付自転車」という。）をいう。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-1/par-1 The term "motor vehicle" as used in this Act means a motor vehicle as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 105 of 1960) and a motorized bicycle as prescribed in item (x) of the same paragraph (referred to simply as a "motorized bicycle" in item (iv), (a) of the following Article). machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律において「無免許運転」とは、法令の規定による運転の免許を受けている者又は道路交通法第百七条の二の規定により国際運転免許証若しくは外国運転免許証で運転することができるとされている者でなければ運転することができないこととされている自動車を当該免許を受けないで（法令の規定により当該免許の効力が停止されている場合を含む。）又は当該国際運転免許証若しくは外国運転免許証を所持しないで（同法第八十八条第一項第二号から第四号までのいずれかに該当する場合又は本邦に上陸（住民基本台帳法（昭和四十二年法律第八十一号）に基づき住民基本台帳に記録されている者が出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）第六十条第一項の規定による出国の確認、同法第二十六条第一項の規定による再入国の許可（同法第二十六条の二第一項（日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法（平成三年法律第七十一号）第二十三条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十六条第一項の規定による再入国の許可を受けたものとみなされる場合を含む。）又は出入国管理及び難民認定法第六十一条の二の十五第一項の規定による難民旅行証明書の交付を受けて出国し、当該出国の日から三月に満たない期間内に再び本邦に上陸した場合における当該上陸を除く。）をした日から起算して滞在期間が一年を超えている場合を含む。）、道路（道路交通法第二条第一項第一号に規定する道路をいう。）において、運転することをいう。 art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-1/par-2 The term "driving without a license" as used in this Act means to drive a motor vehicle which no person is allowed to drive unless the person has been issued with a driver's license pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations or the person is permitted to drive with an international driving permit card or foreign driver's license card pursuant to the provisions of Article 107-2 of the Road Traffic Act, on a road (meaning a road prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Road Traffic Act) without obtaining the license (including cases where the license is suspended pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations) or without holding the international driving permit card or foreign driver's license card (including cases where the person falls under any of Article 88, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv) of the same Act, or cases where the period of stay exceeds 1 year from the date of landing in Japan (excluding the landing in cases where a person recorded in the basic register of residents under the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967) who departs from Japan with confirmation thereof as prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), re-entry permission as prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1) of the same Act (including cases where the person is deemed to have been granted re-entry permission prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act pursuant to the provision of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the same Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991))) or the refugee travel document prescribed in Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act lands again in Japan less than 3 months from the date of the person's departure from Japan)). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-1/par-1: 道路交通法（昭和三十五年法律第百五号）第二条第一項第九号 → 道路交通法 第二条第一項第九号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-2/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-2/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-2/par-1/item-9 - art-1/par-1: 同項第十号 → 道路交通法 第二条第一項第十号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x)), art-2/par-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-2/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-2/par-1/item-10 - art-1/par-1: 次条第四号 → 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-4 - art-1/par-2: 道路交通法第百七条の二 → 道路交通法 第百七条の二 (Article 107-2), art-107-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-107-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-2 - art-1/par-2: 同法第八十八条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第八十八条第一項第二号 (Article 88, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-88/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-1/item-2 - art-1/par-2: 同法第八十八条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第八十八条第一項第三号 (Article 88, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-88/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-1/item-3 - art-1/par-2: 同法第八十八条第一項第二号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第八十八条第一項第四号 (Article 88, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-88/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-1/item-4 - art-1/par-2: 出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）第六十条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-60/par-1 - art-1/par-2: 同法第二十六条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26/par-1 - art-1/par-2: 同法第二十六条の二第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二第一項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (1)), art-26-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2/par-1 - art-1/par-2: 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法（平成三年法律第七十一号）第二十三条第二項 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000071, 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-1/par-2: 出入国管理及び難民認定法第六十一条の二の十五第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十五第一項 (Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1)), art-61-2-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-15/par-1 - art-1/par-2: 道路交通法第二条第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-2/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/425AC0000000086/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2965/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch dangerous-driving-act-20261011T100937-001, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 185 — 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11