# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百一条の四の二 (Article 101-4-2)

- Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号
- English title "Road Traffic Act": 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: 第百一条の四の二 (Article 101-4-2)（更新された免許証の交付等） — address `art-101-4-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2
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### 第百一条の四の二（更新された免許証の交付等） — Issuance of Renewed Licenses; Related Considerations
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-101-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2</sup>

  **第一項**  免許証の有効期間の更新は、当該更新を受けようとする者が現に有する免許証（仮免許に係るものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）と引換えに更新された免許証を交付して行う。
  <sup>art-101-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-1</sup>
  Renewal of the valid period of a license is carried out by issuing a renewed license in exchange for the license that the person seeking that renewal currently holds (excluding a license for a provisional license; the same applies hereinafter in this Article).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定による免許証の交付を受けようとする際に第九十五条の二第一項の規定による申請をする者は、当該申請に併せて当該免許証の交付を希望しない旨の申出をすることができる。この場合においては、その者が同条第三項の規定による更新された特定免許情報の記録を受けたことをもつて、当該免許証が前項の規定により交付され、同条第四項の規定により返納されたものとみなす。
  <sup>art-101-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-2</sup>
  A person who files an application under Article 95-2, paragraph (1) when seeking to receive issuance of a license under the preceding paragraph may, together with that application, make a request to the effect that the person does not wish to receive issuance of that license. In such a case, upon the person's having received the renewed recording of specified license information under paragraph (3) of that Article, that license is deemed to have been issued under the preceding paragraph and returned under paragraph (4) of that Article.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  免許情報記録の有効期間の更新は、当該更新を受けようとする者が現に有する免許情報記録個人番号カードに記録された免許情報記録を書き換えて行う。
  <sup>art-101-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-3</sup>
  Renewal of the valid period of a license information record is carried out by rewriting the license information record recorded on the Individual Number Card bearing a license information record that the person seeking that renewal currently holds.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  前項の規定による免許情報記録の書換えを経由地公安委員会において受けた者は、第九十五条の二第四項の規定にかかわらず、免許証を当該経由地公安委員会に返納することができる。
  <sup>art-101-4-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-4</sup>
  A person who has received the rewriting of the license information record under the preceding paragraph at an intermediate public safety commission may, notwithstanding Article 95-2, paragraph (4), return the license to that intermediate public safety commission.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  第二項の申出の手続について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
  <sup>art-101-4-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-5</sup>
  Cabinet Office Order provides for the necessary particulars concerning the procedures for the request under paragraph (2).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-101-4-2/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二 (Article 101-4-2), art-101-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2
- art-101-4-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第一項 (Article 101-4-2, paragraph (1)), art-101-4-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-1
- art-101-4-2/par-2: 第九十五条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第九十五条の二第一項 (Article 95-2, paragraph (1)), art-95-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-95-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-95-2/par-1
- art-101-4-2/par-2: 同条第三項 → 道路交通法 第九十五条の二第三項 (Article 95-2, paragraph (3)), art-95-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-95-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-95-2/par-3
- art-101-4-2/par-2: 同条第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十五条の二第四項 (Article 95-2, paragraph (4)), art-95-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-95-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-95-2/par-4
- art-101-4-2/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第三項 (Article 101-4-2, paragraph (3)), art-101-4-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-3
- art-101-4-2/par-4: 第九十五条の二第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十五条の二第四項 (Article 95-2, paragraph (4)), art-95-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-95-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-95-2/par-4
- art-101-4-2/par-5: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第二項 (Article 101-4-2, paragraph (2)), art-101-4-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第九十五条の六第一項（免許証等の有効期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-95-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-95-6/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百一条第六項（免許証等の更新の申請及び定期検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101/par-6
- 道路交通法 第百一条の二の二第三項（免許証等の更新に係る申請先の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-2-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-2-2/par-3
- 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第一項（更新された免許証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第二項（更新された免許証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-2
- 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第四項（更新された免許証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-4
- 道路交通法 第百一条の四の二第五項（更新された免許証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4-2/par-5
- 道路交通法 第百七条第一項（免許証及び免許情報記録個人番号カードのいずれをも有しない者の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-010, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
