# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百一条の六 (Article 101-6) - 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: 第百一条の六 (Article 101-6)（医師の届出） — address `art-101-6` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6 - 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. --- ### 第百一条の六（医師の届出） — (Reporting by Medical Doctors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-101-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6 **第一項** 医師は、その診察を受けた者が第百三条第一項第一号、第一号の二又は第三号のいずれかに該当すると認めた場合において、その者が免許を受けた者又は第百七条の二の国際運転免許証若しくは外国運転免許証を所持する者（本邦に上陸（同条に規定する上陸をいう。）をした日から起算して滞在期間が一年を超えている者を除く。）であることを知つたときは、当該診察の結果を公安委員会に届け出ることができる。 art-101-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-1 If a medical doctor finds that a person whom the doctor has examined falls under one of the categories set forth in Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i), (i)-2 or (iii) and learns that the person has a license or holds an international driving permit or foreign driver's license as referred to in Article 107-2 (this excludes a person whose period of stay counting from the date of landing in Japan (meaning landing as prescribed in Article 107-2) is over one year in total), the doctor may report the results of the person's examination to a public safety commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、公安委員会は、医師からその診察を受けた者が免許を受けた者であるかどうかについての確認を求められたときは、これに回答するものとする。 art-101-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-2 In a case as provided in the preceding paragraph, if the medical doctor asks a public safety commission to confirm whether a person examined thereby has a license, the public safety commission must respond to the inquiry. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 刑法の秘密漏示罪の規定その他の守秘義務に関する法律の規定は、第一項の規定による届出をすることを妨げるものと解釈してはならない。 art-101-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-3 The provisions of the Penal Code dealing with criminal breach of confidence and other legal provisions on the duty of confidentiality must not be construed as preventing a person from submitting a report under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 公安委員会は、その管轄する都道府県の区域外に居住する者について第一項の規定による届出を受けたときは、当該届出の内容を、その者の居住地を管轄する公安委員会に通知しなければならない。 art-101-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-4 Having received a report under paragraph (1) regarding a person living outside the boundaries of the prefecture over which it has jurisdiction, a public safety commission must report the content of that report to the public safety commission with jurisdiction over the domicile of the person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-101-6/par-1: 第百三条第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項第一号 (Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-103/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1/item-1 - art-101-6/par-1: 第一号の二 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項第一号の二 (Article 103, paragraph (1), item (i-2)), art-103/par-1/item-1-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1/item-1-2 - art-101-6/par-1: 第三号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項第三号 (Article 103, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-103/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1/item-3 - art-101-6/par-1: 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-101-6/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の六第一項 (Article 101-6, paragraph (1)), art-101-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-1 - art-101-6/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の六第一項 (Article 101-6, paragraph (1)), art-101-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-1 - art-101-6/par-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の六第一項 (Article 101-6, paragraph (1)), art-101-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百一条の六第二項（医師の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百一条の六第三項（医師の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百一条の六第四項（医師の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-6/par-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13