# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百一条の七 (Article 101-7) - 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: 第百一条の七 (Article 101-7)（臨時認知機能検査等） — address `art-101-7` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7 - 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. --- ### 第百一条の七（臨時認知機能検査等） — (Special Cognitive Assessments; Other Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-101-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7 **第一項** 公安委員会は、七十五歳以上の者（免許を現に受けている者に限る。）が、自動車等の運転に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律の規定に基づく命令の規定又はこの法律の規定に基づく処分に違反する行為のうち認知機能が低下した場合に行われやすいものとして政令で定める行為をしたときは、その者が当該行為をした日の三月前の日以後に第九十七条の二第一項第三号若しくは第五号、第百一条の四第二項又はこの条第三項の規定により認知機能検査等を受けた場合その他臨時に認知機能検査を受ける必要がないものとして内閣府令で定める場合を除き、その者に対し、臨時に認知機能検査を行うものとする。 art-101-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-1 If a person 75 years of age or older (but only one who currently holds a license) engages in conduct, in connection with driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, that violates a provision of this Act, a provision of an order under this Act, or a disposition based on a provision of this Act and that Cabinet Order prescribes as conduct readily occurring when cognitive function has declined, a public safety commission is to specially conduct a cognitive assessment for the person, except where the person has undergone a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to Article 97-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) or (v), Article 101-4, paragraph (2), or paragraph (3) of this Article on or after the day three months before the day on which the person engaged in that conduct and in any other case that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as one in which the person need not undergo a special cognitive assessment. machine translation, not official **第二項** 公安委員会は、前項の規定により認知機能検査を行おうとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、認知機能検査を行う旨を当該認知機能検査に係る者に書面で通知しなければならない。 art-101-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-2 When seeking to administer a cognitive assessment pursuant to the preceding paragraph, a public safety commission must notify the person subject to the cognitive assessment in writing that it will administer a cognitive assessment, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による通知を受けた者は、当該通知を受けた日の翌日から起算した期間（認知機能検査等を受けないことについて政令で定めるやむを得ない理由のある者にあつては、当該期間から当該事情の存する期間を除いた期間）が通算して一月を超えることとなるまでに、認知機能検査等を受けなければならない。 art-101-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-3 A person who has received notice under the preceding paragraph must undergo a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination by the time the period counted from the day following the date on which the person received the notice (for a person who has a compelling reason that Cabinet Order prescribes for not undergoing a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination, the period obtained by excluding from that period the period during which those circumstances exist) comes to exceed one month in total. machine translation, not official **第四項** 公安委員会は、前項の規定により認知機能検査等を受けた者が、当該認知機能検査等の結果、その者が当該認知機能検査等を受けた日前の直近において受けた認知機能検査等の結果その他の事情を勘案して、認知機能の低下が自動車等の運転に影響を及ぼす可能性があるものとして内閣府令で定める基準に該当するときは、その者に対し、第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習を行うものとする。 art-101-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-4 If a person who has undergone a cognitive assessment or equivalent examination pursuant to the preceding paragraph falls under the criteria that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as indicating a possibility that a decline in cognitive function will affect the person's driving of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, taking into account the results of that cognitive assessment or equivalent examination, the results of the cognitive assessment or equivalent examination that the person underwent most recently before the date on which the person underwent that cognitive assessment or equivalent examination, and other circumstances, a public safety commission is to conduct the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii) for the person. machine translation, not official **第五項** 公安委員会は、前項の規定により第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習を行おうとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、同号に掲げる講習を行う旨を当該講習に係る者に書面で通知しなければならない。 art-101-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-5 When seeking to administer training as set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii) pursuant to the preceding paragraph, a public safety commission must notify the person subject to the training in writing that it will administer that training, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の規定による通知を受けた者は、当該通知を受けた日の翌日から起算した期間（講習を受けないことについて政令で定めるやむを得ない理由のある者にあつては、当該期間から当該事情の存する期間を除いた期間）が通算して一月を超えることとなるまでに、第百八条の二第一項第十二号に掲げる講習を受けなければならない。 art-101-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-6 A person notified as under the preceding paragraph must undergo the training set forth in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii) by the time that it has been a total of one month since the day following the date on which the person is so notified (other than any period during which the person has a compelling circumstance that Cabinet Order prescribes for not undergoing the training). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-101-7/par-1: 第九十七条の二第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第三号 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-97-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-3 - art-101-7/par-1: 第五号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第五号 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-97-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-5 - art-101-7/par-1: 第百一条の四第二項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の四第二項 (Article 101-4, paragraph (2)), art-101-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-4/par-2 - art-101-7/par-1: この条第三項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の七第三項 (Article 101-7, paragraph (3)), art-101-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-3 - art-101-7/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の七第一項 (Article 101-7, paragraph (1)), art-101-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-1 - art-101-7/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の七第二項 (Article 101-7, paragraph (2)), art-101-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-2 - art-101-7/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の七第三項 (Article 101-7, paragraph (3)), art-101-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-3 - art-101-7/par-4: 第百八条の二第一項第十二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二第一項第十二号 (Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-108-2/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 - art-101-7/par-5: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の七第四項 (Article 101-7, paragraph (4)), art-101-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-4 - art-101-7/par-5: 第百八条の二第一項第十二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二第一項第十二号 (Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-108-2/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 - art-101-7/par-6: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百一条の七第五項 (Article 101-7, paragraph (5)), art-101-7/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-5 - art-101-7/par-6: 第百八条の二第一項第十二号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二第一項第十二号 (Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-108-2/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百一条の七第一項（臨時認知機能検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百一条の七第二項（臨時認知機能検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百一条の七第三項（臨時認知機能検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百一条の七第四項（臨時認知機能検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百一条の七第五項（臨時認知機能検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-5 - 道路交通法 第百一条の七第六項（臨時認知機能検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-101-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101-7/par-6 - 道路交通法 第百二条第三項（臨時適性検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-102/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-102/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第三項（臨時適性検査に係る取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第五項（臨時適性検査に係る取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-5 - 道路交通法 第百六条の二第二項（仮免許の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-106-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-106-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百八条の二第一項第十二号（講習） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-2/par-1/item-12 - 道路交通法 附則第八条第一項（臨時認知機能検査に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-8/par-1 --- ## 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