# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百四条の二 (Article 104-2) - 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: 第百四条の二 (Article 104-2)（聴聞の特例） — address `art-104-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2 - 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. --- ### 第百四条の二（聴聞の特例） — (Special Rules on Hearings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2 **第一項** 公安委員会は、第百三条第一項又は第四項の規定により免許の効力を九十日以上停止しようとするとき（同条第一項第五号に係る場合を除く。）は、行政手続法第十三条第一項の規定による意見陳述のための手続の区分にかかわらず、聴聞を行わなければならない。 art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-1 Irrespective of the category of proceedings for hearing statements of opinion under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, a public safety commission seeking to suspend a license for 90 days or more pursuant to Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4) (other than in connection with what is provided in paragraph (1), item (v) of that Article) must hold a hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公安委員会は、前項の聴聞又は第百三条第一項若しくは第四項の規定による免許の取消し（同条第一項各号（第五号を除く。）に係るものに限る。）若しくは同条第二項若しくは第四項の規定による免許の取消し（同条第二項第五号に係るものに限る。）に係る聴聞を行うに当たつては、その期日の一週間前までに、行政手続法第十五条第一項の規定による通知をし、かつ、聴聞の期日及び場所を公示しなければならない。 art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-2 To hold a hearing as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a hearing on the revocation of a license under Article 103, paragraph (1) or (4) (but only in connection with what is provided in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article (other than item (v))), or a hearing on the revocation of a license under paragraph (2) or (4) of that Article (but only in connection with what is provided in paragraph (2), item (v) of that Article), a public safety commission must notify the relevant person as referred to in Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act and issue public notice of the date and place of the hearing, at least one week prior to the date of the hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の通知を行政手続法第十五条第三項に規定する方法によつて行う場合においては、同条第一項の規定により聴聞の期日までにおくべき相当な期間は、二週間を下回つてはならない。 art-104-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-3 If a person is notified as referred to in the preceding paragraph in the way that Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Procedure Act prescribes, the reasonable period of time that is to be set aside before the hearing date pursuant to paragraph (1) of that Article must not be less than two weeks. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の聴聞の期日における審理は、公開により行わなければならない。 art-104-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-4 The proceedings on the hearing date referred to in paragraph (2) must be open to the public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項の聴聞の主宰者は、聴聞の期日において必要があると認めるときは、道路交通に関する事項に関し専門的知識を有する参考人又は当該事案の関係人の出頭を求め、これらの者からその意見又は事情を聴くことができる。 art-104-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-5 On finding it to be necessary to do so on the date of a hearing as referred to in paragraph (2), the person presiding over the hearing may request the appearance of witnesses with expert knowledge about road traffic or persons connected with the matter at issue to hear their opinions or circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104-2/par-1: 第百三条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1 - art-104-2/par-1: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第四項 (Article 103, paragraph (4)), art-103/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-4 - art-104-2/par-1: 同条第一項第五号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項第五号 (Article 103, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-103/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1/item-5 - art-104-2/par-1: 行政手続法第十三条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-13/par-1 - art-104-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二第一項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (1)), art-104-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-1 - art-104-2/par-2: 第百三条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1 - art-104-2/par-2: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第四項 (Article 103, paragraph (4)), art-103/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-4 - art-104-2/par-2: 第五号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第一項第五号 (Article 103, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-103/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-1/item-5 - art-104-2/par-2: 同条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2 - art-104-2/par-2: 同条第二項第五号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第二項第五号 (Article 103, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-103/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2/item-5 - art-104-2/par-2: 行政手続法第十五条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15/par-1 - art-104-2/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二第二項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (2)), art-104-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-2 - art-104-2/par-3: 行政手続法第十五条第三項 → 行政手続法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15/par-3 - art-104-2/par-3: 同条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15/par-1 - art-104-2/par-4: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二第二項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (2)), art-104-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-2 - art-104-2/par-5: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百四条の二第二項 (Article 104-2, paragraph (2)), art-104-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百四条第一項（意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二第二項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二第三項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二第四項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-4 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二第五項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-104-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2/par-5 - 道路交通法 第百四条の二の三第七項（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-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-104-2-3/par-7 - 道路交通法 第百七条の五第四項（自動車等の運転禁止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-107-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-5/par-4 - 道路交通法 附則第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4011-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4011-90/par-2 --- ## 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