# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百八条の二十一 (Article 108-21) - 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: 第百八条の二十一 (Article 108-21)（報告及び検査） — address `art-108-21` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21 - 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. --- ### 第百八条の二十一（報告及び検査） — (Reporting and Inspection) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-108-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21 **第一項** 国家公安委員会は、分析センターの事業の運営に関し必要があると認めるときは、分析センターに対し、その事業に関し必要な報告をさせ、又は警察庁の職員に分析センターの事務所に立ち入り、事業の状況若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-108-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-1 On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with the operation of ITARDA's activities, the National Public Safety Commission may have ITARDA provide the necessary reporting about its activities, and may a National Police Agency official enter its office to inspect the status of its activities or its books, documents, or other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をする職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-108-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-2 Officials conducting on-site inspections pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it at the request of a relevant person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。 art-108-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-3 The authority for an on-site inspection under paragraph (1) must not be construed as authorizing a criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-108-21/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十一第一項 (Article 108-21, paragraph (1)), art-108-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-1 - art-108-21/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十一第一項 (Article 108-21, paragraph (1)), art-108-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百八条の二十一第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百八条の二十一第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-21/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百八条の二十五第一項（国家公安委員会規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-25/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13