# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百八条の五 (Article 108-5)

- 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: 第百八条の五 (Article 108-5)（運転適性指導員等） — address `art-108-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-5
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第百八条の五（運転適性指導員等） — (Driving Competency Instructors; Driving Proficiency Instructors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-108-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-5</sup>

**第一項**  取消処分者講習又は若年運転者講習を行う指定講習機関は、運転適性指導には、運転適性指導員以外の者を従事させてはならない。
<sup>art-108-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-5/par-1</sup>
A designated training institution that conducts training for persons stripped of driving privileges or young driver training must not allow a person other than a driving competency instructor to engage in instruction in competent driving.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  初心運転者講習を行う指定講習機関は、運転習熟指導には、運転習熟指導員以外の者を従事させてはならない。
<sup>art-108-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-5/par-2</sup>
A designated training institution that conducts novice driver training must not allow a person other than a driving proficiency instructor to engage in instruction in proficient driving.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  公安委員会は、運転適性指導員又は運転習熟指導員が運転適性指導又は運転習熟指導について不正な行為をしたときは、当該指定講習機関に対し、その選任に係る当該運転適性指導員又は運転習熟指導員の解任を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-108-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-5/par-3</sup>
A public safety commission may order a designated training institution to dismiss a driving competency instructor or driving proficiency instructor who engages in a wrongful act in connection with instruction in competent driving or instruction in proficient driving.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第百八条の四第一項第一号（指定講習機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-4/par-1/item-1
- 道路交通法 第百八条の四第一項第二号（指定講習機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-4/par-1/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百八条の九第一項（検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-9/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百八条の十一第二項第一号（指定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-11/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-11/par-2/item-1
- 道路交通法 第百八条の十一第二項第二号（指定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-11/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-11/par-2/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百八条の十二第一項（国家公安委員会規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-12/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-20261013T073427-015, 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
