# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百十四条の四 (Article 114-4) - 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: 第百十四条の四 (Article 114-4)（交通巡視員） — address `art-114-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4 - 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. --- ### 第百十四条の四（交通巡視員） — (Traffic Patrol Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-114-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4 **第一項** 都道府県警察に、歩行者又は自転車の通行の安全の確保、停車又は駐車の規制の励行及び道路における交通の安全と円滑に係るその他の指導に関する事務を行わせるため、交通巡視員を置く。 art-114-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4/par-1 Traffic patrol officers are employed as part of the prefectural police to handle administrative processes connected with ensuring safe road use by pedestrians and bicycles, compliance with regulations on stopping and parking, and other instructions related to the safety and fluidity of road traffic. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 交通巡視員は、前項に規定する事務のほか、自動車の保管場所の確保等に関する法律の規定による自動車の保管場所の確保の励行に関する事務を行うものとする。 art-114-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4/par-2 Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, traffic patrol officers are to handle administrative processes connected with persons' compliance in securing parking spaces for motor vehicles pursuant to the Act on Securing Parking Spaces for Motor Vehicles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 交通巡視員は、警察法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十二号）第五十五条第一項に規定する職員（警察官を除く。）で政令で定める要件を備えるもののうちから、警察本部長が命ずる。 art-114-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4/par-3 A traffic patrol officer is appointed by the chief of the prefectural police from among the staff members (other than police officers) as prescribed in Article 55, paragraph (1) of the Police Act (Act No. 162 of 1954) who meet the requirements that Cabinet Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 都道府県は、政令で定める基準に従い条例で定めるところにより、交通巡視員に対し、その職務遂行上必要な被服を支給し、及び装備品を貸与するものとする。 art-114-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4/par-4 A prefectural government is to provide traffic patrol officers with the clothing and lend them the equipment that they need in order to perform their duties, in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes and pursuant to prefectural ordinance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-114-4/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百十四条の四第一項 (Article 114-4, paragraph (1)), art-114-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4/par-1 - art-114-4/par-3: 警察法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十二号）第五十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 329AC0000000162, 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第六条第一項（警察官等の交通規制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-6/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百十四条の四第二項（交通巡視員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-114-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-114-4/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十六条第四項（告知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/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