# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百十七条の二 (Article 117-2)

- 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: 第百十七条の二 (Article 117-2) — address `art-117-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2
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### 第百十七条の二
<sup>art-117-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-117-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1</sup>
A person as referred to in one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than one million yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第六十五条（酒気帯び運転等の禁止）第一項の規定に違反して車両等を運転した者で、その運転をした場合において酒に酔つた状態（身体に血液一ミリリットルにつき一・〇ミリグラム以上又は呼気一リットルにつき〇・五ミリグラム以上のアルコールを保有する状態その他アルコールの影響により正常な運転ができないおそれがある状態をいう。以下同じ。）にあつたもの
  <sup>art-117-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person driving a vehicle or streetcar in violation of Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (1) while in an intoxicated state (meaning a state in which the body holds 1.0 milligrams or more of alcohol per milliliter of blood or 0.5 milligrams or more of alcohol per liter of breath, or any other state that makes it likely for a person to be unable to drive normally due to the influence of alcohol; the same applies hereinafter);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第六十五条（酒気帯び運転等の禁止）第二項の規定に違反した者（当該違反により当該車両等の提供を受けた者が酒に酔つた状態で当該車両等を運転した場合に限る。）
  <sup>art-117-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person violating Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct) paragraph (2) (but only if the person provided with the vehicle or streetcar as a result of the violation drives it in an intoxicated state);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第六十六条（過労運転等の禁止）の規定に違反した者（麻薬、大麻、あへん、覚醒剤又は毒物及び劇物取締法（昭和二十五年法律第三百三号）第三条の三の規定に基づく政令で定める物の影響により正常な運転ができないおそれがある状態で車両等を運転した者に限る。）
  <sup>art-117-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person violating Article 66 (Prohibition against driving while overworked or Otherwise Compromised) (but only one driving a vehicle or streetcar in a state that makes it likely for a person to be unable to drive normally due to the influence of narcotics, marijuana, opium, stimulants, or a substance that Cabinet Order prescribes based on Article 3-3 of the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act (Act No. 303 of 1950));
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  次条第一項第八号の罪を犯し、よつて高速自動車国道等において他の自動車を停止させ、その他道路における著しい交通の危険を生じさせた者
  <sup>art-117-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
  a person who commits the offense referred to in paragraph (1), item (viii) of the following Article and thereby stops another motor vehicle on a national expressway or limited highway or otherwise causes a serious traffic hazard on a road;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-117-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2</sup>
In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than one million yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第七十五条（自動車の使用者の義務等）第一項第三号の規定に違反して、酒に酔つた状態で自動車を運転することを命じ、又は容認したとき。
  <sup>art-117-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
  when the person, in violation of Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (iii), orders or allows a person to drive a motor vehicle in an intoxicated state;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第七十五条（自動車の使用者の義務等）第一項第四号の規定に違反して、前項第三号に規定する状態で自動車を運転することを命じ、又は容認したとき。
  <sup>art-117-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
  when the person, in violation of Article 75 (Responsibilities of Motor Vehicle Users; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), item (iv), orders or allows a person to drive a motor vehicle in a state as prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第七十五条の十二（特定自動運行の許可）第一項の許可を受けないで（第七十五条の二十七（許可の取消し等）第一項又は第七十五条の二十八（許可の効力の仮停止）第一項の規定により当該許可の効力が停止されている場合を含む。）特定自動運行を行つたとき。
  <sup>art-117-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-3</sup>
  when the person conducts specified automated operation without obtaining the permission under Article 75-12 (Permission for Specified Automated Operation), paragraph (1) (including where the validity of that permission is suspended pursuant to Article 75-27 (Revoking Permission; Related Considerations), paragraph (1) or Article 75-28 (Provisional suspension of the Validity of Permission), paragraph (1));
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  偽りその他不正の手段により第七十五条の十二（特定自動運行の許可）第一項又は第七十五条の十六（許可事項の変更）第一項の許可を受けたとき。
  <sup>art-117-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-4</sup>
  when the person obtains the permission under Article 75-12 (Permission for Specified Automated Operation), paragraph (1) or Article 75-16 (Changes to Permitted Particulars), paragraph (1) by deceit or other wrongful means;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  第七十五条の十六（許可事項の変更）第一項の規定に違反して特定自動運行計画を変更したとき。
  <sup>art-117-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-5</sup>
  when the person changes a specified automated operation plan in violation of Article 75-16 (Changes to Permitted Particulars), paragraph (1); or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  第七十五条の二十六（特定自動運行実施者に対する指示）第一項の規定による公安委員会の指示に従わなかつたとき。
  <sup>art-117-2/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-6</sup>
  when the person fails to comply with an instruction of the public safety commission under Article 75-26 (Instructions to Specified Automated Operation Providers), paragraph (1).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-117-2/par-1/item-1: 第六十五条 → 道路交通法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65
- art-117-2/par-1/item-1: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第六十五条第一項 (Article 65, paragraph (1)), art-65/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65/par-1
- art-117-2/par-1/item-2: 第六十五条 → 道路交通法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65
- art-117-2/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第六十五条第二項 (Article 65, paragraph (2)), art-65/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65/par-2
- art-117-2/par-1/item-3: 第六十六条 → 道路交通法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-66
- art-117-2/par-1/item-3: 毒物及び劇物取締法（昭和二十五年法律第三百三号）第三条の三 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000303, 第三条の三 (Article 3-3), art-3-3 — not held in this collection
- art-117-2/par-1/item-4: 次条第一項第八号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第八号 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-117-2-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-8
- art-117-2/par-2/item-1: 第七十五条 → 道路交通法 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75
- art-117-2/par-2/item-1: 第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第七十五条第一項第三号 (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-75/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75/par-1/item-3
- art-117-2/par-2/item-2: 第七十五条 → 道路交通法 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75
- art-117-2/par-2/item-2: 第一項第四号 → 道路交通法 第七十五条第一項第四号 (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-75/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75/par-1/item-4
- art-117-2/par-2/item-2: 前項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二第一項第三号 (Article 117-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-117-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-1/item-3
- art-117-2/par-2/item-3: 第七十五条の十二 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十二 (Article 75-12), art-75-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-12
- art-117-2/par-2/item-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十二第一項 (Article 75-12, paragraph (1)), art-75-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-12/par-1
- art-117-2/par-2/item-3: 第七十五条の二十七 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十七 (Article 75-27), art-75-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-27
- art-117-2/par-2/item-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十七第一項 (Article 75-27, paragraph (1)), art-75-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-27/par-1
- art-117-2/par-2/item-3: 第七十五条の二十八 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十八 (Article 75-28), art-75-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-28
- art-117-2/par-2/item-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十八第一項 (Article 75-28, paragraph (1)), art-75-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-28/par-1
- art-117-2/par-2/item-4: 第七十五条の十二 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十二 (Article 75-12), art-75-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-12
- art-117-2/par-2/item-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十二第一項 (Article 75-12, paragraph (1)), art-75-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-12/par-1
- art-117-2/par-2/item-4: 第七十五条の十六 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十六 (Article 75-16), art-75-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-16
- art-117-2/par-2/item-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十六第一項 (Article 75-16, paragraph (1)), art-75-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-16/par-1
- art-117-2/par-2/item-5: 第七十五条の十六 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十六 (Article 75-16), art-75-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-16
- art-117-2/par-2/item-5: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十六第一項 (Article 75-16, paragraph (1)), art-75-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-16/par-1
- art-117-2/par-2/item-6: 第七十五条の二十六 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十六 (Article 75-26), art-75-26 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-26
- art-117-2/par-2/item-6: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十六第一項 (Article 75-26, paragraph (1)), art-75-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-26/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第九十条第二項第三号（免許の拒否等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-2/item-3
- 道路交通法 第百三条第二項第三号（免許の取消し、停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2/item-3
- 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項第二号（免許の効力の仮停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百七条の五第二項第三号（自動車等の運転禁止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-107-5/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-5/par-2/item-3
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の二第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2/par-2/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-4
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-7
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-2/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-2/item-3
- 道路交通法 第百二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-123/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百二十五条第二項第二号（通則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-125/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125/par-2/item-2

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## Sources

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- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-014, 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