# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百十七条の三の二 (Article 117-3-2)

- 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: 第百十七条の三の二 (Article 117-3-2) — address `art-117-3-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2
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### 第百十七条の三の二
<sup>art-117-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-117-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1</sup>
A person as referred to in one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第六十四条（無免許運転等の禁止）第三項の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-117-3-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person violating Article 64 (Prohibition against Unlicensed Driving and Related Conduct), paragraph (3);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第六十五条（酒気帯び運転等の禁止）第三項の規定に違反して酒類を提供した者（当該違反により当該酒類の提供を受けた者が身体に第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号の政令で定める程度以上にアルコールを保有する状態で車両等（自転車以外の軽車両を除く。）を運転した場合に限るものとし、同項第五号に該当する場合を除く。）
  <sup>art-117-3-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person providing a person with an alcoholic beverage in violation of Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (3) (but only if the person provided with the alcoholic beverage as a result of the violation drives a vehicle or streetcar (other than a light road vehicle that is not a bicycle) with alcohol in their system at or above the level that Cabinet Order prescribes which is referred to in Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii); other than as under paragraph (1), item (v) of that Article); or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第六十五条（酒気帯び運転等の禁止）第四項の規定に違反した者（当該同乗した車両（自転車以外の軽車両を除く。以下この号において同じ。）の運転者が酒に酔つた状態で当該車両を運転し、又は身体に第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号の政令で定める程度以上にアルコールを保有する状態で当該車両を運転した場合に限るものとし、同項第六号に該当する場合を除く。）
  <sup>art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person violating Article 65 (Prohibition against Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Related Conduct), paragraph (4) (but only if the driver of the vehicle (other than a light road vehicle that is not a bicycle; the same applies hereinafter in this item) into which the person has gotten drives the vehicle in an intoxicated state or with alcohol in their system at or above the level that Cabinet Order prescribes which is referred to in Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii); other than as under paragraph (1), item (vi) of that Article).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-1: 第六十四条 → 道路交通法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-64/par-3
- art-117-3-2/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-117-3-2/par-1/item-2: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第六十五条第三項 (Article 65, paragraph (3)), art-65/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65/par-3
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-2: 第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-2: 同項第五号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第五号 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-117-2-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-5
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3: 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-117-3-2/par-1/item-3: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第六十五条第四項 (Article 65, paragraph (4)), art-65/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65/par-4
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3: この号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の三の二第一項第三号 (Article 117-3-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3: 第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第三号 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-3
- art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3: 同項第六号 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第一項第六号 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-117-2-2/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-1/item-6

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 第六十五条第四項（酒気帯び運転等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-65/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-65/par-4
- 道路交通法 第百十七条の三の二第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-3-2/par-1/item-3

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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-20261013T074321-015, 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
