# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百十七条の五 (Article 117-5)

- 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: 第百十七条の五 (Article 117-5) — address `art-117-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5
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### 第百十七条の五
<sup>art-117-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-117-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5/par-1</sup>
A person as referred to in one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 100,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第七十二条（交通事故の場合の措置）第一項前段の規定に違反した者（第百十七条第一項又は第二項に該当する者を除く。）
  <sup>art-117-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person violating the first sentence of Article 72 (Measures in the Event of a Traffic Accident), paragraph (1) (other than a person falling under Article 117, paragraph (1) or (2)); or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第百八条の三の四（講習通知事務の委託）第二項、第百八条の七（秘密保持義務等）第一項、第百八条の十八（秘密保持義務）又は第百八条の三十一（都道府県交通安全活動推進センター）第五項の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-117-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person violating Article 108-3-4 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Involved in Issuing Training Notices), paragraph (2), Article 108-7 (Duty of Confidentiality; Related Considerations), paragraph (1), Article 108-18 (Duty of Confidentiality), or Article 108-31 (Prefectural Centers for Facilitating Traffic Safety Activities), paragraph (5).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第七十五条の二十三（特定自動運行において交通事故があつた場合の措置）第一項前段、第二項又は第三項前段の規定に違反したとき（第百十七条第三項の違反行為に該当する場合を除く。）は、当該違反行為をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-117-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5/par-2</sup>
If there is a violation of the first sentence of paragraph (1), paragraph (2), or the first sentence of paragraph (3) of Article 75-23 (Measures in Case of a Traffic Accident in Specified Automated Operation) (excluding a case that constitutes a violation under Article 117, paragraph (3)), the person who committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-117-5/par-1/item-1: 第七十二条 → 道路交通法 第七十二条 (Article 72), art-72 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72
- art-117-5/par-1/item-1: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-1
- art-117-5/par-1/item-1: 第百十七条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条第一項 (Article 117, paragraph (1)), art-117/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117/par-1
- art-117-5/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条第二項 (Article 117, paragraph (2)), art-117/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117/par-2
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第百八条の三の四 → 道路交通法 第百八条の三の四 (Article 108-3-4), art-108-3-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-3-4
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の三の四第二項 (Article 108-3-4, paragraph (2)), art-108-3-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-3-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-3-4/par-2
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第百八条の七 → 道路交通法 第百八条の七 (Article 108-7), art-108-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-7
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の七第一項 (Article 108-7, paragraph (1)), art-108-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-7/par-1
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第百八条の十八 → 道路交通法 第百八条の十八 (Article 108-18), art-108-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-18
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第百八条の三十一 → 道路交通法 第百八条の三十一 (Article 108-31), art-108-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-31
- art-117-5/par-1/item-2: 第五項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の三十一第五項 (Article 108-31, paragraph (5)), art-108-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-31/par-5
- art-117-5/par-2: 第七十五条の二十三 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三 (Article 75-23), art-75-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23
- art-117-5/par-2: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第一項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (1)), art-75-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-1
- art-117-5/par-2: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第二項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (2)), art-75-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-2
- art-117-5/par-2: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第三項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (3)), art-75-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-3
- art-117-5/par-2: 第百十七条第三項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条第三項 (Article 117, paragraph (3)), art-117/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 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 附則第二条第一項（調整規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5021-42/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5021-42/art-2/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-20261013T074321-015, translated 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-016, 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
