# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百二十三条 (Article 123)

- 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: 第百二十三条 (Article 123) — address `art-123`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-123
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-123
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### 第百二十三条
<sup>art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-123</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、第百十七条第三項、第百十七条の二第二項、第百十七条の二の二第二項、第百十七条の四第二項、第百十七条の五第二項、第百十八条第二項、第百十九条第二項、第百十九条の二から第百十九条の二の三まで、第百十九条の二の四第二項、第百十九条の三第二項、第百二十条第二項又は第百二十一条第二項の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑又は科料刑を科する。
<sup>art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-123/par-1</sup>
If the representative of a corporation or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual commits a violation as referred to in Article 117, paragraph (3), Article 117-2, paragraph (2), Article 117-2-2, paragraph (2), Article 117-4, paragraph (2), Article 117-5, paragraph (2), Article 118, paragraph (2), Article 119, paragraph (2), Article 119-2 through Article 119-2-3, Article 119-2-4, paragraph (2), Article 119-3, paragraph (2), Article 120, paragraph (2), or Article 121, paragraph (2) in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, in addition to the person who committed the violation being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is subject to a criminal fine or petty fine as prescribed in the Article in question.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-123/par-1: 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
- art-123/par-1: 第百十七条の二第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二第二項 (Article 117-2, paragraph (2)), 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
- art-123/par-1: 第百十七条の二の二第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の二の二第二項 (Article 117-2-2, paragraph (2)), art-117-2-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-2-2/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十七条の四第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の四第二項 (Article 117-4, paragraph (2)), art-117-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-4/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十七条の五第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十七条の五第二項 (Article 117-5, paragraph (2)), 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
- art-123/par-1: 第百十八条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十八条第二項 (Article 118, paragraph (2)), art-118/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-118/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十九条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条第二項 (Article 119, paragraph (2)), art-119/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十九条の二から第百十九条の二の三まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二 (Article 119-2), art-119-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十九条の二から第百十九条の二の三まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の二 (Article 119-2-2), art-119-2-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十九条の二から第百十九条の二の三まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の三 (Article 119-2-3), art-119-2-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-3
- art-123/par-1: 第百十九条の二の四第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の四第二項 (Article 119-2-4, paragraph (2)), art-119-2-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-4/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百十九条の三第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第二項 (Article 119-3, paragraph (2)), art-119-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百二十条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百二十条第二項 (Article 120, paragraph (2)), art-120/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-2
- art-123/par-1: 第百二十一条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百二十一条第二項 (Article 121, paragraph (2)), art-121/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-2

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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-20261013T074321-017, 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
