# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百二十六条 (Article 126) - 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: 第百二十六条 (Article 126)（告知） — address `art-126` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126 - 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. --- ### 第百二十六条（告知） — (Notice to Appear) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126 **第一項** 警察官は、反則者があると認めるときは、次に掲げる場合を除き、その者に対し、速やかに、反則行為となるべき事実の要旨及び当該反則行為が属する反則行為の種別並びにその者が次条第一項前段の規定による通告を受けるための出頭の期日及び場所を書面で告知するものとする。ただし、出頭の期日及び場所の告知は、その必要がないと認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 Except in one of the following cases, when finding a person to be a violator, a police officer must promptly notify that person in writing via a document, of the essential facts constituting the violation, the category of violation, and the date and place for the person to appear in order to be issued a notice of findings as under the first sentence of paragraph (1) of the following Article; provided, however, this does not apply to notifying the person of the date and place to appear if the police officer finds it unnecessary for the person to appear: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** その者の居所又は氏名が明らかでないとき。 art-126/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1/item-1 if the person's residence or name is unclear; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その者が逃亡するおそれがあるとき。 art-126/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1/item-2 if the person is likely to flee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の書面には、この章に定める手続を理解させるため必要な事項を記載するものとする。 art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-2 The document referred to in the preceding paragraph must include the necessary information to allow the person to understand the procedures provided for in this Chapter. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 警察官は、第一項の規定による告知をしたときは、当該告知に係る反則行為が行われた地を管轄する都道府県警察の警察本部長に速やかにその旨を報告しなければならない。ただし、警察法第六十条の二又は第六十六条第二項の規定に基づいて、当該警察官の所属する都道府県警察の管轄区域以外の区域において反則行為をしたと認めた者に対し告知をしたときは、当該警察官の所属する都道府県警察の警察本部長に報告しなければならない。 art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-3 Having notified a person as under paragraph (1), a police officer must report this to the chief of the prefectural police having jurisdiction over the place where the violation of which the officer has notified the person was committed; provided, however, that, having notified a person found to have committed a violation in an area outside the jurisdiction of the prefectural police to which the police officer belongs based on Article 60-2 or Article 66, paragraph (2) of the Police Act, the police officer must report having so notified the person to the chief of the prefectural police to which the officer belongs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第百十四条の四第一項に規定する交通巡視員は、第百十九条の二の四第一項若しくは第三項又は第百十九条の三第一項第一号から第四号まで若しくは第三項の罪に当たる行為をした反則者があると認めるときは、第一項の例により告知するものとし、当該告知をしたときは、前項の例により報告しなければならない。 art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-4 On finding a person to be a violator who has committed an offense as prescribed in Article 119-2-4, paragraph (1) or (3), or Article 119-3, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) or paragraph (3), a traffic patrol officer as prescribed in Article 114-4, paragraph (1) is to notify the person in accordance with paragraph (1) and after doing so, to report in accordance with the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-126/par-1: 次条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十七条第一項 (Article 127, paragraph (1)), art-127/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-1 - art-126/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-3: 警察法第六十条の二 → e-Gov law 329AC0000000162, 第六十条の二 (Article 60-2), art-60-2 — not held in this collection - art-126/par-3: 第六十六条第二項 → e-Gov law 329AC0000000162, 第六十六条第二項 (Article 66, paragraph (2)), art-66/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-126/par-4: 第百十四条の四第一項 → 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-126/par-4: 第百十九条の二の四第一項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の四第一項 (Article 119-2-4, paragraph (1)), art-119-2-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-4/par-1 - art-126/par-4: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の四第三項 (Article 119-2-4, paragraph (3)), art-119-2-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-4/par-3 - art-126/par-4: 第百十九条の三第一項第一号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第一号 (Article 119-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-119-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-1 - art-126/par-4: 第百十九条の三第一項第一号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 119-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-119-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-2 - art-126/par-4: 第百十九条の三第一項第一号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第三号 (Article 119-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-119-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-3 - art-126/par-4: 第百十九条の三第一項第一号から第四号まで → 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第一項第四号 (Article 119-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-119-3/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-1/item-4 - art-126/par-4: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条の三第三項 (Article 119-3, paragraph (3)), art-119-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-3/par-3 - art-126/par-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第百二十六条第三項 (Article 126, paragraph (3)), art-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第百二十六条第二項（告知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十六条第三項（告知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-126/par-3 - 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 - 道路交通法 第百二十七条第一項（通告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十七条第二項（通告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-127/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十九条第一項（仮納付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-129/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百三十条第一項第一号（反則者に係る刑事事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 第百三十条第一項第二号（反則者に係る刑事事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-130/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-130/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第百三十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-132/par-1 --- ## 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