# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十一条の七 (Article 51-7) - 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: 第五十一条の七 (Article 51-7)（放置違反金等の納付等を証する書面の提示） — address `art-51-7` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条の七（放置違反金等の納付等を証する書面の提示） — (Presentation of Documents Evidencing Payment or Collection of Abandonment Penalties, Fines, and Fees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7 **第一項** 自動車検査証の返付（道路運送車両法第六十二条第二項（同法第六十七条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）又は総合特別区域法（平成二十三年法律第八十一号）第二十二条の二第三項の規定による自動車検査証の返付をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を受けようとする者は、その自動車（道路運送車両法第五十八条第一項に規定する自動車をいう。）が最後に同法第六十条第一項若しくは第七十一条第四項の規定による自動車検査証の交付又は自動車検査証の返付を受けた後に第五十一条の四第十三項の規定による督促（当該自動車が原因となつた納付命令（同条第十六項の規定により取り消されたものを除く。）に係るものに限る。）を受けたことがあるときは、国土交通大臣等に対して、当該督促に係る放置違反金等を納付したこと又はこれを徴収されたことを証する書面を提示しなければならない。 art-51-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7/par-1 If a person seeking the return of a motor vehicle inspection certificate (meaning the return of a motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2) of the Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 67, paragraph (4) of that Act) or Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Comprehensive Special Zones Act (Act No. 81 of 2011); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) has become subject to a demand under Article 51-4, paragraph (13) (but only one connected with a payment order (other than one that has been revoked pursuant to paragraph (16) of that Article) of which the motor vehicle in question was the cause) after a motor vehicle inspection certificate was last issued as under Article 60, paragraph (1) or Article 71, paragraph (4) of that Act or after a motor vehicle inspection certificate was last returned for that vehicle (meaning a motor vehicle as prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1) of the Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation), the person must present a document to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or other relevant authority evidencing that the abandonment penalty, fines, or fees subject to the demand have been paid or collected. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国土交通大臣等は、前項の規定により同項の書面を提示しなければならないこととされる者（前条第二項前段の通知に係る者に限る。）による当該書面の提示がないときは、自動車検査証の返付をしないものとする。 art-51-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7/par-2 If a person (but only one notified as referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article) that the preceding paragraph requires to present the document prescribed in that paragraph fails to do so, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or other relevant authority must not return the motor vehicle inspection certificate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51-7/par-1: 道路運送車両法第六十二条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十二条第二項 (Article 62, paragraph (2)), art-62/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-62/par-2 - art-51-7/par-1: 同法第六十七条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第四項 (Article 67, paragraph (4)), art-67/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-4 - art-51-7/par-1: 総合特別区域法（平成二十三年法律第八十一号）第二十二条の二第三項 → e-Gov law 423AC0000000081, 第二十二条の二第三項 (Article 22-2, paragraph (3)), art-22-2/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-51-7/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の七 (Article 51-7), art-51-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7 - art-51-7/par-1: 道路運送車両法第五十八条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-58/par-1 - art-51-7/par-1: 同法第六十条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-60/par-1 - art-51-7/par-1: 第七十一条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十一条第四項 (Article 71, paragraph (4)), art-71/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71/par-4 - art-51-7/par-1: 第五十一条の四第十三項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十三項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (13)), art-51-4/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-13 - art-51-7/par-1: 同条第十六項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十六項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (16)), art-51-4/par-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-16 - art-51-7/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の七第一項 (Article 51-7, paragraph (1)), art-51-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7/par-1 - art-51-7/par-2: 前条第二項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の六第二項 (Article 51-6, paragraph (2)), art-51-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-6/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十四項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-14 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の六第二項（国家公安委員会への報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-6/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の七第一項（放置違反金等の納付等を証する書面の提示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の七第二項（放置違反金等の納付等を証する書面の提示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7/par-2 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13