# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第六十三条の十 (Article 63-10) - 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: 第六十三条の十 (Article 63-10)（自転車の検査等） — address `art-63-10` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-10 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十三条の十（自転車の検査等） — (Bicycle Inspections; Other Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-63-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-10 **第一項** 警察官は、前条第一項の内閣府令で定める基準に適合する制動装置を備えていないため交通の危険を生じさせるおそれがある自転車と認められる自転車が運転されているときは、当該自転車を停止させ、及び当該自転車の制動装置について検査をすることができる。 art-63-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-10/par-1 When a bicycle is being ridden that could be found likely to cause a traffic hazard due to the absence of braking equipment that complies with the standards Cabinet Office Order prescribes which are referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a police officer may stop that a bicycle and inspect its braking equipment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、警察官は、当該自転車の運転者に対し、道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全を図るため必要な応急の措置をとることを命じ、また、応急の措置によつては必要な整備をすることができないと認められる自転車については、当該自転車の運転を継続してはならない旨を命ずることができる。 art-63-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-10/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, a police officer may order the person riding the bicycle to take the necessary stop-gap measures to prevent a road hazard or otherwise ensure traffic safety; if it is found not to be possible to effect the necessary maintenance on the bicycle through stop-gap measures alone, a police officer may issue an order prohibiting the person riding the bicycle from continuing to ride it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-63-10/par-1: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の九第一項 (Article 63-9, paragraph (1)), art-63-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-9/par-1 - art-63-10/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の十第一項 (Article 63-10, paragraph (1)), art-63-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-10/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第六十三条の十第二項（自転車の検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-10/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-8 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-9 --- ## 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