# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十一条の五 (Article 71-5) - 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: 第七十一条の五 (Article 71-5)（初心運転者標識等の表示義務） — address `art-71-5` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条の五（初心運転者標識等の表示義務） — (Obligation to Display a Novice Driver Mark or Other Mark) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5 **第一項** 第八十四条第三項の準中型自動車免許を受けた者で、当該準中型自動車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年に達しないもの（当該免許を受けた日前六月以内に準中型自動車免許を受けていたことがある者その他の者で政令で定めるもの及び同項の普通自動車免許を現に受けており、かつ、現に受けている準中型自動車免許を受けた日前に当該普通自動車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して二年以上である者を除く。）は、内閣府令で定めるところにより準中型自動車の前面及び後面に内閣府令で定める様式の標識を付けないで準中型自動車を運転してはならない。 art-71-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-1 A person holding a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) who has not held that license for at least one year in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) (other than a person who has held a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold the current license and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes, and other than a person who currently holds a standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph and who held that license for at least two years in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) before the day on which the person came to hold the current semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license) must not drive a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle without displaying a mark in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes on the front and rear of that vehicle pursuant to Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第八十四条第三項の準中型自動車免許又は普通自動車免許を受けた者で、当該準中型自動車免許又は普通自動車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して一年に達しないもの（当該免許を受けた日前六月以内に準中型自動車免許又は普通自動車免許を受けていたことがある者、現に受けている準中型自動車免許又は普通自動車免許を受けた日以後に当該免許に係る上位免許（第八十五条第二項の規定により一の種類の運転免許について同条第一項の表の区分に従い運転することができる自動車等（以下「免許自動車等」という。）を運転することができる他の種類の運転免許（第八十四条第二項の仮運転免許を除く。）をいう。第百条の二第一項第一号及び第三号において同じ。）を受けた者その他の者で政令で定めるものを除く。）は、内閣府令で定めるところにより普通自動車の前面及び後面に内閣府令で定める様式の標識を付けないで普通自動車を運転してはならない。 art-71-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-2 A person holding a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license or standard motor vehicle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) who has not held that semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license or standard motor vehicle license for at least one year in total (not counting any period during which the license was suspended) (other than a person who has held a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license or standard motor vehicle license at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold that license; other than a person that, on or after the day on which the person came to hold the semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license or standard motor vehicle license that the person currently holds, has come to hold a license of a higher grade than that license (meaning a different type of driver's license (other than a provisional driver's license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (2)) with which a person may also drive the motor vehicles and motorized bicycles that, pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (2), may be driven by a person who is permitted to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle of a category that the Table following Article 85, paragraph (1) sets forth for a given type of driver's license (hereinafter the category of motor vehicle or motorized bicycle that the Table sets forth for a given type of driver's license is referred to as a "vehicle the person is licensed to drive"); hereinafter the same applies in Article 100-2, paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii)); and other than any other person that Cabinet Order prescribes) must not drive a standard motor vehicle without displaying a mark in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes on the front and rear of that vehicle pursuant to Cabinet Office Order. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第八十五条第一項若しくは第二項又は第八十六条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により普通自動車を運転することができる免許（以下「普通自動車対応免許」という。）を受けた者で七十五歳以上のものは、内閣府令で定めるところにより普通自動車の前面及び後面に内閣府令で定める様式の標識を付けないで普通自動車を運転してはならない。 art-71-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-3 A person 75 years of age or older who holds a license that permits the person to drive a standard motor vehicle pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 86, paragraph (1) or (2) (hereinafter referred to as a "license for a standard motor vehicle") must not drive a standard motor vehicle without displaying a mark in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes on the front and rear of that vehicle pursuant to Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 普通自動車対応免許を受けた者で七十歳以上七十五歳未満のものは、加齢に伴つて生ずる身体の機能の低下が自動車の運転に影響を及ぼすおそれがあるときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより普通自動車の前面及び後面に内閣府令で定める様式の標識を付けて普通自動車を運転するように努めなければならない。 art-71-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-4 A person 70 years of age or older but under 75 who is licensed for a standard motor vehicle must endeavor to display a mark in the format that Cabinet Office Order prescribes on the front and rear pursuant to Cabinet Office Order when driving a standard motor vehicle if the person's age-related decline in physical ability is likely to affect the person's driving. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71-5/par-1: 第八十四条第三項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-3 - art-71-5/par-2: 第八十四条第三項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第三項 (Article 84, paragraph (3)), art-84/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-3 - art-71-5/par-2: 第八十五条第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-2 - art-71-5/par-2: 同条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第一項 (Article 85, paragraph (1)), art-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-1 - art-71-5/par-2: 第八十四条第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第二項 (Article 84, paragraph (2)), art-84/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-2 - art-71-5/par-2: 第百条の二第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項第一号 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-100-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1/item-1 - art-71-5/par-2: 第三号 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項第三号 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-100-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1/item-3 - art-71-5/par-3: 第八十五条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第一項 (Article 85, paragraph (1)), art-85/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-1 - art-71-5/par-3: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-2 - art-71-5/par-3: 第八十六条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-1 - art-71-5/par-3: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十六条第二項 (Article 86, paragraph (2)), art-86/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-86/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第四十五条の二第一項第一号（高齢運転者等標章自動車の停車又は駐車の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-45-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-45-2/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 第七十一条第一項第五号の四（運転者の遵守事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-71/par-1/item-5-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71/par-1/item-5-4 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-11 - 道路交通法 附則第二十二条第一項（高齢運転者標識表示義務に関する当面の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3351-105/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3351-105/art-22/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-9/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T073427-005, 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