# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第九十七条 (Article 97)

- 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: 第九十七条 (Article 97)（運転免許試験の方法） — address `art-97`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97
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### 第九十七条（運転免許試験の方法） — (How Driver's License Tests Are Administered)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97</sup>

  **第一項**  運転免許試験は、免許の種類ごとに次の各号（小型特殊免許及び原付免許の運転免許試験にあつては第一号及び第三号、牽引免許の運転免許試験にあつては第一号及び第二号）に掲げる事項について行う。
  <sup>art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1</sup>
  Driver's license tests are administered to test persons on the points set forth in the following items for each type of license (this means covering the points set forth in items (i) and (iii), in the case of a driver's license test for an SS-MVL or MBL, and the points set forth in items (i) and (ii), in the case of a driver's license test for a towing license):
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  自動車等の運転について必要な適性
    <sup>art-97/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the fitness needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  自動車等の運転について必要な技能
    <sup>art-97/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the skills needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  自動車等の運転について必要な知識
    <sup>art-97/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the knowledge needed to drive a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項第二号に掲げる事項について行う大型免許、中型免許、準中型免許、普通免許、大型第二種免許、中型第二種免許及び普通第二種免許の運転免許試験は、道路において行うものとする。ただし、道路において行うことが交通の妨害となるおそれがあるものとして内閣府令で定める運転免許試験の項目については、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-2</sup>
  The part of a driver's license test for an S-MVL, SM-MVL, M-MVL, L-MVL, class 2 S-MVL, class 2 M-MVL, or class 2 L-MVL covering the point set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is to be administered on the road; provided, however, that this does not apply to any portion of a driver's license test that Cabinet Office Order prescribes as likely to hinder road traffic.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項第三号に掲げる事項についての運転免許試験は、第百八条の二十八第四項の規定により国家公安委員会が作成する教則の内容の範囲内で行う。
  <sup>art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-3</sup>
  The part of the driver's license test covering the point set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) is administered within the scope of the rules of the road prepared by the National Public Safety Commission pursuant to Article 108-28, paragraph (4).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  前三項に規定するもののほか、運転免許試験の実施の手続、方法その他運転免許試験について必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
  <sup>art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-4</sup>
  Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Office Order provides for the procedures for implementing driver's license tests, the way they are implemented, and other necessary particulars concerning them.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-97/par-1: 第一号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項第一号 (Article 97, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-97/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-1
- art-97/par-1: 第三号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項第三号 (Article 97, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-97/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-3
- art-97/par-1: 第二号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項第二号 (Article 97, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-97/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-2
- art-97/par-2: 前項第二号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項第二号 (Article 97, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-97/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-2
- art-97/par-3: 第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項第三号 (Article 97, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-97/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1/item-3
- art-97/par-3: 第百八条の二十八第四項 → 道路交通法 第百八条の二十八第四項 (Article 108-28, paragraph (4)), art-108-28/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-28/par-4
- art-97/par-4: 前三項 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項 (Article 97, paragraph (1)), art-97/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1
- art-97/par-4: 前三項 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-2
- art-97/par-4: 前三項 → 道路交通法 第九十七条第三項 (Article 97, paragraph (3)), art-97/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-3

## Cited by

15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路交通法 第八十七条第一項（仮免許） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-87/par-1
- 道路交通法 第八十七条第六項（仮免許） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-87/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-87/par-6
- 道路交通法 第九十七条第一項（運転免許試験の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-1
- 道路交通法 第九十七条第二項（運転免許試験の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-2
- 道路交通法 第九十七条第三項（運転免許試験の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-3
- 道路交通法 第九十七条第四項（運転免許試験の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97/par-4
- 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第一号（運転免許試験の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-1
- 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第二号（運転免許試験の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-2
- 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第三号（運転免許試験の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-3
- 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第四号（運転免許試験の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-4
- 道路交通法 第九十七条の二第一項第五号（運転免許試験の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-97-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-97-2/par-1/item-5
- 道路交通法 第百条の二第三項（再試験） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-3
- 道路交通法 附則第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3471-51/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3471-51/par-6
- 道路交通法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4131-51/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4131-51/art-3/par-2
- 道路交通法 附則第十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-13/par-1

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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
- This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13