# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第九十九条 (Article 99)

- 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: 第九十九条 (Article 99)（指定自動車教習所の指定） — address `art-99`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99
- 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.

---

### 第九十九条（指定自動車教習所の指定） — (Designation of Designated Driving Schools)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99</sup>

  **第一項**  公安委員会は、前条第二項の規定による届出をした自動車教習所のうち、一定の種類の免許（政令で定めるものに限る。）を受けようとする者に対し自動車の運転に関する技能及び知識について教習を行うものであつて当該免許に係る教習について職員、設備等に関する次に掲げる基準に適合するものを、当該自動車教習所を設置し、又は管理する者の申請に基づき、指定自動車教習所として指定することができる。
  <sup>art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1</sup>
  A public safety commission may designate, as a designated driving school, a driving school that has made a filing as under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; that provides instruction in motor vehicle driving skills and knowledge to persons seeking certain types of licenses (limited to those that Cabinet Order prescribes); and that conforms to the following criteria for employees, installations, and the like with respect to instruction, at the application of the person operating or managing the driving school:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  政令で定める要件を備えた当該自動車教習所を管理する者が置かれていること。
    <sup>art-99/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the person managing the driving school meets the requirements that Cabinet Order prescribes;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  次条第四項の技能検定員資格者証の交付を受けており、同条第一項の規定により技能検定員として選任されることとなる職員が置かれていること。
    <sup>art-99/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the school has an employee who has been issued a skills evaluator certificate as referred to in paragraph (4) of the following Article, whom it will appoint as a skills evaluator pursuant to paragraph (1) of that Article;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第九十九条の三第四項の教習指導員資格者証の交付を受けており、同条第一項の規定により教習指導員として選任されることとなる職員が置かれていること。
    <sup>art-99/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the school has an employee who has been issued an instructor certificate as referred to in Article 99-3, paragraph (4), whom it will appoint as an instructor pursuant to paragraph (1) of that Article; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  自動車の運転に関する技能及び知識の教習並びに技能検定（自動車の運転に関する技能についての検定で、内閣府令で定めるところにより行われるものをいう。以下同じ。）のための設備が政令で定める基準に適合していること。
    <sup>art-99/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the facilities for instruction in motor vehicle driving skills and knowledge, as well as for skills evaluations (meaning evaluations on motor vehicle driving skills conducted pursuant to Cabinet Office Order; the same applies hereinafter) meet the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  当該自動車教習所の運営が政令で定める基準に適合していること。
    <sup>art-99/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1/item-5</sup>
    the driving school's operations meet the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  公安委員会は、前項の申請に係る自動車教習所が第百条の規定により指定を取り消され、その取消しの日から三年を経過しないものであるときは、同項の規定による指定をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-2</sup>
  A public safety commission must not grant a designation under the preceding paragraph to a driving school that has filed an application as referred to in that paragraph if it has had its designation revoked pursuant to Article 100 and it has been less than three years since the date of revocation.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

---

## Cites
- art-99/par-1: 前条第二項 → 道路交通法 第九十八条第二項 (Article 98, paragraph (2)), art-98/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-98/par-2
- art-99/par-1/item-2: 次条第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の二第四項 (Article 99-2, paragraph (4)), art-99-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-2/par-4
- art-99/par-1/item-2: 同条第一項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の二第一項 (Article 99-2, paragraph (1)), art-99-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-2/par-1
- art-99/par-1/item-3: 第九十九条の三第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の三第四項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (4)), art-99-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-3/par-4
- art-99/par-1/item-3: 同条第一項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の三第一項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (1)), art-99-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-3/par-1
- art-99/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条第一項 (Article 99, paragraph (1)), art-99/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-1
- art-99/par-2: 第百条 → 道路交通法 第百条 (Article 100), art-100 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100

## Cited by

10 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 第九十九条第二項（指定自動車教習所の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99/par-2
- 道路交通法 第九十九条の五第一項（技能検定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-5/par-1
- 道路交通法 第九十九条の七第一項（適合命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-7/par-1
- 道路交通法 第百八条の三十二の二第一項第二号（運転免許取得者等教育の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-32-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-32-2/par-1/item-2
- 道路交通法 第百八条の三十二の三第一項第二号（運転免許取得者等検査の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-32-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-32-3/par-1/item-2
- 道路交通法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4041-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4041-43/par-3
- 道路交通法 附則第五条第一項（指定自動車教習所等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-5/par-1
- 道路交通法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-6/par-1
- 道路交通法 附則第八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-8/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
