# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第十六条 (Article 16) - Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号 - English title "Road Transport Vehicle Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（一時抹消登録） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条（一時抹消登録） — Temporary Cancellation of Registration caption: machine translation, not official art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16 **第一項** 登録自動車の所有者は、前二条に規定する場合を除くほか、その自動車を運行の用に供することをやめたときは、一時抹消登録の申請をすることができる。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-1 Except in the cases prescribed in the preceding two Articles, the owner of a registered motor vehicle may file an application for temporary cancellation of registration when the owner has ceased to put the motor vehicle to operation. machine translation, not official **第二項** 一時抹消登録を受けた自動車（国土交通省令で定めるものを除く。）の所有者は、次に掲げる場合には、その事由があつた日（当該事由が使用済自動車の解体である場合にあつては、解体報告記録がなされたことを知つた日）から十五日以内に、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、その旨を国土交通大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-2 In the following cases, the owner of a motor vehicle that has received temporary cancellation of registration (excluding those specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to that effect, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, within 15 days from the date of the cause (in the case where the cause is the dismantling of an end-of-life automobile, the date on which the owner learned that the dismantling report record has been made): machine translation, not official **一** 当該自動車が滅失し、解体し（整備又は改造のために解体する場合を除く。）、又は自動車の用途を廃止したとき。 art-16/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-2/item-1 where the motor vehicle has been lost, dismantled (excluding dismantling for maintenance or modification), or discontinued from use as a motor vehicle; or machine translation, not official **二** 当該自動車の車台が当該自動車の新規登録の際存したものでなくなつたとき。 art-16/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-2/item-2 where the chassis of the motor vehicle has ceased to be what existed at the time of the new registration of the motor vehicle. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第十五条第二項及び第三項の規定は、使用済自動車の解体に係る前項の規定による届出をする場合について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「登録自動車」とあるのは、「一時抹消登録を受けた自動車」と読み替えるものとする。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-3 The provisions of Article 15, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis where the notification under the preceding paragraph is made in connection with the dismantling of an end-of-life automobile. In this case, the term "registered motor vehicle" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "motor vehicle that has received temporary cancellation of registration". machine translation, not official **第四項** 一時抹消登録を受けた自動車（国土交通省令で定めるものを除く。）の所有者は、その自動車を輸出しようとするときは、当該輸出の予定日から国土交通省令で定める期間さかのぼつた日から当該輸出をする時までの間に、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、国土交通大臣にその旨の届出をし、かつ、次項の規定による輸出予定届出証明書の交付を受けなければならない。 art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-4 When intending to export a motor vehicle, the owner of a motor vehicle that has received temporary cancellation of registration (excluding those specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) must, during the period from the day that is the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism before the scheduled date of the export until the time of the export, notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to that effect, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and receive a certificate of notification of scheduled export under the following paragraph. machine translation, not official **第五項** 国土交通大臣は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、当該届出をした者に対し、当該自動車について輸出が予定されている旨が記載され、かつ、当該輸出の予定日までを有効期間とする輸出予定届出証明書を交付するものとする。 art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-5 Upon receiving the notification under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to issue to the person who made the notification a certificate of notification of scheduled export that states that export of the motor vehicle is scheduled and whose validity period runs until the scheduled date of the export. machine translation, not official **第六項** 前条第三項及び第四項の規定は、一時抹消登録を受けた自動車の輸出に係る第四項の規定による届出があつた場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「輸出抹消仮登録証明書」とあるのは「輸出予定届出証明書」と、「輸出抹消登録を」とあるのは「その旨を自動車登録ファイルに記録」と、同条第四項中「第二項」とあるのは「次条第五項」と、「輸出抹消仮登録証明書」とあるのは「輸出予定届出証明書」と読み替えるものとする。 art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-6 The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis where the notification under paragraph (4) has been made in connection with the export of a motor vehicle that has received temporary cancellation of registration. In this case, the term "certificate of provisional cancellation of registration for export" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "certificate of notification of scheduled export", the phrase "carry out cancellation of registration for export" with "record that fact in the motor vehicle registration file", and, in paragraph (4) of that Article, the term "paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (5) of the following Article" and the term "certificate of provisional cancellation of registration for export" with "certificate of notification of scheduled export". machine translation, not official **第七項** 国土交通大臣は、前項において準用する前条第四項の規定その他の事由により輸出予定届出証明書の返納を受けたときは、その旨を自動車登録ファイルに記録するものとする。 art-16/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-7 Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has received the return of a certificate of notification of scheduled export under Article 15-2, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding paragraph or for any other reason, the Minister is to record that fact in the motor vehicle registration file. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-16/par-1: 前二条 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15 - art-16/par-1: 前二条 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二 (Article 15-2), art-15-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2 - art-16/par-3: 第十五条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-2 - art-16/par-3: 第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-3 - art-16/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-2 - art-16/par-4: 次項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-5 - art-16/par-5: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-4 - art-16/par-6: 前条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第三項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (3)), art-15-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-3 - art-16/par-6: 第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第四項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (4)), art-15-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-4 - art-16/par-6: 第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-4 - art-16/par-6: 第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第二項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (2)), art-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-2 - art-16/par-6: 次条第五項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-5 - art-16/par-7: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第六項 (Article 16, paragraph (6)), art-16/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-6 - art-16/par-7: 前条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第四項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (4)), art-15-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-4 ## Cited by 21 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第七条第三項第三号（新規登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7/par-3/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第五項（輸出抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第三項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第四項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第五項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第六項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-6 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第七項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-7 - 道路運送車両法 第十七条第一項（届出記録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-17/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第十八条第一項（自動車登録ファイルの正確な記録を確保するための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-18/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第二十条第一項第二号（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第二十一条第一項（自動車登録ファイルの記録等の保存） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-21/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第六十九条第一項第三号（自動車検査証の返納等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第六十九条の三第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69-3/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第七十一条の二第一項（限定自動車検査証等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71-2/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の五第一項（保安基準適合証等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-5/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の五第五項（保安基準適合証等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-5/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の五第七項（保安基準適合証等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-5/par-7 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-4 - 道路運送車両法 第百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-112/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 附則第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-004, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13