# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第三十六条の二 (Article 36-2)

- 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: 第三十六条の二 (Article 36-2)（回送運行の許可） — address `art-36-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2
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### 第三十六条の二（回送運行の許可） — Permission for Delivery Operation
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<sup>art-36-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2</sup>

**第一項**  自動車の回送を業とする者で地方運輸局長の許可を受けたものが、その業務として回送する自動車（以下「回送自動車」という。）で、次に掲げる要件を満たすものを、当該許可の有効期間内に、当該回送運行許可証に記載された目的に従つて運行の用に供するときは、第四条、第十九条、第五十八条第一項及び第六十六条第一項の規定は、当該自動車について適用しない。
<sup>art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1</sup>
When a person engaged in the business of delivering motor vehicles who has obtained permission from the Director of a District Transport Bureau puts to operation, within the validity period of the permission and in accordance with the purpose stated in the delivery operation permit, a motor vehicle that the person delivers in the course of that business (hereinafter referred to as a "motor vehicle being delivered") and that satisfies the following requirements, the provisions of Article 4, Article 19, Article 58, paragraph (1) and Article 66, paragraph (1) do not apply to that motor vehicle:
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  **一**  回送運行許可番号標を国土交通省令で定める位置に、かつ、被覆しないことその他当該回送運行許可番号標に記載された番号の識別に支障が生じないものとして国土交通省令で定める方法により表示していること。
  <sup>art-36-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the delivery operation permit number plate is displayed in the position specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and by a method specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as one that, by not covering the plate or otherwise, does not impede the identification of the number stated on the delivery operation permit number plate; and
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  回送運行許可証を備え付けていること。
  <sup>art-36-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the delivery operation permit is kept in the motor vehicle.
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**第二項**  前項の許可の有効期間は、五年を超えてはならない。
<sup>art-36-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-2</sup>
The validity period of the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph must not exceed five years.
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**第三項**  第一項の許可には、条件を付し、及びこれを変更することができる。
<sup>art-36-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-3</sup>
Conditions may be attached to the permission referred to in paragraph (1), and may be changed.
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**第四項**  前項の条件は、第一項の許可を受けた者が行う自動車の回送が適切に行われるために必要とする最小限度のものに限り、かつ、当該許可を受けた者に不当な義務を課することとならないものでなければならない。
<sup>art-36-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-4</sup>
The conditions referred to in the preceding paragraph must be limited to the minimum necessary for the delivery of motor vehicles by the person who has received the permission referred to in paragraph (1) to be carried out appropriately, and must not impose any unjust obligation on the person who has received that permission.
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**第五項**  地方運輸局長は、第一項の許可を受けた者に対し、その申請に基づき、必要と認められる数の回送運行許可証を交付するとともに、これに対応する数の回送運行許可番号標を貸与するものとする。
<sup>art-36-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-5</sup>
The Director of a District Transport Bureau is to issue to a person who has obtained the permission under paragraph (1), based on that person's application, the number of delivery operation permits found to be necessary, and at the same time lend a corresponding number of delivery operation permit number plates.
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**第六項**  回送運行許可証には、交付年月日及び第一項の許可の有効期間の満了の日、回送の目的並びに当該回送運行許可証に係る回送運行許可番号標の番号を記載しなければならない。
<sup>art-36-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-6</sup>
A delivery operation permit must state the date of issue, the date on which the validity period of the permission under paragraph (1) expires, the purpose of delivery, and the number of the delivery operation permit number plate relating to that delivery operation permit.
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**第七項**  第一項の許可を受けた者は、当該許可の有効期間が満了したとき又は次項の規定により許可を取り消されたときは現に交付を受けている回送運行許可証及び現に貸与を受けている回送運行許可番号標（以下この条において「交付を受けている回送運行許可証等」という。）の全部を、同項の規定による命令を受けたときはその命令に応じ交付を受けている回送運行許可証等の全部又は一部を、その日から五日以内（同項の規定により許可を取り消されたとき又は同項の規定による命令を受けたときにあつては、その通知を受けてから五日以内）に、それぞれ地方運輸局長に返納しなければならない。
<sup>art-36-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-7</sup>
A person who has obtained the permission under paragraph (1) must return to the Director of a District Transport Bureau, within five days from that date (in the case of the revocation of the permission under the following paragraph or the receipt of an order under that paragraph, within five days after receiving notice thereof), all of the delivery operation permits currently issued to that person and the delivery operation permit number plates currently lent to that person (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "issued delivery operation permits, etc.") when the validity period of that permission expires or the permission is revoked under the following paragraph, or all or part of the issued delivery operation permits, etc. in accordance with the order when the person has received an order under that paragraph.
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**第八項**  地方運輸局長は、次に掲げる場合においては、第一項の許可を受けた者に対し交付を受けている回送運行許可証等の全部若しくは一部の返納を命じ、又は同項の許可を取り消すことができる。
<sup>art-36-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8</sup>
The Director of a District Transport Bureau may, in any of the following cases, order a person who has obtained the permission under paragraph (1) to return all or part of the issued delivery operation permits, etc., or revoke the permission under that paragraph:
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  **一**  回送運行許可証又は回送運行許可番号標が回送自動車以外の自動車のために利用されたとき。
  <sup>art-36-2/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8/item-1</sup>
  when a delivery operation permit or delivery operation permit number plate has been used for a motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle being delivered;
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  **二**  回送運行許可証に記載された回送の目的に従わないで回送自動車を運行の用に供したとき。
  <sup>art-36-2/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8/item-2</sup>
  when a motor vehicle being delivered has been used for operation otherwise than in accordance with the purpose of delivery stated in the delivery operation permit; or
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  **三**  第三項の規定により許可に付した条件に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-36-2/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8/item-3</sup>
  when a condition attached to the permission under paragraph (3) has been violated.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第九項**  地方運輸局長は、前項の規定による命令を受けた者に対しては、六月以内の期間を定めて、回送運行許可証の交付及び回送運行許可番号標の貸与を行わないことができる。
<sup>art-36-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-9</sup>
The Director of a District Transport Bureau may, by specifying a period of not more than six months, refrain from issuing a delivery operation permit and lending a delivery operation permit number plate to a person who has received an order under the preceding paragraph.
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**第十項**  地方運輸局長は、第八項の規定により許可を取り消された者に対しては、その取消しの日から二年を経過する日までの間は、新たな第一項の許可を行わないものとする。
<sup>art-36-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-10</sup>
The Director of a District Transport Bureau is not to grant a new permission under paragraph (1) to a person whose permission has been revoked under paragraph (8) until the day on which two years elapse from the date of that revocation.
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## Cites
- art-36-2/par-1: 第四条 → 道路運送車両法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-4
- art-36-2/par-1: 第十九条 → 道路運送車両法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-19
- art-36-2/par-1: 第五十八条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-58/par-1
- art-36-2/par-1: 第六十六条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-66/par-1
- art-36-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-4: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第三項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (3)), art-36-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-3
- art-36-2/par-4: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-5: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-6: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-7: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-7: 次項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第八項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (8)), art-36-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8
- art-36-2/par-7: この条 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二 (Article 36-2), art-36-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2
- art-36-2/par-8: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1
- art-36-2/par-8/item-3: 第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第三項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (3)), art-36-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-3
- art-36-2/par-9: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第八項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (8)), art-36-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8
- art-36-2/par-10: 第八項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第八項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (8)), art-36-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8
- art-36-2/par-10: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第一項 (Article 36-2, paragraph (1)), art-36-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-1

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- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第三項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第四項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-4
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第五項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-5
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第六項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-6
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第七項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-7
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第八項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第八項第三号（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-8/item-3
- 道路運送車両法 第三十六条の二第九項（回送運行の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-36-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-36-2/par-9
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- 道路運送車両法 第百八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-1

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