# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第四十九条 (Article 49)

- 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: 第四十九条 (Article 49)（点検整備記録簿） — address `art-49`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49
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### 第四十九条（点検整備記録簿） — Inspection and Maintenance Record Book
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<sup>art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49</sup>

**第一項**  自動車の使用者は、点検整備記録簿を当該自動車に備え置き、当該自動車について前条の規定により点検又は整備をしたときは、遅滞なく、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
<sup>art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1</sup>
The user of a motor vehicle must keep an inspection and maintenance record book in the motor vehicle and, when having inspected or maintained that motor vehicle pursuant to the preceding Article, must without delay enter the following particulars:
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  **一**  点検の年月日
  <sup>art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-1</sup>
  date of the inspection;
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  **二**  点検の結果
  <sup>art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-2</sup>
  results of the inspection;
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  **三**  整備の概要
  <sup>art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-3</sup>
  outline of the maintenance;
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  **四**  整備を完了した年月日
  <sup>art-49/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-4</sup>
  date on which the maintenance was completed;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  その他国土交通省令で定める事項
  <sup>art-49/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-5</sup>
  other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  自動車（第五十八条第一項に規定する検査対象外軽自動車及び小型特殊自動車を除く。以下この項において同じ。）の使用者は、当該自動車について特定整備（原動機、動力伝達装置、走行装置、操縦装置、制動装置、緩衝装置、連結装置又は自動運行装置（第四十一条第二項に規定する自動運行装置をいう。第九十九条の三第一項第一号において同じ。）を取り外して行う自動車の整備又は改造その他のこれらの装置の作動に影響を及ぼすおそれがある整備又は改造（同号に掲げる行為を除く。）であつて国土交通省令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）をしたときは、遅滞なく、前項の点検整備記録簿に同項第三号から第五号までに掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。ただし、前条第二項において準用する第四十七条の二第三項の規定による必要な整備として当該特定整備をしたとき及び第七十八条第四項に規定する自動車特定整備事業者が当該特定整備を実施したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-2</sup>
The user of a motor vehicle (excluding a light motor vehicle exempt from inspection prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1) and a special small motor vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), when having performed specified maintenance (meaning maintenance or modification of a motor vehicle performed by removing the motor, power transmission equipment, running gear, steering equipment, braking equipment, shock-absorbing equipment, coupling equipment or automated operation device (meaning the automated operation device prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (2); the same applies in Article 99-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), or other maintenance or modification that is likely to affect the functioning of these devices (excluding the acts listed in that item), which is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; the same applies hereinafter) on that motor vehicle, must without delay enter in the inspection and maintenance record book referred to in the preceding paragraph the particulars listed in items (iii) through (v) of that paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply when the user has performed that specified maintenance as the necessary maintenance under Article 47-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, or when a motor vehicle specified maintenance business operator prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (4) has carried out that specified maintenance.
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**第三項**  点検整備記録簿の保存期間は、国土交通省令で定める。
<sup>art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-3</sup>
The retention period of an inspection and maintenance record book is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-49/par-1: 前条 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条 (Article 48), art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48
- art-49/par-2: 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-49/par-2: この項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-2
- art-49/par-2: 第四十一条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-41/par-2
- art-49/par-2: 第九十九条の三第一項第一号 → 道路運送車両法 第九十九条の三第一項第一号 (Article 99-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-99-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-99-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-99-3/par-1/item-1
- art-49/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1
- art-49/par-2: 同項第三号から第五号まで → 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第一項第三号 (Article 49, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-49/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-3
- art-49/par-2: 同項第三号から第五号まで → 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第一項第四号 (Article 49, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-49/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-4
- art-49/par-2: 同項第三号から第五号まで → 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第一項第五号 (Article 49, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-49/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-1/item-5
- art-49/par-2: 前条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第二項 (Article 48, paragraph (2)), art-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-2
- art-49/par-2: 第四十七条の二第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第四十七条の二第三項 (Article 47-2, paragraph (3)), art-47-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-47-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-47-2/par-3
- art-49/par-2: 第七十八条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十八条第四項 (Article 78, paragraph (4)), art-78/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-4

## Cited by

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

- 道路運送車両法 第四十八条第一項（定期点検整備） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-48/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 第四十九条第二項（点検整備記録簿） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-49/par-2

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## 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-20261013T120733-011, 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