# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第五十五条 (Article 55) - 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（自動車整備士の技能検定） — address `art-55` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条（自動車整備士の技能検定） — Skills Examination for Motor Vehicle Mechanics caption: machine translation, not official art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55 **第一項** 国土交通大臣は、自動車の整備の向上を図るため、申請により、自動車整備士の技能検定を行う。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-1 In order to improve the maintenance of motor vehicles, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism conducts a skills examination for motor vehicle mechanics upon application. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の技能検定は、申請者が保安基準その他の自動車の整備に関する知識及び技能を有するかどうかを学科試験及び実技試験により判定することによつて行う。 art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-2 The skills examination under the preceding paragraph is conducted by determining, by means of a written examination and a practical examination, whether the applicant has knowledge of and skills in the safety standards and other matters concerning the maintenance of motor vehicles. machine translation, not official **第三項** 国土交通大臣が申請により指定する自動車整備士の養成施設の課程を修了した者その他一定の資格を有する者については、国土交通省令で学科試験又は実技試験の全部又は一部を免除することができる。 art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-3 For a person who has completed the course of a training facility for motor vehicle mechanics designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism upon application, or any other person who holds certain qualifications, all or part of the written examination or practical examination may be exempted by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第二項の試験に関し不正の行為があつたときは、国土交通大臣は、当該不正行為に関係のある者について、その受験を停止し、又はその合格を無効とすることができる。この場合においては、その者について、三年以内の期間を定めて同項の試験を受けさせないことができる。 art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-4 When there has been an unfair act in connection with the examination under paragraph (2), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may suspend the taking of the examination by, or invalidate the passing of, a person involved in that unfair act. In this case, the Minister may, by specifying a period of not more than three years, bar that person from taking the examination under that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第五項** 自動車整備士の技能検定の種類、試験科目、受験手続その他技能検定の実施細目及び第三項の養成施設の指定の実施細目は、国土交通省令で定める。 art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-5 The types, examination subjects and application procedures of the skills examination for motor vehicle mechanics and other implementing details of the skills examination, and the implementing details of the designation of training facilities under paragraph (3), are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-4: 第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-2 - art-55/par-5: 第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 道路運送車両法 第五十五条第二項（自動車整備士の技能検定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第五十五条第四項（自動車整備士の技能検定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第五十五条第五項（自動車整備士の技能検定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-55/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第百条第一項第七号（報告徴収及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-100/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-100/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-012, 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