# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第五十九条 (Article 59) - 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: 第五十九条 (Article 59)（新規検査） — address `art-59` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59 - 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. --- ### 第五十九条（新規検査） — New Inspection caption: machine translation, not official art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59 **第一項** 登録を受けていない第四条に規定する自動車又は次条第一項の規定による車両番号の指定を受けていない検査対象外軽自動車以外の軽自動車（以下「検査対象軽自動車」という。）若しくは二輪の小型自動車を運行の用に供しようとするときは、当該自動車の使用者は、当該自動車を提示して、国土交通大臣の行なう新規検査を受けなければならない。 art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-1 When it is intended to use for operation a motor vehicle prescribed in Article 4 that has not been registered, a light motor vehicle other than a light motor vehicle exempt from inspection that has not been designated a vehicle number under paragraph (1) of the following Article (hereinafter referred to as "light motor vehicle subject to inspection"), or a two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle, the user of that motor vehicle must present it and undergo the new inspection conducted by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新規検査（検査対象軽自動車及び二輪の小型自動車に係るものを除く。）の申請は、新規登録の申請と同時にしなければならない。 art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-2 An application for new inspection (excluding that relating to a light motor vehicle subject to inspection or a two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle) must be filed at the same time as the application for new registration. machine translation, not official **第三項** 国土交通大臣は、新規検査を受けようとする者に対し、当該自動車に係る点検及び整備に関する記録の提示を求めることができる。 art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-3 The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may request a person who intends to undergo a new inspection to present records concerning the inspection and maintenance of the motor vehicle. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第七条第三項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）、第四項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）及び第五項の規定は、第一項の場合に準用する。 art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-4 The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) (limited to the part relating to item (ii)), paragraph (4) (limited to the part relating to item (ii)) and paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-59/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-59/par-1: 次条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-60/par-1 - art-59/par-4: 第七条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7/par-3 - art-59/par-4: 第二号 → 道路運送車両法 第七条第三項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-7/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7/par-3/item-2 - art-59/par-4: 第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7/par-4 - art-59/par-4: 第二号 → 道路運送車両法 第七条第四項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-7/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7/par-4/item-2 - art-59/par-4: 第五項 → 道路運送車両法 第七条第五項 (Article 7, paragraph (5)), art-7/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7/par-5 - art-59/par-4: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-1 ## Cited by 11 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 第五十九条第四項（新規検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第六十二条第三項（継続検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-62/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-62/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第六十三条第三項（臨時検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-63/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第四項（自動車検査証記録事項の変更及び構造等変更検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第七十一条第五項（予備検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-71/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-71/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 第九十四条の五の二第四項（限定保安基準適合証） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-5-2/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第九十六条の二第一項（登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-96-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-96-2/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-6/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 附則第六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-6/par-2 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-013, 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