# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2) - 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: 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2) — address `art-61-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の二 art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2 **第一項** 国土交通大臣は、一定の地域に使用の本拠の位置を有する自動車の使用者が、天災その他やむを得ない事由により、継続検査を受けることができないと認めるときは、当該地域に使用の本拠の位置を有する自動車の自動車検査証の有効期間を、期間を定めて伸長する旨を公示することができる。 art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-1 When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds that the user of a motor vehicle having its base of operations in a certain area is unable to undergo a continuing inspection due to a natural disaster or other unavoidable reason, the Minister may give public notice that the validity period of the motor vehicle inspection certificate of a motor vehicle having its base of operations in that area is extended for a specified period. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の公示があつた場合には、当該地域に使用の本拠の位置を有する自動車の自動車検査証の有効期間は、公示の定めるところにより伸長したものとみなす。 art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-2 When public notice under the preceding paragraph has been given, the validity period of the motor vehicle inspection certificate of a motor vehicle having its base of operations in that area is deemed to have been extended as provided by the public notice. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第六十七条第一項の規定は、前項の規定による自動車検査証の有効期間の伸長については、適用しない。 art-61-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-3 The provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) do not apply to the extension of the validity period of a motor vehicle inspection certificate under the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-61-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十一条の二第一項 (Article 61-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-1 - art-61-2/par-3: 第六十七条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-1 - art-61-2/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十一条の二第二項 (Article 61-2, paragraph (2)), art-61-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第六十一条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第六十一条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-61-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-61-2/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の三第一項（軽自動車検査協会の検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-3/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-4/par-1 --- ## 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