# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の十一 (Article 76-11)

- 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: 第七十六条の十一 (Article 76-11) — address `art-76-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-11
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-11
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### 第七十六条の十一
<sup>art-76-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-11</sup>

  **第一項**  国土交通大臣は、前条第一項の規定による認可の申請があつた場合において、申請の内容が次の各号の一に該当せず、かつ、その業務が健全に行われ、軽自動車の安全性の確保及び軽自動車による公害の防止に寄与することが確実であると認められるときは、設立の認可をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-76-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-11/par-1</sup>
  When an application for authorization has been made pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must grant authorization of establishment if the contents of the application do not fall under any of the following items and it is found certain that its business will be soundly conducted and will contribute to ensuring the safety of light motor vehicles and the prevention of pollution by light motor vehicles:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  設立の手続又は定款若しくは事業計画書の内容が法令に違反するとき。
    <sup>art-76-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-11/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the procedures for establishment, or the contents of the articles of incorporation or business plan, violate laws and regulations;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  定款又は事業計画書に虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき事項の記載が欠けているとき。
    <sup>art-76-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-11/par-1/item-2</sup>
    there is a false statement in the articles of incorporation or business plan, or a statement of matters that must be stated is missing.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-76-11/par-1: 前条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の十第一項 (Article 76-10, paragraph (1)), art-76-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-10/par-1

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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-20261013T120733-020, translated 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T124808-001, 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
