# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十六条の十七 (Article 76-17)

- 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: 第七十六条の十七 (Article 76-17)（役員の職務及び権限） — address `art-76-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-17
- 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and
says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this
site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names.
They are never merged and never substituted for one another.

---

### 第七十六条の十七（役員の職務及び権限） — Duties and Authority of Officers
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-76-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-17</sup>

  **第一項**  理事長は、協会を代表し、その業務を総理する。
  <sup>art-76-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-17/par-1</sup>
  The president represents the Organization and oversees its business.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  理事は、定款で定めるところにより、理事長を補佐して協会の業務を掌理し、理事長に事故があるときはその職務を代理し、理事長が欠員のときはその職務を行なう。
  <sup>art-76-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-17/par-2</sup>
  Directors, as provided by the articles of incorporation, assist the president and manage the business of the Organization, act on behalf of the president when the president is unable to perform the president's duties, and perform the duties of the president when the post of president is vacant.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  監事は、協会の業務を監査する。
  <sup>art-76-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-17/par-3</sup>
  Auditors audit the business of the Organization.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  監事は、監査の結果に基づき、必要があると認めるときは、理事長又は国土交通大臣に意見を提出することができる。
  <sup>art-76-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-17/par-4</sup>
  Auditors may, based on the results of an audit, submit opinions to the president or the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism if they find it necessary.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

---

## 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-20261013T120733-021, 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