# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第七十九条 (Article 79)

- 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: 第七十九条 (Article 79)（申請） — address `art-79`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79
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### 第七十九条（申請） — Application
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79</sup>

**第一項**  自動車特定整備事業の認証を受けようとする者は、次に掲げる事項を記載した申請書を地方運輸局長に提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1</sup>
A person who intends to receive certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business must submit to the Director of a District Transport Bureau a written application stating the following matters:
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  **一**  氏名又は名称及び住所並びに法人にあつては、その役員の氏名
  <sup>art-79/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1/item-1</sup>
  name or title and address and, in the case of a juridical person, the names of its officers;
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  **二**  自動車特定整備事業の種類
  <sup>art-79/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the type of motor vehicle specified maintenance business;
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  **三**  事業場の所在地
  <sup>art-79/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the location of the place of business;
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  **四**  前条第二項の規定により業務の範囲を限定する認証を受けようとする者にあつては、対象とする自動車の種類その他業務の範囲
  <sup>art-79/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1/item-4</sup>
  in the case of a person who intends to receive certification limiting the scope of operations pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the types of motor vehicles covered and other scope of operations.
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**第二項**  前項の申請書には、その申請が次条第一項各号に掲げる要件に適合するものであることを証する書面を添付しなければならない。
<sup>art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-2</sup>
A document certifying that the application conforms to the requirements set out in the items of paragraph (1) of the following Article must be attached to the written application under the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  地方運輸局長は、自動車特定整備事業の認証を申請した者に対し、前二項に規定するもののほか、その者の登記事項証明書その他必要な書面の提出を求めることができる。
<sup>art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-3</sup>
The Director of a District Transport Bureau may request a person who has applied for certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business to submit, in addition to what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, a certificate of registered matters of that person and other necessary documents.
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## Cites
- art-79/par-1/item-4: 前条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-78/par-2
- art-79/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1
- art-79/par-2: 次条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第八十条第一項 (Article 80, paragraph (1)), art-80/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1
- art-79/par-3: 前二項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-1
- art-79/par-3: 前二項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十九条第二項 (Article 79, paragraph (2)), art-79/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-2

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 第七十九条第二項（申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第七十九条第三項（申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第八十条第一項（認証基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/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-20261013T120733-024, 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
