# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第八条 (Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（新規登録の基準） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（新規登録の基準） — Standards for New Registration caption: machine translation, not official art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8 **第一項** 国土交通大臣は、前条の申請書を受理したときは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、新規登録をしなければならない。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1 Upon receiving the written application under the preceding Article, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must carry out new registration, except in the case where any of the following items applies: machine translation, not official **一** 申請者が当該自動車の所有権を有するものと認められないとき。 art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-1 where the applicant is not found to have ownership of the motor vehicle; machine translation, not official **二** 当該自動車が新規検査を受け、保安基準に適合すると認められたもの又は有効な自動車予備検査証の交付を受けているものでないとき。 art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-2 where the motor vehicle has not undergone a new inspection and been found to conform to the safety standards, and has not been issued a valid motor vehicle preliminary inspection certificate; machine translation, not official **三** 当該自動車に打刻されている車台番号及び原動機の型式（前条第三項各号に掲げる書面の提出をもつて当該自動車の提示に代えた場合には、当該書面に記載されている車台番号及び原動機の型式）が申請書に記載されている車台番号及び原動機の型式と同一でないとき。 art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-3 where the chassis number and motor model stamped on the motor vehicle (in the case where the submission of a document listed in the items of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article has been substituted for presenting the motor vehicle, the chassis number and motor model stated in that document) are not identical to the chassis number and motor model stated in the written application; or machine translation, not official **四** その他その申請に係る事項に虚偽があると認めるとき。 art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-4 where it is otherwise found that there is a falsehood in the matters relating to the application. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1: 前条 → 道路運送車両法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-7 - art-8/par-1/item-3: 前条第三項 → 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 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第十二条第三項（変更登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十三条第二項（移転登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/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-20261013T120733-002, 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