# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第八十条 (Article 80)

- 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: 第八十条 (Article 80)（認証基準） — address `art-80`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第八十条（認証基準） — Standards for Certification
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<sup>art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80</sup>

**第一項**  地方運輸局長は、前条の規定による申請が次に掲げる基準に適合するときは、自動車特定整備事業の認証をしなければならない。
<sup>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</sup>
If the application under the preceding Article conforms to the following standards, the Director of a District Transport Bureau must grant certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business:
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  **一**  当該事業場の設備及び従業員が、国土交通省令で定める基準に適合するものであること。
  <sup>art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-1</sup>
  that the facilities and employees of the place of business conform to the standards prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism;
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  **二**  申請者が、次に掲げる者に該当しないものであること。
  <sup>art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-2</sup>
  that the applicant does not fall under any of the following:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  一年以上の拘禁刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者
    <sup>art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more and for whom two years have not elapsed from the day on which the execution of the sentence ended or the person ceased to be subject to its execution;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  第九十三条の規定による自動車特定整備事業の認証の取消しを受け、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない者（当該認証を取り消された者が法人である場合においては、当該取消しに係る聴聞の期日及び場所に関する第百三条第二項の公示の日前六十日以内に当該法人の役員（いかなる名称によるかを問わず、これと同等以上の職権又は支配力を有するものを含む。ニにおいて同じ。）であつた者で当該取消しの日から二年を経過しないものを含む。）
    <sup>art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    a person who has had the certification of a motor vehicle specified maintenance business revoked pursuant to Article 93 and for whom two years have not elapsed from the day of the revocation (including, where the person whose certification was revoked is a juridical person, a person who was an officer of that juridical person (including a person who, regardless of title, has authority or control equal to or greater than that of an officer; the same applies in (d)) within 60 days before the date of the public notice under Article 103, paragraph (2) concerning the date and place of the hearing relating to the revocation, and for whom two years have not elapsed from the day of the revocation);
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    **ハ**  営業に関し成年者と同一の行為能力を有しない未成年者であつて、その法定代理人がイ、ロ又はニのいずれかに該当するもの
    <sup>art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-3</sup>
    a minor who does not have the same capacity to act as an adult in relation to business, whose legal representative falls under (a), (b) or (d);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ニ**  法人であつて、その役員のうちにイ、ロ又はハのいずれかに該当する者があるもの
    <sup>art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-4</sup>
    a juridical person any of whose officers falls under (a), (b) or (c).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項第一号の規定による基準は、自動車特定整備事業の種類別に自動車の特定整備に必要な最低限度のものでなければならない。
<sup>art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-2</sup>
The standards under item (i) of the preceding paragraph must be the minimum necessary for the specified maintenance of motor vehicles, by type of motor vehicle specified maintenance business.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-80/par-1: 前条 → 道路運送車両法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-79
- art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第九十三条 → 道路運送車両法 第九十三条 (Article 93), art-93 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-93
- art-80/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第百三条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-103/par-2
- art-80/par-2: 前項第一号 → 道路運送車両法 第八十条第一項第一号 (Article 80, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-80/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

7 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 第八十条第二項（認証基準） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-80/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第九十一条の二第一項（設備の維持等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-91-2/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 第九十二条第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-92/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 第九十三条第一項第三号（事業の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-93/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-93/par-1/item-3
- 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の二第二項（指定自動車整備事業の指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-2/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の八第一項第四号（保安基準適合証の交付の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-8/par-1/item-4

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-025, 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
