# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第九十四条の四 (Article 94-4) - 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: 第九十四条の四 (Article 94-4)（自動車検査員） — address `art-94-4` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4 - 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. --- ### 第九十四条の四（自動車検査員） — Motor Vehicle Inspectors caption: machine translation, not official art-94-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4 **第一項** 指定自動車整備事業者は、事業場ごとに、自動車の検査について国土交通省令で定める一定の実務の経験その他の要件を備える者のうちから、自動車検査員を選任しなければならない。 art-94-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-1 A designated motor vehicle maintenance business operator must, for each place of business, appoint a motor vehicle inspector from among persons who meet the requirements, such as a certain practical experience in the inspection of motor vehicles, prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第二項** 自動車検査員は、他の事業場の自動車検査員となることができない。ただし、同一の指定自動車整備事業者の他の事業場で、位置その他について国土交通省令で定める要件を備えるものについては、この限りでない。 art-94-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-2 A motor vehicle inspector cannot become a motor vehicle inspector of another place of business. However, this does not apply to another place of business of the same designated motor vehicle maintenance business operator that meets the requirements prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with respect to location and other matters. machine translation, not official **第三項** 指定自動車整備事業者は、自動車検査員を選任したときは、その日から十五日以内に、地方運輸局長にその旨を届け出なければならない。これを変更したときも、同様とする。 art-94-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-3 When a designated motor vehicle maintenance business operator has appointed a motor vehicle inspector, it must notify the Director of a District Transport Bureau to that effect within 15 days from the day of the appointment. The same applies when it has changed this. machine translation, not official **第四項** 地方運輸局長は、自動車検査員がその業務について不正の行為をしたとき、又はその他この法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定に違反したときは、指定自動車整備事業者に対し、自動車検査員の解任を命ずることができる。 art-94-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-4 If a motor vehicle inspector has committed a wrongful act in relation to the inspector's duties, or has otherwise violated this Act or the provisions of an order under this Act, the Director of a District Transport Bureau may order the designated motor vehicle maintenance business operator to dismiss the motor vehicle inspector. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項又は第七十六条の三十二第四項の規定による命令により自動車検査員又は軽自動車検査員の職を解任され、解任の日から二年を経過しない者は、自動車検査員となることができない。 art-94-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-5 A person who has been dismissed from the position of motor vehicle inspector or light motor vehicle inspector by an order under the preceding paragraph or Article 76-32, paragraph (4), and for whom two years have not elapsed from the day of dismissal, cannot become a motor vehicle inspector. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-94-4/par-5: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の四第四項 (Article 94-4, paragraph (4)), art-94-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-4 - art-94-4/par-5: 第七十六条の三十二第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の三十二第四項 (Article 76-32, paragraph (4)), art-76-32/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第七十六条の三十二第五項（軽自動車検査員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-76-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-76-32/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の二第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-2/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第九十四条の四第五項（自動車検査員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-94-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-94-4/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第百三条第二項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-103/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-1 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-026, translated 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-027, 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