No. 13812
Promulgation Date 2016-01-19
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
CHAPTER II TRUCKING TRANSPORT BUSINESS
Article 3 (Permit for Trucking Transport Business)
Article 4 (Disqualification)
Article 5 (Freight Rates and Charges)
Article 5-2 Deleted.
Article 6 (Standard Form of Transportation Contract)
Article 7 (Trucking Business Operator's Liability)
Article 8 (Qualifications for Truck Driver)
Article 9 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 10 (Maintaining Records of Employed Truck Drivers)
Article 10-2 (Keeping and Maintaining of Truck Drivers' Traffic Safety Records)
Article 11 (Trucking Business Operators' Obligations)
Article 11-2 (Duty, etc. of Trucking Business Operators to Directly Transport Cargo)
Article 11-3 (Obligation to Manage Consignments)
Article 12 (Trucking Employees' Obligations)
Article 13 (Orders for Improvement)
Article 14 (Orders for Commencement of Business)
Articles 15 and 15-2 Deleted.
Article 16 (Transfer, Acquisition, etc. of Trucking Transport Business)
Article 17 (Inheritance of Trucking Transport Businesses)
Article 18 (Reporting on Temporary Shutdown or Permanent Closure of Trucking Transport Businesses)
Article 19 (Revocation, etc. of Permit for Trucking Transport Business)
Article 20 (Suspending Operation of Motor Vehicles)
Article 21 (Imposition of Penalty Surcharges)
Article 22 (Hearings)
Article 23 (Revocation of Qualifications as Truck Driver)
CHAPTER III FREIGHT FORWARDING BUSINESSES
Article 24 (Permits for Freight Forwarding Businesses)
Article 25 (Prohibition on Borrowing Freight Forwarder's Name)
Article 26 (Freight Forwarders’ Obligations)
Article 26-2 (Application of Freight Forwarders' Obligations, etc. to International Logistics Mediation Business Operators)
Article 27 (Revocation of Permit for Freight Forwarding Business)
Article 28 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER IV FRANCHISE TRUCKING BUSINESS AND CARGO INFORMATION NETWORK
Article 29 (Permit for Franchise Trucking Business)
Article 30 (Roles of Trucking franchisor and Trucking Franchisees)
Article 31 (Improvement Orders)
Article 32 (Revocation of Permit for Franchise Trucking Business)
Article 33 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 34 (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act)
Articles 34-2 and 34-3 Deleted.
Article 34-4 (Use of Cargo Information Networks, etc.)
CHAPTER V CARGO INDEMNITY INSURANCE
Article 35 (Obligation to Carry Cargo Indemnity Insurance)
Article 36 (Obligation to Enter into Cargo Indemnity Insurance Policy)
Article 37 (Cancellation of Liability Insurance Policy)
Article 38 (Notification of Expiry Date of Liability Insurance Policy)
CHAPTER VI RATIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Article 39 (Efforts for Rationalization of Business Management)
Article 40 (Entrustment of Business Management)
Article 40-2 (Renewal, etc. of Entrustment Contracts)
Article 40-3 (Restriction, etc. on Termination of Entrustment Contracts)
Article 40-4 (Transfer of Entrustment Contracts)
Article 40-5 (Survey, etc. on Entrustment Contracts)
Article 41 (Management Guidance)
Article 42 (Training Courses for Managers)
Article 43 (Financial Support)
Article 44 (Use of Subsidies)
Article 44-2 (Suspension of Subsidy, etc.)
Article 45 (Establishment of Public Truck Depots)
Article 46 Deleted.
Article 46-2 (Expansion of Truck Stops)
Article 46-3 (Implementation, etc. of Projects for Construction of Truck Stops)
Article 46-4 (Constructive Authorization, Permission, etc.)
Article 46-5 (Expropriation and Use)
Article 46-6 (Entrustment of Operation of Truck Stops)
Article 47 Deleted.
Article 47-2 (Reporting, Management, etc. of Actual Results)
Article 47-3 Deleted.
Article 47-4 (Security Countermeasures for System to Manage Actual Results of Cargo Transport)
Article 47-5 (Confidentiality of Materials to Manage Actual Results of Cargo Transport)
Article 47-6 (Evaluation of Cargo Transport Services, etc.)
CHAPTER VII BUSINESS OPERATORS' ORGANIZATIONS
Article 48 (Establishment of Associations)
Article 49 (Business Activities of Associations)
Article 50 (Federations)
Article 51 (Liability Mutual Aid Scheme)
Article 51-2 (Establishment, etc. of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-3 (Authorization Procedures, etc. for Incorporation of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-4 (Operating Committees of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-5 (Disqualifications for Membership of Operating Committees)
Article 51-6 (Mutual Aid Projects)
Article 51-7 (Order to Submit Reports, etc.)
Article 51-8 (Order to Improve Mutual Aid Associations' Business)
Article 51-9 (Disciplinary Measures, etc. against Executives and Employees of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-10 (Maintenance of Financial Soundness)
Article 51-11 (Relationship to Other Acts)
Article 52 (Petitions for Mediation of Disputes)
Article 53 Deleted.
Article 54 (Supervision)
CHAPTER VIII OPERATION OF TRUCKS
Article 55 (Reports on Operation of Trucks for Private Use)
Article 56 (Prohibition on Transportation for Consideration)
Article 56-2 (Restriction on or Prohibition of Use of Private-Use Trucks)
Article 57 (Conditions for Replenishment of Trucks)
CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 58 (Prohibition on Seizure)
Article 59 (Education, etc. of Trucking Employees)
Article 60 (Guidance for and Supervision over Trucking Transport Services)
Article 60-2 (Payment, etc. of Monetary Rewards for Reporting)
Article 61 (Reporting and Inspections)
Article 62 (Request for Informative Data)
Article 63 (Delegation of Authority)
Article 64 (Entrustment of Authority)
Article 65 (Fees)
Article 65-2 (Review of Regulations)
CHAPTER X PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 66 (Penal Provisions)
Article 67 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 68 Deleted.
Article 69 (Joint Penal Provisions)
Article 70 (Administrative Fines)
Article 71 (Special Cases concerning Application of Provisions on Fine for Negligence)
ADDENDA
ADDENDA <Act No. 8980, Mar. 21, 2008>
ADDENDA <Act No. 10221, Mar. 31, 2010>
ADDENDA <Act No. 10804, Jun. 15, 2011>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11064, Sep. 16, 2011>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11481, Jun. 1, 2012>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11804, May 22, 2013>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 11933, Jul. 16, 2013>
ADDENDA <Act No. 12248, Jan. 14, 2014>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12258, Jan. 14, 2014>
ADDENDA <Act No. 12475, Mar. 18, 2014>
ADDENDA <Act No. 12707, May 28, 2014>
ADDENDA <Act No. 12738, Jun. 3, 2014>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12997, Jan. 6, 2015>
ADDENDA <Act No. 13374, Jun. 22, 2015>
ADDENDA <Act No. 13382, Jun. 22, 2015>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 13694, Dec. 29, 2015>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 13812, Jan. 19, 2016>