No. 14716
Promulgation Date 2017-03-21
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
CHAPTER II PASSENGER TRANSPORT BUSINESS
Article 3 (Types of Passenger Transport Business)
Article 3-2 (Deliberative Committee on Business Areas)
Article 3-3 (Organization of Deliberative Committee)
Article 3-4 (Designation and Change of Business Areas)
Article 4 (Licenses, etc.)
Article 5 (Standards for License, etc.)
Article 5-2 (Establishment, etc. of Supply and Demand Plans for Passenger Transport Business)
Article 6 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 7 (Commencement of Transport Service)
Article 8 (Reporting, etc. on Charges and Fares)
Article 9 (Terms and Conditions of Transport)
Article 10 (Modification of Business Plans)
Article 11 (Joint Transport Service Agreement)
Article 12 (Prohibition, etc. of Use of Name)
Article 13 (Entrustment of Business Management)
Article 14 (Transfer, Acquisition, etc. of Business)
Article 15 (Inheritance of Passenger Transport Business)
Article 16 (Temporary Closure or Permanent Closure of Passenger Transport Business)
Article 17 (Indications on Motor Vehicles)
Article 18 (Transport of Mails, etc.)
Article 19 (Measures, etc. against Accidents)
Article 20 (Evaluation of Management and Service of Passenger Transport Service Provider)
Article 21 (Matters to be Observed by Transport Business Entities)
Article 22 (Notification on Present Status of Transport Employees, etc.)
Article 22-2 (Computerization of Transport Employee Management Business)
Article 23 (Improvement Order, etc. for Passenger Transport Business)
Article 24 (Qualifications for Engaging in Driving Service of Passenger Transport Business)
Article 24-2 (Posting, etc. of Certificate of Driving Qualification)
Article 25 (Training, etc. for Transport Employees)
Article 26 (Matters to be Observed by Transport Employees)
Article 27 (Maintenance, Management, etc. of Driving Records on Accidents)
Article 27-2 (Matters to be Observed by Passengers)
CHAPTER III CAR RENTAL BUSINESS
Article 28 (Registration)
Article 29 (Registration Requirements)
Article 30 (Kinds of Motor Vehicles for Car Rental Business)
Article 31 (Terms and Conditions of Car Rental)
Article 32 (Entrustment of Managerial Tasks of Car Rental Business)
Article 33 (Improvement Order for Car Rental Business)
Article 34 (Prohibition of Transport with Compensation, etc.)
Article 34-2 (Matters to be Observed by Car Rental Business Entities)
Article 34-3 (Establishment of Verification System of Qualifications of Driving)
Article 35 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER IV BUS TERMINAL BUSINESS
Article 36 (License for Bus Terminal Business)
Article 37 (Licensing Standards)
Article 38 (Authorization, etc. on Execution of Construction Works)
Article 39 (Commencement of Use)
Article 40 (Terms and Conditions of Use)
Article 41 (Facility User Fees)
Article 42 (Matters to be Observed by Terminal Operators)
Article 43 (Changes, etc. of Location, Size, Structures, Equipment)
Article 44 (Improvement Order for Terminal Business)
Article 45 (Order to Use)
Article 46 (Consignment Ticket Sales)
Article 47 (Relationship to Other Acts)
Article 48 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 49 (Establishment and Management of Public Terminal)
CHAPTER IV-II BUS TERMINAL BUSINESS
Article 49-2 (Licenses, etc. for Passenger Transport Franchise Business)
Article 49-3 (Duties, etc. of Transport Business Franchisors and Transport Business Franchisees)
Article 49-4 (Terms and Conditions of Transport Franchising)
Article 49-5 (Improvement Order)
Article 49-6 (Cancellation, etc. of Licenses for Passenger Transport Franchise Business)
Article 49-7 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 49-8 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act)
CHAPTER V PROMOTION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICE
Article 50 (Financial Support)
Article 51 (Use, etc. of Subsidies)
Article 51-2 (Suspension of Payment of Fuel Subsidies)
Article 51-3 (Suspension of Payment of Natural Gas Fuel Subsidies)
Article 51-4 (Payment of Monetary Rewards)
Article 52 (Tax Reduction and Exemption)
CHAPTER VI PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS' ASSOCIATION
Article 53 (Establishment of Associations)
Article 54 (Articles of Association)
Article 55 (Business)
Article 56 (Order to Modify Articles of Association)
Article 57 (Supervision)
Article 58 (Committee of Representatives)
Article 59 (Federation)
Article 60 (Mutual Aid Activities Performed by Associations and Federation)
CHAPTER VII MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATIONS
Article 61 (Establishment, etc. of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 62 (Procedures for Granting Authorization on Establishment of Mutual Aid Association)
Article 63 (Operating Committee of Mutual Aid Association)
Article 63-2 (Disqualification of Operating Committee Members)
Article 64 (Mutual Aid Activities)
Article 65 (Submission, etc. of Report)
Article 66 (Business Improvement Order to Mutual Aid Association)
Article 67 (Disciplinary Action, etc. against Executive Officers or Employees of Mutual Aid Association)
Article 68 (Maintenance of Financial Soundness)
Article 69 (Relationship to Other Acts)
CHAPTER VIII DISPUTE MEDIATION FOR MUTUAL AID
Article 70 (Mutual Aid Dispute Mediation Committee)
Article 71 (Composition, etc. of the Committee)
Article 71-2 (Exclusion, Challenge, and Abstention of Members)
Article 72 (Procedures for Mediation, etc.)
Article 73 (Refusal and Notice of Mediation)
Article 74 (Effect, etc. of Mediation)
CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 75 (Delegation of Authority)
Article 76 (Entrustment, etc. of Authority)
Article 77 (Consultations on Standards and Rates for Charges or Fares)
Article 78 (Consultations, Conciliation, etc.)
Article 79 (Reporting, Inspections, etc.)
Article 80 (Fees)
Article 81 (Prohibition against Commercial Transport by Non-commercial Motor Vehicles)
Article 82 (Prohibition against Operation of Routes by Non-commercial Motor Vehicles)
Article 83 (Restrictions on or Prohibition against Use of Non-commercial Motor Vehicles)
Article 84 (Age Limits, etc. for Motor Vehicles)
Article 85 (Cancellation of Licenses, etc.)
Article 86 (Hearings)
Article 87 (Revocation, etc. of Transport Employees' Qualifications)
Article 88 (Imposition of Penalty Surcharges)
Article 89 (Suspended Use of Motor Vehicles)
Article 89-2 (Re-Examination of Regulations)
Article 89-3 (Payment of Monetary Rewards for Reporting)
CHAPTER X PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 90 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 91 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 92 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 93 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 94 (Administrative Fines)
Article 95 (Special Cases concerning Provisions concerning Administrative Fines)
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