No. 19056
Promulgation Date 2022-11-15
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Relationship to Other Statutes)
Article 3-2 (Relationship to Treaties)
CHAPTER II MANAGEMENT OF RAILROAD SERVICE
Article 4 (Public Notice of Business Railroad Lines)
Article 4-2 (Types of Rolling Stocks)
Article 5 (Licenses)
Article 6 (Licensing Standards)
Article 7 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 8 (Obligations to Commence Transportation)
Article 9 (Reporting on Passenger Fares and Charges)
Article 9-2 (Reduction of or Exemption from Passenger Fares and Charges)
Article 10 (Collection of Penalty Fares)
Article 10-2 (Prohibition of Illicit Sale of Tickets)
Article 11 (Contractual Terms and Conditions of Railroad Service)
Article 12 (Change to Business Plan)
Article 13 (Joint Transportation Agreements)
Article 14 (Transfer or Acquisition of Railroad Service)
Article 15 (Temporary or Permanent Closure of Service)
Article 16 (Revocation of Licenses)
Article 17 (Imposition of Penalty Surcharges)
Article 18 (Signs Affixed to Rolling Stocks)
Article 19 (Transportation of Mail)
Article 20 (Obligations of Railroad Service Providers)
Article 21 (Orders to Improve Railroad Service)
Article 22 (Obligations of Railroad Train Crew)
Article 23 (Ban on Name Lending)
Article 24 (Responsibility for Transporting Railroad Freights)
Article 25 Deleted.
CHAPTER III IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILROAD SERVICES
Article 26 (Evaluation of Railroad Service Quality)
Article 27 (Announcement and Use of Evaluation Results)
Article 28 (Certification of Outstanding Railroad Services)
Article 29 (Entrustment of Evaluation)
Article 30 (Requests for Materials)
Article 31 (Joint Use of Railroad Facilities)
Article 32 (Separate Accounting)
Article 33 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials in Applying Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER IV EXCLUSIVE RAILROADS
Article 34 (Registration)
Article 35 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 36 (Transfer or Acquisition of Operation of Exclusive Railroads)
Article 37 (Succession of Operation of Exclusive Railroads)
Article 38 (Temporary or Permanent Closure of Operation of Exclusive Railroads)
Article 39 (Orders to Improve Operation of Exclusive Railroads)
Article 40 (Revocation and Suspension of Registration)
Article 41 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER V UTILIZATION OF, AND SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL RAILROAD FACILITIES
Article 42 (Permission for Occupation and Use)
Article 42-2 (Revocation of Permission for Occupation and Use)
Article 43 (Construction of Establishments by Proxy)
Article 44 (Fees for Occupation and Use)
Article 44-2 (Collection of Indemnification)
Article 45 (Transfer of Rights and Obligations)
Article 46 (Duty of Restoration)
Article 46-2 (Special Cases concerning Period of Permission for Use of Establishments Reverted to the State)
CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 47 (Reporting or Inspection)
Article 48 (Fees)
Article 48-2 (Re-Examination of Regulation)
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 49 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 50 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 51 (Administrative Fines)
Article 52 Deleted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 7303, Dec. 31, 2004>
ADDENDA <Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 9075, Mar. 28, 2008>
ADDENDA <Act No. 9401, Jan. 30, 2009>
ADDENDA <Act No. 9608, Apr. 1, 2009>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 10722, May 24, 2011>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11476, Jun. 1, 2012>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 11648, Mar. 22, 2013>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12991, Jan. 6, 2015>
ADDENDA <Act No. 13491, Aug. 11, 2015>
ADDENDA <Act No. 13688, Dec. 29, 2015>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 13806, Jan. 19, 2016>
ADDENDA <Act No. 15683, Jun. 12, 2018>
ADDENDA <Act No. 16146, Dec. 31, 2018>
ADDENDA <Act No. 16394, Apr. 23, 2019>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 16637, Nov. 26, 2019>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17460, Jun. 9, 2020>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17745, Dec. 22, 2020>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 18186, May 18, 2021>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 19056, Nov. 15, 2022>