No. 19988
Promulgation Date 2024-01-09
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
CHAPTER II TRUCKING TRANSPORT SERVICE
Article 3 (Permission for Trucking Transport Service)
Article 4 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 5 (Freight Rates and Charges)
Article 5-2 (Establishment of Committee on Safe Freight Rates for Trucks)
Article 5-3 (Guidelines for Examination of Safe Trucking Costs and Safe Trucking Freight Rates)
Article 5-4 (Publication of Safe Trucking Costs and Safe Trucking Freight Rates)
Article 5-5 (Validity of Safe Trucking Freight Rates)
Article 5-6 (Obligation to Notify Safe Trucking Freight Rates)
Article 5-7 (Safe Trucking Freight Rates Reporting Center)
Article 5-8 (Survey of Transport Costs)
Article 6 (Standard Form Transportation Contract)
Article 7 (Transport Service Provider's Liability)
Article 8 (Qualifications for Truck Drivers)
Article 9 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 9-2 (Restrictions on Working as Drivers for Trucking Transport Business)
Article 10 (Maintaining Records of Employed Truck Drivers)
Article 10-2 (Keeping and Maintaining Truck Drivers' Traffic Safety Records)
Article 11 (Transport Service Providers' Obligations)
Article 11-2 (Duty of Transport Service Providers to Directly Transport Cargo)
Article 11-3 Deleted.
Article 12 (Trucking Employees' Obligations)
Article 12-2 (Inspections of Trucks in Operation)
Article 13 (Improvement Orders)
Article 14 (Orders for Commencement of Business Operations)
Article 15 Deleted.
Article 15-2 Deleted.
Article 16 (Transfer and Acquisition of Trucking Transport Service)
Article 17 (Inheritance of Trucking Transport Service)
Article 18 (Reporting on Temporary or Permanent Closure of Trucking Transport Service)
Article 19 (Revocation of Permission for Trucking Transport Service)
Article 20 (Suspending Operation of Motor Vehicles)
Article 21 (Imposition of Penalty Surcharges)
Article 22 (Hearings)
Article 23 (Revocation of Qualifications as Truck Drivers)
CHAPTER III FREIGHT FORWARDING BUSINESS
Article 24 (Permission for Freight Forwarding Business)
Article 25 (Prohibition on Lending Freight Forwarder's Name)
Article 26 (Freight Forwarders’ Obligations)
Article 26-2 (Application of Freight Forwarders' Obligations to International Logistics Mediation Business Operators)
Article 27 (Revocation of Permission for Freight Forwarding Business)
Article 28 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER IV FRANCHISE TRUCKING BUSINESS AND CARGO INFORMATION NETWORK
Article 29 (Permission for Franchise Trucking Business)
Article 30 (Roles of Trucking Franchisors and Trucking Franchisees)
Article 31 (Improvement Orders)
Article 32 (Revocation of Permission for Franchise Trucking Business)
Article 33 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 34 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act)
Article 34-2 Deleted.
Article 34-3 Deleted.
Article 34-4 (Use of Cargo Information Networks)
CHAPTER V PURCHASING CARGO INDEMNITY INSURANCE
Article 35 (Obligation to Purchase Cargo Indemnity Insurance)
Article 36 (Obligation to Enter into Contract Such as Cargo Indemnity Insurance)
Article 37 (Cancellation of Liability Insurance Policies)
Article 38 (Notification of Expiry Dates of Liability Insurance Policies)
CHAPTER VI RATIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Article 39 (Efforts for Rationalization of Business)
Article 40 (Entrustment of Business Management)
Article 40-2 (Renewal of Entrustment Contracts)
Article 40-3 (Termination of Entrustment Contracts)
Article 40-4 (Transfer of Entrustment Contracts)
Article 40-5 (Survey 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 Subsidies)
Article 45 (Establishment of Public Truck Depots)
Article 46 Deleted.
Article 46-2 (Expansion of Truck Stops)
Article 46-3 (Implementation of Projects for Construction of Truck Stops)
Article 46-4 (Constructive Authorization and Permission)
Article 46-5 (Expropriation and Use)
Article 46-6 (Entrustment of Operation of Truck Stops)
Article 47 Deleted.
Article 47-2 (Reporting on and Management of Performance)
Article 47-3 Deleted.
Article 47-4 (Security Countermeasures for System to Manage Performance in Cargo Transport)
Article 47-5 (Confidentiality of Materials to Manage Performance in Cargo Transport)
Article 47-6 (Evaluation of Cargo Transport Services)
CHAPTER VII TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Article 48 (Establishment of Associations)
Article 49 (Business Activities of Associations)
Article 50 (Federations)
Article 51 (Mutual Aid Services)
Article 51-2 (Establishment of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-3 (Authorization Procedures for Incorporation of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-4 (Operating Committees of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-5 (Grounds for Disqualification from Membership of Operating Committees)
Article 51-6 (Projects of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-7 (Orders to Submit Reports)
Article 51-8 (Orders to Improve Mutual Aid Associations' Business)
Article 51-9 (Disciplinary Actions against Executive Officers and Employees of Mutual Aid Associations)
Article 51-10 (Maintenance of Financial Soundness)
Article 51-11 (Standards for Supervision)
Article 51-12 (Relationship to Other Statutes)
Article 52 (Request for Mediation of Disputes)
Article 53 Deleted.
Article 54 (Supervision)
CHAPTER VIII OPERATION OF PRIVATE-USE TRUCKS
Article 55 (Reports on Operation of Private-Use Trucks)
Article 56 (Prohibition on Transportation for Consideration)
Article 56-2 (Restrictions or Prohibition on Use of Private-Use Trucks)
Article 57 (Conditions for Replenishment of Trucks)
CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 58 (Prohibition on Seizure)
Article 59 (Education of Trucking Employees)
Article 60 (Guidance for and Supervision over Trucking Transport Business)
Article 60-2 (Payment of Monetary Rewards for Reporting)
Article 61 (Reporting and Inspections)
Article 62 (Request for Submission of Data)
Article 62-2 (Obligation of Truck Owner-Operators to Cooperate)
Article 63 (Delegation of Authority)
Article 64 (Entrustment of Authority)
Article 65 (Fees)
Article 65-2 (Re-Examination of Regulation)
Article 65-3 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials for Purposes of Applying Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER X PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 66 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 66-2 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 67 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 68 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 69 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 70 (Administrative Fines)
Article 71 (Special Cases concerning Application of Provisions on Administrative Fines)
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