Article 1.　The purpose of this Law shall be to provide for the Midget Motor Vehicle Race which is held in order to improve local finance as well as to contribute to the improvement of quality of the midget motor vehicle in its efficiency, over-sea propagation for midget motor vehicle and development of the midget motor vehicle industry, etc.

Article 2.　The "midget motor vehicle" as used in this Law shall mean any motor vehicle equipped with the engine not exceeding 1,500 cubic centimeters in its cylinder capacity.

Article 3.　To, Do, Fu or prefecture as well as cities of Kyoto, Osaka, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya (hereinafter referred to as "the Sponsor of the Racing" ) may, upon the decision of its respective Assembly hold the midget motor vehicle race in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

2　No person other than the Sponsor of the Racing shall hold the midget motor vehicle race, issuing the betting ticket or anything similar thereto.

Article 4.　The Sponsor of the Racing may entrust the holding of the midget motor vehicle race meeting, to the Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing to be established in To, Do, Fu and prefecture concerned.

Article 5.　The Midget Motor Vehicle Race shall be held in the Midget Motor Vehicle Race Track.

Article 6.　The Midget Motor Vehicle Race Track shall be one in number in every To, Do, Fu and prefectures.

Article 7.　The kinds of the Midget Motor Vehicle used for the Midget Motor Vehicle Race shall be as follows:

2　In every racing of the midget motor vehicle racing, vehicles of same standard shall be used for every event of racing of the kind mentioned in each item of the preceding paragraph.

Article 8.　The midget motor vehicle race track, drivers and midget motor vehicles participating in the race shall be those registered at the National Association of the Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing.

2　The National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing shall not refuse the registration of midget motor vehicle race track, drivers and midget motor vehicles which meet the standard for registration.

Article 9.　The Sponsor of the Racing shall collect the admission fee from any visitor when the race meeting is held.

Article 10.　To, Do, Fu and prefectures may sell the betting ticket at its face value not exceeding twenty (20) yen.

Article 11.　No persons who come under any of the following items shall buy or obtain by transfer the betting ticket:

Article 12.　The Sponsor of the Racing shall pay to the holder of the betting ticket on the winner as the dividend a proportionate share in the amount corresponding to seventy-five (75) per cent of net proceeds of the betting tickets of each race (such amount obtained by deducting an amount to be repaid in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 from the total proceeds of the betting ticket;hereinafter the same).

2　With regard to the net proceeds in case of there being no holder of the betting tickets on the winner, proportionate share in the amount corresponding to seventy-five (75) per cent of net proceeds of the betting ticket of each race shall be repaid as dividends to those who bought the betting tickets.

3　The calculating formula and repaying method of the amount which shall be repaid in accordance with provisions of the preceding two paragraphs to the holder of betting ticket on the winner, or those who bought the betting ticket, shall be provided for by Ministerial Ordinance.

Article 13.　In delivering the dividends under the provisions of the preceding Article, if the amount has any fractions less than one yen, the fractions shall be omitted.

2　The amount arisen from omitting the fractions as mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be the revenue of the Sponsor of the Racing.

Article 14.　In case a cause which comes under any of the following items occurs after the betting ticket has been sold, the betting shall be null and void:

2　In the case of the preceding paragraph, any person who has the said betting ticket may demand the Sponsor of the Racing to refund the amount of the ticket at its face-value.

Article 15.　The claim for the dividends under the provisions of Article 12 or the redemption as mentioned in the preceding Article, shall lapse by prescription in case it is not exercised immediately after the race by some inevitable cause within 30 days.

Article 16.　The Sponsor of the Racing shall take as its own revenue the amount corresponding to twenty-five (25) per cent of the proceeds of the betting ticket.

Article 17.　The Sponsor of the Racing shall pay to the national treasury from its own revenue as provided for in preceding Article, the amount corresponding to three (3) per cent of the proceeds of the betting tickets.

Article 18.　In case the Sponsor of the Racing entrusts a Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing with holding the midget motor vehicle race meeting, the Sponsor of the Racing shall deliver to the Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing the amount not exceeding five (5) per cent of the proceeds of the betting ticket from its own revenue under the provision of Article 16.

Article 19.　The Sponsor of the Racing shall appropriate a part of the remains obtained by deducting the amount to be paid in accordance with the preceding two Articles from its own revenue under the provision of Article 16 as expenses concerning the matters other than those entrusted to the Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing in respect to execution of the midget motor vehicle race.

Article 20.　Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing shall be established only one in number in each To, Do, Fu and prefectures.

2　All the Midget Motor Vehicle Racing Associations shall establish the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing only one in number all over the nation and be its members;each member shall have one equal vote per caput and the proceedings of the general meeting of the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing shall be decided by majority of votes.

3　The Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing and the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing shall be a judicial person to be established in accordance with the provision of Article 34 (Establishment of the judicial person) of the Civil Code (Law No.89 of 1896) respectively.

4　The purpose of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing shall be execution of midget motor vehicle race and the purpose of the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing shall be the registrations of midget motor vehicle race trucks, the drivers and midget motor vehicles besides the adjustment of execution of midget motor vehicle race such as making program of races of the Sponsor of the Racing and promotion of matters concerning the midget motor vehicle.

Article 21.　In case the Sponsor of the Racing, the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing or the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing contravened this Law, the order issued under this Law, or the disposition carried out thereunder, the Minister of International Trade and Industry may, after giving a warning in advance, order the Sponsor of the Racing, the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing or the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing concerned to suspend sale of the betting ticket and to take other necessary measures.

2　In case the Minister of International Trade and Industry wants to make a disposition other than warning in accordance with the provision of preceding paragraph, he shall hold open hearing against the Sponsor of the Racing, the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing or the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle concerned by notifying the date and place of the open hearing. However, in urgent case, open hearing may be held post factum.

Article 22.　The Minister of International Trade and Industry may demand the Sponsor of the Racing to notify or report on the opening and ending as well as the accounts of the midget motor vehicle race, or other matters as recognized necessary.

Article 23.　Besides the matters provided for by this Law, the matters concerning entrusting of execution of the midget motor vehicle race, matters concerning the standard of midget motor vehicle race track and the midget motor vehicles used for midget motor vehicle race, the details of registration of midget motor vehicle race tracks, drivers to participate in midget motor vehicle race and the midget motor vehicles used for midget motor vehicle race, other matters necessary for registration and matters necessary for enforcement of this Law shall be provided for by Ministerial Ordinance.

Article 24.　Any person who comes under any of the following items shall be liable to penal servitude not exceeding one (1) year or a fine not exceeding thirty (30) thousand yen, or both of them:

Article 25.　Any person who comes under any of the following items shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty (20) thousand yen:

Article 26.　In case the executive of the Prefectural Association of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing or of the National Association of the Prefectural Associations of Midget Motor Vehicle Racing, the employee working for the Midget Motor Vehicle Race business or the driver has accepted or offered, demanded or promised the bribery, concerning his business or the race, he shall be liable to penal servitude not exceeding three (3) years.

2　In case the person provided for in the preceding paragraph acted an unfair deed and or did not do what he should have done, as the result of his receiving bribe in connection with his duty or racing or having requested or promised for it, he shall be sentenced to penal servitude not exceeding five (5) years.

3　In the case under the preceding two paragraphs, the bribe received shall be confiscated. In case the whole or a part of it could not be confiscated, the same amount shall be collected.

Article 27.　Any person who has offered, or proposed or promised a bribery mentioned in the provision of paragraph 1 or 2 of the preceding Article, is liable to penal servitude not exceeding three (3) years.