第三条旅館業を営もうとする者は、都道府県知事(保健所を設置する市又は特別区にあつては、市長又は区長。第四項を除き、以下同じ。)の許可を受けなければならない。ただし、旅館・ホテル営業又は簡易宿所営業の許可を受けた者が、当該施設において下宿営業を営もうとする場合は、この限りでない。

Article 3(1)A person seeking to run a hotel business must be licensed by the prefectural governor (or by the mayor of the city, in a city with a health center; or by the mayor of the ward, in a special ward; the same applies hereinafter except for in paragraph (4)); provided, however, that this does not apply if a person licensed for the business of operating an inn or hotel or the business of operating a common lodging house seeks to be in the business of operating a boarding house within the relevant facility.

2都道府県知事は、前項の許可の申請があつた場合において、その申請に係る施設の構造設備が政令で定める基準に適合しないと認めるとき、当該施設の設置場所が公衆衛生上不適当であると認めるとき、又は申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、同項の許可を与えないことができる。

(2)When a person has applied for licensing as referred to in the preceding paragraph, it is permissible for the prefectural governor not to grant the licensing referred to in that paragraph on finding that the structure, equipment, or furnishings of the facility to which the application pertains do not conform to the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes, on finding that the location of the facility is inappropriate from a public health standpoint, or if the applicant falls under one of the following items:

一成年被後見人又は被保佐人

(i)an adult ward or person under curatorship;

二破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者

(ii)a person subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings that has not been discharged from bankruptcy;

三禁錮以上の刑に処せられ、又はこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく処分に違反して罰金以下の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して三年を経過していない者

(iii)a person that has been sentenced to imprisonment without work or a heavier punishment, or that has been sentenced to a fine or lighter punishment for violating this Act or a disposition based on this Act, if three years have not yet passed since the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution;

四第八条の規定により許可を取り消され、取消しの日から起算して三年を経過していない者

(iv)a person whose license has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, if three years have not yet passed since the day of the rescission;

五暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律(平成三年法律第七十七号)第二条第六号に規定する暴力団員又は同号に規定する暴力団員でなくなつた日から起算して五年を経過しない者(第八号において「暴力団員等」という。)

(v)a member of an organized crime group as prescribed in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) or a person who ceased to be the member of an organized crime group as prescribed in that item on a day that is not yet five years in the past (referred to as a "current or former member of an organized crime group" in item (viii));

六営業に関し成年者と同一の行為能力を有しない未成年者でその法定代理人(法定代理人が法人である場合においては、その役員を含む。)が前各号のいずれかに該当するもの

(vi)a minor who does not have the same legal capacity to act as an adult with respect to business, and whose statutory agent (if the statutory agent is a corporation, this includes any officer of the statutory agent) falls under one of the preceding items;

七法人であつて、その業務を行う役員のうちに第一号から第五号までのいずれかに該当する者があるもの

(vii)a corporation that has a person falling under one of items (i) through (v) among the officers engaged in its operations;

八暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配する者

(viii)a person whose business activities are controlled by a current or former member of an organized crime group.

3第一項の許可の申請に係る施設の設置場所が、次に掲げる施設の敷地(これらの用に供するものと決定した土地を含む。以下同じ。)の周囲おおむね百メートルの区域内にある場合において、その設置によつて当該施設の清純な施設環境が著しく害されるおそれがあると認めるときも、前項と同様とする。

(3)The preceding paragraph also applies if the facility to which a licensing application as referred to in paragraph (1) pertains would be located within roughly 100 meters of the grounds of one of the following institutions (this includes land that it has been decided will be used for such an institution; the same applies hereinafter) and the prefectural governor finds that locating the facility there would risk significantly marring the innocent institutional environment of the relevant institution:

一学校教育法(昭和二十二年法律第二十六号)第一条に規定する学校(大学を除くものとし、次項において「第一条学校」という。)及び就学前の子どもに関する教育、保育等の総合的な提供の推進に関する法律(平成十八年法律第七十七号)第二条第七項に規定する幼保連携型認定こども園(以下この条において「幼保連携型認定こども園」という。)

(i)a school as prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (other than a university; such a school is referred to as an "Article 1 school" in the following paragraph) or a certified pre-school/daycare center as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on Facilitating the Comprehensive Provision of Education and Child Care to Children Not Yet of School Age (Act No. 77 of 2006) (hereinafter referred to as a "certified pre-school/daycare center" in this Article);

二児童福祉法(昭和二十二年法律第百六十四号)第七条第一項に規定する児童福祉施設(幼保連携型認定こども園を除くものとし、以下単に「児童福祉施設」という。)

(ii)a child welfare institution as prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Welfare Act (Act No. 164 of 1947) (other than a certified pre-school/daycare center; hereinafter referred to simply as a "child welfare institution");

三社会教育法(昭和二十四年法律第二百七号)第二条に規定する社会教育に関する施設その他の施設で、前二号に掲げる施設に類するものとして都道府県(保健所を設置する市又は特別区にあつては、市又は特別区。以下同じ。)の条例で定めるもの

(iii)an institution that is connected with the social education prescribed in Article 2 of the Social Education Act (Act No. 207 of 1949) or any other institution provided for by prefectural ordinance (or by city ordinance, in a city with a health center; or by ward ordinance, in a special ward; the same applies hereinafter) as being similar to an institution as set forth in the preceding two items.

4都道府県知事(保健所を設置する市又は特別区にあつては、市長又は区長)は、前項各号に掲げる施設の敷地の周囲おおむね百メートルの区域内の施設につき第一項の許可を与える場合には、あらかじめ、その施設の設置によつて前項各号に掲げる施設の清純な施設環境が著しく害されるおそれがないかどうかについて、学校(第一条学校及び幼保連携型認定こども園をいう。以下この項において同じ。)については、当該学校が大学附置の国立学校(国(国立大学法人法(平成十五年法律第百十二号)第二条第一項に規定する国立大学法人を含む。以下この項において同じ。)が設置する学校をいう。)又は地方独立行政法人法(平成十五年法律第百十八号)第六十八条第一項に規定する公立大学法人(以下この項において「公立大学法人」という。)が設置する学校であるときは当該大学の学長、高等専門学校であるときは当該高等専門学校の校長、高等専門学校以外の公立学校であるときは当該学校を設置する地方公共団体の教育委員会(幼保連携型認定こども園であるときは、地方公共団体の長)、高等専門学校及び幼保連携型認定こども園以外の私立学校であるときは学校教育法に定めるその所管庁、国及び地方公共団体(公立大学法人を含む。)以外の者が設置する幼保連携型認定こども園であるときは都道府県知事(地方自治法(昭和二十二年法律第六十七号)第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市(以下この項において「指定都市」という。)及び同法第二百五十二条の二十二第一項の中核市(以下この項において「中核市」という。)においては、当該指定都市又は中核市の長)の意見を、児童福祉施設については、児童福祉法第四十六条に規定する行政庁の意見を、前項第三号の規定により都道府県の条例で定める施設については、当該条例で定める者の意見を求めなければならない。

(4)Before granting licensing as referred to in paragraph (1) in connection with a facility that would be located within roughly 100 meters of the grounds of an institution as set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor (or the mayor of the city, in a city with a health center; or the mayor of the ward, in a special ward) must first seek the opinion of the relevant person as to whether locating the facility there would risk significantly marring the innocent institutional environment of the institution set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph; if the institution in question is a school (meaning an Article 1 school or certified pre-school/daycare center; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and that school is a national school (meaning a school run by the national government (including a national university corporation as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National University Corporation Act (Act No. 112 of 2003); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph)) affiliated with a university or is run by an incorporated municipal university as prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Local Incorporated Administrative Agencies Act (Act No. 118 of 2003) (hereinafter referred to as an "incorporated municipal university" in this paragraph), this means seeking the opinion of the president of the relevant university; if the school is a college of technology, this means seeking the opinion of its principal; if the school is a public school other than a college of technology, this means seeking the opinion of the board of education of the local government running the school (or of the head of the local government, if it is a certified pre-school/daycare center); if the school is a private school other than a college of technology or certified pre-school/daycare center, this means seeking the opinion of its administering agency as provided in the School Education Act; and if the school is a certified pre-school/daycare center run by a person other than the national or local government (including by an incorporated municipal university), this means seeking the opinion of the prefectural governor (in a designated city as referred to in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) (hereinafter referred to as "designated city" in this paragraph) this means seeking the opinion of the mayor of the designated city; and in a core city as referred to in Article 252-22, paragraph (1) of that Act (hereinafter referred to as a "core city" in this paragraph), this means seeking the opinion of the mayor of the core city); if the institution in question is a child welfare institution, this means seeking the opinion of the administrative authority prescribed in Article 46 of the Child Welfare Act; and if the institution in question is one that is provided for by prefectural ordinance pursuant to the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, this means seeking the opinion of the person provided for in the relevant ordinance.

5第二項又は第三項の規定により、第一項の許可を与えない場合には、都道府県知事は、理由を附した書面をもつて、その旨を申請者に通知しなければならない。

(5)If not granting the licensing referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3), the prefectural governor must notify the applicant of this through a document that gives the reason therefor.

6第一項の許可には、公衆衛生上又は善良の風俗の保持上必要な条件を附することができる。

(6)It is permissible to attach the conditions that are necessary from a public health standpoint or from the perspective of upholding public policy to the licensing referred to in paragraph (1).