If you move a road sign installed by the Public Safety Commission to another place without breaking it, you cannot be punished even if this creates a danger to traffic.

公安委員会が設置した道路標識を壊さずに、勝手に別の場所へ動かしただけであれば、道路の交通に危険を生じさせても罰せられることはない。

This statement is FALSE

Explanation

The law punishes moving a sign just as it punishes destroying one. Even if the sign is not broken, relocating it and thereby creating a traffic hazard is a criminal offence.

Original text

みだりに信号機を操作し、若しくは公安委員会が設置した道路標識若しくは道路標示を移転し、又は信号機若しくは公安委員会が設置した道路標識若しくは道路標示を損壊して道路における交通の危険を生じさせた者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は二十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Source: Road Traffic Act — 道路交通法第百十五条 · Act No.105 of 1960

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If you move a road sign installed by the Public Safety Commission to another place without breaking it, you cannot be punished even if this creates a danger to traffic.

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