This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), item (i) of the Road Traffic Act come into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.

①A motorcycle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") (hereinafter referred to as a "motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act") is deemed to be a large motorcycle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") (hereinafter referred to as a "large motorcycle license") or a standard motorcycle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "standard motorcycle license"), in accordance with the categories set forth in the following items:

②If, as the result of the lifting of a restriction as prescribed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph on a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act, that license is deemed, pursuant to that paragraph, to be a large motorcycle license, the person in question is deemed to have obtained the large motorcycle license on the day the person obtained the motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act.

①If it is still in effect at the time this Act comes into force, a restriction or condition on the driving of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle which has been attached to a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act pursuant to Article 91 of the Former Act (other than a restriction as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article involving the distinction between a large motorcycle and a standard motorcycle under Article 3 of the New Act) is deemed to be a restriction or condition on the driving of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle attached to a large motorcycle license or standard motorcycle license pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act.

②A driver's license as set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article which is deemed to be a standard motorcycle license pursuant to that paragraph is deemed to have a restriction attached to it limiting the standard motorcycles that the person may drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to those that are equivalent to class 2 motorized bicycles (meaning class 2 motorized bicycles as under Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 1 of the Amending Act of 1965).

An application for a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act that is pending at the time this Act comes into force is deemed to be an application for a standard motorcycle license if the motorcycles as referred to in the Former Act that the person would be permitted drive with the motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act would have been restricted to those that are equivalent to standard motorcycles, and is deemed to be an application for a large motorcycle license if this is not the case.

Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding two Articles, measures or procedures pertaining to a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act made before the amendment of this Act is deemed to have been made as measures or procedures pertaining to a large motorcycle license or standard motorcycle license, in accordance with the categories of the driver's license under Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions.

A person who has passed a driver's license test for a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act as of the time this Act comes into force but who has not received a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act is deemed to have passed the driver's license test for a standard motorcycle license if that person has passed a driver's license test that was conducted under the premise that the motorcycles as referred to in the Former Act that the person would be permitted to drive with the motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act would be restricted to those that are equivalent to standard motorcycles, and is deemed to have passed the driver's license test for a large motorcycle license if that person has passed a driver's license test for a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act other than one conducted under that premise.

To apply Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Act to a person who, at time this Act comes into force, holds a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act that is deemed to be a large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, and to a person who is deemed to have passed the driver's license test for a large motorcycle license pursuant to the preceding Article, the phrase "18 years of age in the case of S-MVLs, SL-MVLs, L-ML and licenses for towing" is deemed to be replaced with "18 years of age in the case of licenses for towing, or under 16 years of age in the case of large motorcycle licenses".

To apply Article 100-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act to a person who, at time this Act comes into force, holds a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act that is deemed to be a large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "(hereinafter referred to as a 'vehicle the person is licensed to drive')" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "with regard to the license which is deemed to be the large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 74 of 1995; hereinafter referred to as the 'Amending Act'), the large motor vehicles and standard motor vehicles; hereinafter referred to as a 'vehicle the person is licensed to drive')", and the phrase "including licenses that Cabinet Order prescribes" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "including licenses that Cabinet Order prescribes, and with regard to a license that is deemed to be a large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, including a license which is deemed to be a standard motorcycle license pursuant to that paragraph".

Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force.

Prior laws continue to govern the handling of violations committed before this Act comes into force.