Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures for Licenses
第六条（免許等に関する経過措置）
A large motor vehicle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") (hereinafter referred to as an "L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act"), a standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as an "S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act"), a class 2 large motor vehicle license as referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as a "class 2 L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act"), a class 2 standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "class 2 S-MVL"), a provisional large motor vehicle license as referred to in paragraph (5) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as a "provisional L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act"), or a provisional standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "provisional S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act") is deemed, for each category of license set forth in the following items and as prescribed in the relevant item, to be a large motor vehicle license as referred to in Article 84, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment by Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") (hereinafter referred to as an "L-MVL"), a mid-sized motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as an "M-MVL"), a standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as an "S-MVL"), a class 2 large motor vehicle license as referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as a "class 2 L-MVL"), a class 2 mid-sized motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "class 2 M-MVL"), a class 2 standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "class 2 S-MVL"), a provisional large motor vehicle license as referred to in paragraph (5) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as a "provisional L-MVL"), or a provisional standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "provisional S-MVL"):
第四条の規定による改正前の道路交通法（以下「旧法」という。）第八十四条第三項の大型自動車免許（以下「旧法大型免許」という。）、同項の普通自動車免許（以下「旧法普通免許」という。）、同条第四項の大型自動車第二種免許（以下「旧法大型第二種免許」という。）、同項の普通自動車第二種免許（以下「旧法普通第二種免許」という。）、同条第五項の大型自動車仮免許（以下「旧法大型仮免許」という。）及び同項の普通自動車仮免許（以下「旧法普通仮免許」という。）は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める第四条の規定による改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）第八十四条第三項の大型自動車免許（以下「大型免許」という。）、同項の中型自動車免許（以下「中型免許」という。）、同項の普通自動車免許（以下「普通免許」という。）、同条第四項の大型自動車第二種免許（以下「大型第二種免許」という。）、同項の中型自動車第二種免許（以下「中型第二種免許」という。）、同項の普通自動車第二種免許（以下「普通第二種免許」という。）、同条第五項の大型自動車仮免許（以下「大型仮免許」という。）及び同項の普通自動車仮免許（以下「普通仮免許」という。）とみなす。
an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act other than as set forth in the following item and in items (ix) through (xi):an M-MVL that limits the mid-sized motor vehicles as prescribed in Article 3 of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as a "mid-sized motor vehicle") that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to those that are equivalent to a standard motor vehicle as referred to in Article 3 of the Former Act (hereinafter referred to as a "standard motor vehicle as referred to in the Former Act");
an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act that limits the standard motor vehicles as referred to in the Former Act that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the Former Act to those that are equivalent to a standard motor vehicle as prescribed in Article 3 of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as a "standard motor vehicle"):an S-MVL that includes an equivalent limitation on the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act;
a class 2 S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act other than as set forth in the following item and item (xii):a class 2 M-MVL that limits the mid-sized motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to those that are equivalent to a standard motor vehicle as referred to in the Former Act;
a class 2 S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act that limits the standard motor vehicles as referred to in the Former Act that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the Former Act to those that are equivalent to a standard motor vehicle:a class 2 S-MVL that includes an equivalent limitation on the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act;
an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act which, pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Act, is deemed to be held by a person as prescribed in that paragraph (but only a person who did not pass the examination as prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article), or an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act which, pursuant to the first sentence of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Act, is held by a person as prescribed in the first sentence of that paragraph (but only a person who did not pass the examination as prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article):an S-MVL that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to those that are equivalent to a small four-wheel motor vehicle as prescribed in the Order for Enforcement of the Road Traffic Control Act (Cabinet Order No. 261 of 1953) before its repeal under Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Act;
an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 96 of 1965; hereinafter referred to in this Article and Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions as the "Amending Act of 1965") to motorized three-wheeled vehicles as under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 1965:an S-MVL that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to motorized three-wheeled vehicles and light motor vehicles as under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 1965;
an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1965 to light motor vehicles as under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 1965:an S-MVL that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to light motor vehicles as under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 1965; or
a class 2 S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act of 1965 to motorized three-wheeled vehicles as under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 1965:a class 2 S-MVL that limits the standard motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to motorized three-wheeled vehicles and light motor vehicles as under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 1965.