This Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") comes into force within six months of its promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes.

The Road Traffic Control Act (Act No. 130 of 1947; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") and the Order for Enforcement of the Road Traffic Control Act (Cabinet Order No. 261 of 1953; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Order") are hereby repealed.

In a case as referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article, if they are still in effect, restrictions on the type of motor vehicle and other such restrictions that a public safety commission has placed on a driver's license pursuant to the Former Order, as well as conditions that a public safety commission has attached to a driver's license or driver's permit pursuant to the Former Order are deemed to be conditions that a public safety commission has attached pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act.

To apply Article 99, paragraph (1) of the New Act to a person who, at the time the New Act comes into effect, holds a current certificate of graduation issued by a driver training center designated by a public safety commission as set forth in Article 53, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Former Order or a similar facility, and who has graduated less than one year previously, that person is deemed to hold a certificate of graduation issued by a designated driving school as set forth in Article 99, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Act, and to have graduated from that designated driving school less than one year previously, until the end of the one-year period after the person's graduation from the facility in question.

Beyond as prescribed in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions, if it is still in effect at the time the New Act comes into force, a prohibition or restriction on entry onto a road that a public safety commission has imposed pursuant to the Former Act or a revocation, suspension, or other such measure that a public safety commission has taken pursuant to the Former Act or the Former Order in respect of a driver's license or driver's permit is deemed to be a measure that a public safety commission has taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act. This being the case, any period that has been fixed for that measure is to begin running on the date that the measure was first taken pursuant to the Former Act or Former Order.

A pending application (other than an application for a small four-wheel motor vehicle license by a person under 18 years of age; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), filing, or other process involving a driver's license that has been undertaken with a public safety commission pursuant to the Former Act or the Former Order as of the time the New Act comes into force is deemed to be a process undertaken with a public safety commission pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act. In such a case, if the public safety commission accepting an application for a driver's license, an application for re-issuance of a driver's license or driver's permit, or a filing to change information included on a driver's license or driver's permit does not have jurisdiction over the domicile of the person filing the application, it must pass on the documents connected with the process to the public safety commission having jurisdiction over that person's domicile, promptly after the New Act comes into force.

A hearing or hearing proceedings that a public safety commission has held pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (6) of the Former Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-2, paragraph (4)) as of the time the New Act comes into effect is deemed to be a hearing or hearing proceedings that a public safety commission has held pursuant to Article 104 of the New Act, and the public safety commission holding the hearing or proceedings may take the measures under Article 103 of the New Act as regards the matter at issue that is subject to the hearing. This being the case, if the public safety commission taking the measures does not have jurisdiction over the domicile of the person subject to those measures, it must promptly notify the public safety commission having jurisdiction over the domicile of that person that it has taken those measures.

To apply Article 90, paragraph (1) and Article 103, paragraph (2) (but only the part with a bearing on item (ii) of that paragraph) of the New Act, a person violating the Former Act, the Former Order, or a measure based on either of these in driving a motor vehicle or a motorized bicycle is deemed to be a person violating the corresponding provisions of the New Act or a measure based on those provisions.

If it is still in effect at the time the New Act comes into force, permission that the chief of a police station has granted or any other such measure that the chief of a police station has taken pursuant to the Former Act or the Former Order is deemed to be a measure that the chief of a police station has taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act, and the permit associated with any such permission is deemed to be a permit under the corresponding provisions of the New Act. This being the case, any period that has been fixed for that measure is to begin running on the date that the measure was first taken pursuant to the Former Act or the Former Order.

A pending application for permission or other such process that has been undertaken with the chief of a police station pursuant to the Former Act or the Former Order as of the time the New Act comes into force is deemed to be a process undertaken with the chief of a police station pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act.

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

①Until otherwise prescribed by law, as a part of traffic safety measures, the national government issues special grants for traffic safety measures to prefectures and municipalities (including special wards; the same applies hereinafter) in order to cover the necessary costs of establishing and managing the road traffic safety facilities that Cabinet Order prescribes (hereinafter referred to as "grants").

②The amount of the grants is the amount equivalent to income from penalties paid pursuant to Article 128, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 130-2, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (this includes provisional payments as under Article 129, paragraph (1) which are deemed to constitute penalty payments pursuant to Article 129, paragraph (3); referred to hereinafter in this Article and in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions as "penalties and equivalent payments") plus the amount equivalent to the interest arising from investment of the surplus derived from that income (referred to in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions as "income and interest from penalties"), less the sum total of the amounts set forth in the following items:

③The total amount of grants to be given each year is the amount set forth in item (i) (up to the amount set forth in item (ii)) plus any amount that should have been given in or before the year prior to the relevant year but which has not yet been given:

The amount of each prefecture's and each municipality's grant is the amount calculated pursuant to Cabinet Order in consideration of the number of traffic accidents in the prefecture or municipality, the concentration of the population there, and other circumstances.

②If there is any amount that could not be granted at one of the times prescribed in the preceding paragraph, or if there is any amount that was granted in excess of the amount that should have been granted at one of those times, the amount is to be added to, or deducted from, the amount to be granted at the next time for the grant.

The national government, pursuant to Cabinet Order and in consideration of each prefecture's expenditures related to the costs of sending notices of findings, disburses to the prefectures an amount equivalent to monies expended for sending notices of findings, as monies it expends to cover the costs of sending notices of findings.

①The administrative processes involved in grants under Articles 16 through 18 of the Supplementary Provisions are undertaken by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and the administrative processes that involve monies expended to cover the costs of sending notices of findings pursuant to the preceding Article are undertaken by the Prime Minister.

②The administrative processes that are to be undertaken by the Prime Minister pursuant to the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency pursuant to Cabinet Order.

The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must hear the opinions of the Local Finance Council:

Until otherwise prescribed by law, Article 71-5, paragraph (3) does not apply. This being the case, the phrase "70 years of age or older but under 75" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "70 years of age or older".