①This Act comes into force on the date after the final day in the three-month period following its promulgation; provided, however, that if the Convention has not taken effect in Japan by time this Act comes into force, the provisions amending the table of contents (but only the part amending Section 6), provisions amending Article 67, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 75, paragraph (1), amending provisions that add item (vii) to Article 88, paragraph (1), amending provisions that add a Section after Section 6 of Chapter VI, provisions amending Article 109, provisions amending Article 112 (other than the part that adds the phrase "or Article 101-2, paragraph (1)"), provisions amending Article 118, paragraph (1), item (i), provisions amending Article 120, paragraph (1) (but only the part that adds the phrase "(including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 107-3 (Obligation to Carry and Present an International Driving Permit))" to item (ix) of that paragraph and the part amended to read "a license, Foreign Driving Permit, or International Driving Permit" in item (xv) of that paragraph), and provisions amending Article 121, paragraph (1), item (x) come into force on the date on which the Convention takes effect in Japan.

④In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if it is still in effect, a restriction (other than one as set forth in item (iii) through item (v) of the preceding paragraph) on the type of motor vehicle or motorized bicycle which a public safety commission has placed on a driver's license pursuant to the Former Act, or a condition that a public safety commission has attached to a driver's license is deemed to be a restriction on the type of motor vehicle or motorized bicycle that a public safety commission has placed on the driver's license or a condition that a public safety commission has attached to a driver's license pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act.

⑤A person who, at time this Act comes into force, has passed a driver's license test for a special motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, or class 2 special motor vehicle license under the Former Act, but has not received a driver's license under the Former Act is deemed to have passed the driver's license test for a special large motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, special small motor vehicle license, class 1 motorized bicycle license, class 2 motorized bicycle license, or class 2 special large motor vehicle license under the corresponding provisions of the New Act, based on the categories set forth in each of the following items:

⑥A refusal or withholding of a driver's license that a public safety commission has effected pursuant to the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Former Act and which is still in effect at the time this Act comes into force is deemed to be a refusal or withholding of the driver's license that a public safety commission has effected pursuant to the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the New Act. Be this as it may, notwithstanding that paragraph, prior laws continue to govern the period for withholding the license, and this period is to begin running on the date on which license was first withheld pursuant to the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Former Act.

⑦An application, filing, or other process involving a special motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, or class 2 special motor vehicle license which 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, based on the categories prescribed in the following items:

⑧Article 88, paragraph (1), item (v) of the New Act does not apply to a person if, at the time this Act comes into force, it has been less than one year since a person has been refused a driver's license pursuant to the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, or if the person's driver's license is being withheld pursuant to the proviso of that paragraph.

⑨Article 90, paragraph (3) of the New Act does not apply to a person who has received a driver's license before this Act comes into force.

⑩Notwithstanding Article 107, paragraph (2) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the submission and storage of the driver's license of a person whose license comes under a suspension before this Act comes into force.

⑪A hearing or hearing proceedings that a public safety commission has undertaken pursuant to the Former Act as of the time the New Act comes into force regarding a matter at issue that involves a special motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, or class 2 special motor vehicle license under the Former Act is deemed to be a hearing or hearing proceedings that a public safety commission has undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act regarding a matter at issue that involves a special large motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, special small motor vehicle license, class 1 motorized bicycle license, class 2 motorized bicycle license, or class 2 special large motor vehicle license, based on the categories prescribed in the following items:

⑫If it is still in effect at the time the New Act comes into force, a revocation, suspension, or other measure that a public safety commission has taken pursuant to the Former Act in respect of a special motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, or class 2 special motor vehicle license under the Former Act is deemed to be a measure that a public safety commission has taken in respect of a special large motor vehicle license, light motor vehicle license, special small motor vehicle license, class 1 motorized bicycle license, class 2 motorized bicycle license, or class 2 special large motor vehicle license pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act, based on the categories prescribed in the following items. 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:

⑬To apply the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), and Article 103, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the New Act, a person violating the Former Act, an Order based on the Former Act, or a measure based on the Former Act in driving a motor vehicle or a motorized bicycle is deemed to violate the corresponding provisions of the New Act or a measure based on those provisions.

⑭Notwithstanding Article 103, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the revocation or suspension of a driver's license for a person who, at the time this Act comes into force, falls under Article 88, paragraph (1), item (ii), (iii), or (iv) of the Former Act or one of the items of Article 103, paragraph (2) of the Former Act but whose driver's license has not been placed under a revocation or suspension under paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article due to the circumstances in question.

⑮Notwithstanding Article 103, paragraph (8) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern training courses for persons whose driver's licenses are under suspension pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and also continue to govern the shortening of periods of suspension.

⑯Notwithstanding Article 103, paragraph (8) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern training courses for persons that have not completed a training course under Article 103, paragraph (3) of the Former Act at the time this Act comes into force, and also continue to govern the shortening of periods for persons for whom the relevant period has not been shortened as under the second sentence of that paragraph.

⑰Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force.