Article 1 and the Supplementary Provisions of this Act come into force on the date after the final day in the three-month period following its promulgation; and Article 2 comes into force on the date after the final day in the three-year period following that date.

②A measure or process involving a driver's license as set forth in the left-hand column of the Table that follows the preceding paragraph that is taken or undertaken pursuant to the Former Act before the date on which Article 1 comes into force (hereinafter referred to as "effective date") is deemed to be a measure or process involving a driver's license as set forth in the corresponding right-hand column of that Table that has been taken or undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act.

①A person holding a driver's license under the Former Act (other than a special small motor vehicle license, class 1 motorized bicycle license, class 2 motorized bicycle license, or provisional driver's license) at the time Article 1 comes into force (hereinafter referred to as "the time the Revised Act comes into force"), or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's license before the effective date and received the driver's license or the corresponding driver's license under the New Act after that date is deemed to have received a motorcycle license under the New Act during the period that the person held the former driver's license (other than any period during which it was suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (3) or Article 103, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Road Traffic Act).

②A person holding a special large motor vehicle license, motorcycle license, or class 2 special large motor vehicle license under the Former Act at the time the Revised Act comes into force, or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's license before the effective date and received the driver's license after that date is deemed to have received a light motor vehicle license under the New Act during the period that the person held the former driver's license (other than the period during which it was suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (3) or Article 103, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Road Traffic Act).

①A person who, at the time the Revised Act comes into force, holds a special large motor vehicle license under the Former Act for driving large special motor vehicles exclusively used for towing, which have the structure and equipment for towing vehicles that have the structure and equipment to be towed (hereinafter referred to as "towing vehicles"), or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's license before the effective date and received that driver's license after that date is deemed to have received a large motor vehicle license and a towing license under the New Act.

②A person who, at the time the Revised Act comes into force, holds a class 2 special large motor vehicle license under the Former Act for driving a towing vehicle, or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's license before the effective date and received the driver's license after that date is deemed to have received a large motor vehicle license and a class 2 towing license under the New Act.

③A person who, at the time the Revised Act comes into force, holds a large motor vehicle license, standard motor vehicle license, special large motor vehicle license (other than a special large motor vehicle license for driving a towing vehicle), motorized three-wheeled vehicle license, class 2 large motor vehicle license, class 2 standard motor vehicle license, class 2 special large motor vehicle license (other than a class 2 special large motor vehicle license for driving a towing vehicle), or class 2 motorized three-wheeled vehicle license under the Former Act, or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's licenses prior to the effective date and received a driver's license or the corresponding driver's under the New Act after that date is deemed to have received a class 2 towing license for the six-month period following that date, unless the person is driving that towing vehicle while towing a vehicle with a total vehicle weight (meaning a total vehicle weight as prescribed in Article 40, item (iii) of the Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation (Act No. 185 of 1951)) of over 750 kilograms which has the structure and equipment to be towed.

②A measure or process involving a driver's license as set forth in the left-hand column of the Table that follows the preceding paragraph which is taken or undertaken pursuant to the provisions in place before the date that comes after the final day in the three-year period following the effective date is deemed to be a measure or process involving a driver's license as set forth in the corresponding right-hand column of the same Table which has been taken or undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act after three years.

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