Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
Prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license issued by the time this Act comes into force, and also governs a license renewed after the date on which this Act comes into force (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"), if the first day of that renewal period, as prescribed in Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act, falls before the effective date.
この法律の施行の際現に交付されている免許証及びこの法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後に更新された免許証であって当該更新に係る道路交通法第百一条第一項に規定する更新期間の初日が施行日前であるものの有効期間については、なお従前の例による。
For two years after the effective date, the phrase "a person who has held a license (other than provisional licenses) for at least five years continuously by the date of renewal or reference date and for a continuous period of at least five years, and who meets the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes as a person with an exemplary record of observing the provisions of this Act, Orders based on this Act, and measures based on this Act, with respect to the driving of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles" in Note (i), 2. of the Table of Article 92-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "a person who has held a license (other than a provisional license) for a period longer than the period that Cabinet Order prescribes and who meets the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes as a person with an exemplary record of observing the provisions of this Act, Orders based on this Act, and measures based on this Act, with respect to the driving of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles".