Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 74 of 1995), Article 4 — Road Traffic Act — japanlaw

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Supplementary Provisions, Article 4

第四条

An application for a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act that is pending at the time this Act comes into force is deemed to be an application for a standard motorcycle license if the motorcycles as referred to in the Former Act that the person would be permitted drive with the motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act would have been restricted to those that are equivalent to standard motorcycles, and is deemed to be an application for a large motorcycle license if this is not the case.

この法律の施行の際現にされている旧法二輪免許の申請は、当該旧法二輪免許により運転することができる旧法自動二輪車を普通自動二輪車に相当するものに限定してされたものについては普通自動二輪車免許の申請と、それ以外のものについては大型自動二輪車免許の申請とみなす。

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Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)
“the preceding two Articles”

Defined terms6

driving
運転（うんてん）
Using a vehicle or streetcar on a road as it is meant to be used, including moving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle by pedals or other human-powered gear it has besides its motor, but not specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
道路において、車両又は路面電車（以下「車両等」という。）をその本来の用い方に従つて用いること（原動機に加えてペダルその他の人の力により走行させることができる装置を備えている自動車又は原動機付自転車にあつては当該装置を用いて走行させる場合を含み、特定自動運行を行う場合を除く。）
Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)See it in the glossary
large motorcycle license
大型自動二輪車免許（おおがたじどうにりんしゃめんきょ）
The large motorcycle license (大型自動二輪車免許) of Article 84, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act as amended by Act No. 74 of 1995, which Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) deems most motorcycle licenses (自動二輪車免許) held under the earlier wording to be.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
former motorcycle license
旧法二輪免許（きゅうほうにりんめんきょ）
The motorcycle license (自動二輪車免許) of Article 84, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act as it stood before Act No. 74 of 1995 amended it, which Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) deems to be a large motorcycle license (大型自動二輪車免許), or, in the cases its items (ii) and (iii) list, a standard motorcycle license (普通自動二輪車免許).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
standard motorcycle license
普通自動二輪車免許（ふつうじどうにりんしゃめんきょ）
In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 74 of 1995, the standard motorcycle license under Article 84, paragraph (3) of this Act as that Act amended it, which a motorcycle license (自動二輪車免許) held under the earlier wording is deemed to be in the cases items (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (1) of that Article list; in other cases it is deemed a large motorcycle license (大型自動二輪車免許).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
motorcycle as referred to in the Former Act
旧法自動二輪車（きゅうほうじどうにりんしゃ）
The motorcycle (自動二輪車) of Article 3 of the Road Traffic Act as it stood before Act No. 74 of 1995 amended it, as Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) uses the term for licenses limited to motorcycles corresponding to the new standard motorcycle (普通自動二輪車).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)See it in the glossary
standard motorcycle
普通自動二輪車（ふつうじどうにりんしゃ）
In Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 74 of 1995, a standard motorcycle as defined in Article 3 of this Act as that Act amended it; a motorcycle license (自動二輪車免許) held under the earlier wording and limited to motorcycles equivalent to it is deemed a standard motorcycle license (普通自動二輪車免許).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)See it in the glossary

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as amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. and the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 52 of 2026)自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律及び道路交通法の一部を改正する法律

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