Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures for Licenses
第二条（免許等に関する経過措置）
Notwithstanding Article 92-2 of the Road Traffic Act after amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license that has been issued by the time this Act comes into force.
この法律の施行の際現に交付されている免許証の有効期間については、改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）第九十二条の二の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the first day in a renewal period as under Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") for a license as prescribed in the preceding paragraph falls on or after the date on which this Act comes into force (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"), the final day in the valid period of that license is the last day in the one-month period following the final day of the valid period that, pursuant to the previous paragraph, would be governed by prior laws (or the last day in the one-month period following the issuee's most recent birthday prior to the final day of the valid period that would be governed by prior laws, if this is not the issuee's birthday) (if the last day in that one-month period constitutes a day provided for Article 92-2, paragraph (4) of the Road Traffic Act, the following day).
Notwithstanding Article 92-2 of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license which has been issued by the time this Act comes into force, if the first day of its renewal period as under Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Former Act falls before the effective date (hereinafter referred to as a "specified license") and if it is renewed on or after the effective date (hereinafter referred to in the following paragraph as a "license renewed as specified").
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the final day in the valid period of a license renewed as specified is the last day in the one-month period following the final day of a valid period that, pursuant to the previous paragraph, would be governed by prior laws (or the last day in the one-month period following the issuee's most recent birthday prior to the final day of the valid period that would be governed by prior laws, if this is not the issuee's birthday) (if the last day in that one-month period constitutes a day provided for Article 92-2, paragraph (4) of the Road Traffic Act, the following day).
Notwithstanding Article 101, paragraph (1) of the New Act, if a person seeks to renew a specified license on or after the effective date, the first day of the renewal period as prescribed in that paragraph is the first day of the renewal period as prescribed in Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Former Act.
Article 101-2-2 and Article 112, paragraph (1), item (v)-2 of the New Act do not apply to a person seeking to renew a specified license on or after the effective date.
特定免許証の更新を施行日以後に受けようとする者については、新法第百一条の二の二及び第百十二条第一項第五号の二の規定は、適用しない。
Notwithstanding Article 101-3 and Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (xi) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the training that a person must undergo when seeking to renew a specified license on or after the effective date.
特定免許証の更新を施行日以後に受けようとする際にその者が受けるべき講習については、新法第百一条の三及び第百八条の二第一項第十一号の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
Article 101-4 of the New Act apply to a person seeking to renew a license for which the final day in the renewal period (or the day of filing an application, if a person is seeking to apply to renew a license pursuant to Article 101-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act) is on or after the date after the final day in the three-month period following the effective date.
新法第百一条の四の規定は、更新期間が満了する日（新法第百一条の二第一項の規定による免許証の更新の申請をしようとする者にあっては、当該申請をする日とする。）が施行日から起算して三月を経過した日以後である免許証の更新を受けようとする者について適用する。