# 自動車損害賠償保障法 / Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — 第百八十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 189)

- Law: 自動車損害賠償保障法 (Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents), 昭和三十年法律第九十七号
- English title "Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百八十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 189)（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4101-107/art-189`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-107/art-189
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-107/art-189
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### 第百八十九条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4101-107/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-107/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-107/art-189</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前にした行為並びにこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4101-107/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-107/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-107/art-189/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, with regard to the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions or where provisions remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4101-107/art-189/par-1: 附則第一条 → 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4101-107/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-107/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-107/art-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-107/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-107/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 自動車損害賠償保障法 附則第百九十条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/automobile-accident-compensation-act/suppl-4101-107/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/330AC0000000097/suppl-4101-107/art-190/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 自動車損害賠償保障法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/330AC0000000097/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3135/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch automobile-accident-compensation-act-20261013T115725-008, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 189 — 自動車損害賠償保障法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
