# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（自動三輪車免許等に関する経過規定） — address `suppl-3401-96/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（自動三輪車免許等に関する経過規定） — (Interim Provisions for Motorized Three-Wheeled Vehicle Licenses and Similar Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3401-96/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-2 **第一項** 第一条の規定による改正前の道路交通法（以下「旧法」という。）の規定による運転免許で次の表の上欄に掲げるものは、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる同条の規定による改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）の規定による運転免許とみなす。 旧法の規定による運転免許 新法の規定による運転免許 自動三輪車免許 普通自動車免許 第一種原動機付自転車免許 原動機付自転車免許 第二種原動機付自転車免許 自動二輪車免許 自動三輪車第二種免許 普通自動車第二種免許 自動三輪車に係る仮運転免許 普通自動車に係る仮運転免許 suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-1 A driver's license as set forth in the left-hand column of the following Table under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment under Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") is deemed to be a driver's license as set forth in the corresponding right-hand column of that Table under the Road Traffic Act after its amendment under that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"). Driver's license under the Former Act Driver's license under the New Act Motorized three-wheeled vehicle license Standard motor vehicle license Class 1 motorized bicycles license Motorized bicycles license Class 2 motorized bicycles license Motorcycles license Class 2 motorized three-wheeled motor vehicles license Class 2 standard motor vehicles license Provisional motorized three-wheeled vehicles license Provisional standard motor vehicles license Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第一条の規定の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に旧法の規定によつてした運転免許に係る処分又は手続で前項の表の上欄に掲げる運転免許に係るものは、新法の相当規定によりそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる運転免許に係る処分又は手続としてされたものとみなす。 suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-2 A 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第二項（自動三輪車免許等に関する経過規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項第三号（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13