# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（大型自動車免許等に関する特例） — address `suppl-3401-96/art-3` - 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-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（大型自動車免許等に関する特例） — (Special Rules for Large Motor Vehicle Licenses and Similar Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3401-96/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-3 **第一項** 第一条の規定の施行の際（以下「改正法の施行の際」という。）現に旧法の規定による運転免許（小型特殊自動車免許、第一種原動機付自転車免許、第二種原動機付自転車免許及び仮運転免許を除く。）を受けている者又は施行日前にこれらの運転免許に係る運転免許試験に合格したことにより同日以後にこれらの運転免許若しくはこれらに相当する新法の規定による運転免許を受けた者は、当該運転免許を受けている間（道路交通法第九十条第三項又は第百三条第二項若しくは第四項の規定により当該運転免許の効力が停止されている間を除く。）は、新法の規定による自動二輪車免許を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-1 A person holding a driver's license under the Former Act (other than a special small motor vehicle license, class 1 motorized bicycle license, class 2 motorized bicycle license, or provisional driver's license) at the time Article 1 comes into force (hereinafter referred to as "the time the Revised Act comes into force"), or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's license before the effective date and received the driver's license or the corresponding driver's license under the New Act after that date is deemed to have received a motorcycle license under the New Act during the period that the person held the former driver's license (other than any period during which it was suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (3) or Article 103, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Road Traffic Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 改正法の施行の際現に旧法の規定による大型特殊自動車免許、自動二輪車免許若しくは大型特殊自動車第二種免許を受けている者又は施行日前にこれらの運転免許に係る運転免許試験に合格したことにより同日以後にこれらの運転免許を受けた者は、当該運転免許を受けている間（道路交通法第九十条第三項又は第百三条第二項若しくは第四項の規定により当該運転免許の効力が停止されている間を除く。）は、新法の規定による軽自動車免許を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-2 A person holding a special large motor vehicle license, motorcycle license, or class 2 special large motor vehicle license under the Former Act at the time the Revised Act comes into force, or a person who has passed a driver's license test for such a driver's license before the effective date and received the driver's license after that date is deemed to have received a light motor vehicle license under the New Act during the period that the person held the former driver's license (other than the period during which it was suspended pursuant to Article 90, paragraph (3) or Article 103, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Road Traffic Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-1: 道路交通法第九十条第三項 → 道路交通法 第九十条第三項 (Article 90, paragraph (3)), art-90/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-3 - suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-1: 第百三条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2 - suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-1: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第四項 (Article 103, paragraph (4)), art-103/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-4 - suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-2: 道路交通法第九十条第三項 → 道路交通法 第九十条第三項 (Article 90, paragraph (3)), art-90/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-3 - suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-2: 第百三条第二項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2 - suppl-3401-96/art-3/par-2: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第四項 (Article 103, paragraph (4)), art-103/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-4 --- ## 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