# 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) — address `suppl-4051-43/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-4051-43/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条 suppl-4051-43/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に交付されている免許証及びこの法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後に更新された免許証であって当該更新に係る道路交通法第百一条第一項に規定する更新期間の初日が施行日前であるものの有効期間については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license issued by the time this Act comes into force, and also governs a license renewed after the date on which this Act comes into force (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"), if the first day of that renewal period, as prescribed in Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act, falls before the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 施行日から二年間は、新法第九十二条の二第一項の表の備考一の２中「継続して免許（仮免許を除く。）を受けている期間が五年以上である者であつて、自動車等の運転に関しこの法律及びこの法律に基づく命令の規定並びにこの法律の規定に基づく処分の遵守の状況が優良な者として政令で定める基準に適合するもの」とあるのは、「継続して免許（仮免許を除く。）を受けている期間が政令で定める期間以上である者であつて、自動車等の運転に関しこの法律及びこの法律に基づく命令の規定並びにこの法律の規定に基づく処分の遵守の状況が優良な者として政令で定める基準に適合するもの」とする。 suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-2 For two years after the effective date, the phrase "a person who has held a license (other than provisional licenses) for at least five years continuously by the date of renewal or reference date and for a continuous period of at least five years, and who meets the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes as a person with an exemplary record of observing the provisions of this Act, Orders based on this Act, and measures based on this Act, with respect to the driving of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles" in Note (i), 2. of the Table of Article 92-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "a person who has held a license (other than a provisional license) for a period longer than the period that Cabinet Order prescribes and who meets the criteria that Cabinet Order prescribes as a person with an exemplary record of observing the provisions of this Act, Orders based on this Act, and measures based on this Act, with respect to the driving of motor vehicles and motorized bicycles". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4051-43/art-3/par-1: 道路交通法第百一条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-101/par-1 --- ## 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