# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) — address `suppl-4071-74/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-6
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-4071-74/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧法二輪免許に係る運転免許試験に合格して旧法二輪免許を受けていない者は、当該旧法二輪免許により運転することができる旧法自動二輪車を普通自動二輪車に相当するものに限定して行われた当該運転免許試験に合格した者については普通自動二輪車免許に係る運転免許試験に合格した者と、それ以外の旧法二輪免許に係る運転免許試験に合格した者については大型自動二輪車免許に係る運転免許試験に合格した者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4071-74/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-6/par-1</sup>
A person who has passed a driver's license test for a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act as of the time this Act comes into force but who has not received a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act is deemed to have passed the driver's license test for a standard motorcycle license if that person has passed a driver's license test that was conducted under the premise that the motorcycles as referred to in the Former Act that the person would be permitted to drive with the motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act would be restricted to those that are equivalent to standard motorcycles, and is deemed to have passed the driver's license test for a large motorcycle license if that person has passed a driver's license test for a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act other than one conducted under that premise.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路交通法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-7/par-1

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## 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
