# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-4071-74/art-8` - 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-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条 suppl-4071-74/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-8 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に附則第二条第一項の規定により大型自動二輪車免許とみなされる旧法二輪免許を受けている者に関する新法第百条の二第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「（以下「免許自動車等」という。）」とあるのは「（道路交通法の一部を改正する法律（平成七年法律第七十四号。以下この項において「改正法」という。）附則第二条第一項の規定により大型自動二輪車免許とみなされる免許については、大型自動二輪車及び普通自動二輪車。以下「免許自動車等」という。）」とし、同項第二号中「政令で定めるものを含み」とあるのは「政令で定めるものを含み、かつ、改正法附則第二条第一項の規定により大型自動二輪車免許とみなされる免許については同項の規定により普通自動二輪車免許とみなされる免許を含み」とする。 suppl-4071-74/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-8/par-1 To apply Article 100-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act to a person who, at time this Act comes into force, holds a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act that is deemed to be a large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "(hereinafter referred to as a 'vehicle the person is licensed to drive')" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "with regard to the license which is deemed to be the large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 74 of 1995; hereinafter referred to as the 'Amending Act'), the large motor vehicles and standard motor vehicles; hereinafter referred to as a 'vehicle the person is licensed to drive')", and the phrase "including licenses that Cabinet Order prescribes" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "including licenses that Cabinet Order prescribes, and with regard to a license that is deemed to be a large motorcycle license pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, including a license which is deemed to be a standard motorcycle license pursuant to that paragraph". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4071-74/art-8/par-1: 附則第二条第一項 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-74/art-8/par-1: 新法第百条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1)), art-100-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-74/art-8/par-1: 同項第二号 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項第二号 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-100-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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