# 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)（免許等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4091-41/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-4091-41/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/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（免許等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4091-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に改正前の道路交通法（以下「旧法」という。）第九十条第一項ただし書の規定による免許の拒否の基準、同条第三項の規定による免許の取消しの基準又は旧法第百三条第二項若しくは第四項の規定による免許の取消しの基準に該当したことを理由としてこれらの処分を受けた者に対するその者が免許を受けることができない期間の指定については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the fixing of the period during which a person is not permitted to hold a license after that person becomes subject to measures, if that person has had a license denied or revoked because of circumstances that, before the date on which this Act comes into force (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"), fall under the criteria for denial of a license under the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act"), the criteria for revocation of a license under paragraph (3) of that Article, or the criteria for revocation of a license under Article 103, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Former Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 施行日前にした行為については、改正後の道路交通法（次項及び次条を除き、以下「新法」という。）第九十条第一項第二号及び第三号、同条第四項（同条第一項第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）、新法第百三条第二項第三号及び第四号、同条第四項（同条第二項第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。）並びに新法第百六条の二第二項（新法第百三条第二項第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2 The Road Traffic Act after its amendment (other than the following paragraph and following Article, hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), Article 90, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii), paragraph (4) of that Article (but only the parts with a bearing on paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii) of that Article), Article 103, paragraph (2), items (iii) and (iv) of the New Act, paragraph (4) of that Article (but only the parts with a bearing on paragraph (2), items (iii) and (iv) of that Article), and Article 106-2, paragraph (2) of the New Act (but only the parts with a bearing on Article 103, paragraph (2), items (iii) and (iv) of the New Act) do not apply to conduct in which a person engages before the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行の際現に交付されている免許証及び施行日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-4091-41/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-3 Prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license issued by the time this Act comes into force, and to govern the valid period of a license that is renewed after the effective date, if the first day of its 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 **第四項** 施行日前に旧法第百七条の五第一項の規定又は同条第八項において準用する旧法第百三条第四項の規定による自動車等の運転の禁止の基準に該当したことを理由として自動車等の運転の禁止をする場合における当該禁止の期間については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-4 Prior laws continue to govern the period during which a person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle based on circumstances that, before the effective date, fall under criteria for prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle under Article 107-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, or Article 103, paragraph (4) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (8) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 次項 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)), suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-3 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 次条 → 道路交通法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4091-41/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-3 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 第九十条第一項第二号 → 道路交通法 第九十条第一項第二号 (Article 90, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-90/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 第三号 → 道路交通法 第九十条第一項第三号 (Article 90, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-90/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 同条第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十条第四項 (Article 90, paragraph (4)), art-90/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-4 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 新法第百三条第二項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第二項第三号 (Article 103, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-103/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2/item-3 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 第四号 → 道路交通法 第百三条第二項第四号 (Article 103, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-103/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-2/item-4 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 同条第四項 → 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-4091-41/art-2/par-2: 新法第百六条の二第二項 → 道路交通法 第百六条の二第二項 (Article 106-2, paragraph (2)), art-106-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-106-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-106-2/par-2 - suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-3: 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 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第二項（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-2/par-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