# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第百六十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 160) - 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: 第百六十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 160)（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4111-87/art-160` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-160 - 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. --- ### 第百六十条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Measures, Applications, and Other Actions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4111-87/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-160 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び附則第百六十三条において同じ。）の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）で、この法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、附則第二条から前条までの規定又は改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後における改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。 suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 To apply the relevant Acts after their amendment on or after the effective date of this Act, except for Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article and the provisions on transitional measures in the relevant Acts after their amendment (including orders thereunder), a measure or any other such action regarding something such as permission that is taken, pursuant to one of the relevant Acts before its amendment, before this Act comes into force (for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, this means before those provisions come into force; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "measure or other such action") or an application or any other such action regarding something such as permission that is undertaken, pursuant to one of the relevant Acts before its amendment, by the time this Act comes into force (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other such action") which involves an administrative process that will start to be carried out by a different person on the day on which this Act comes into force, is deemed to be a measure or other such action or an application or other such action that is taken or undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Act after its amendment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定により国又は地方公共団体の機関に対し報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、この法律の施行の日前にその手続がされていないものについては、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、これを、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定により国又は地方公共団体の相当の機関に対して報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定を適用する。 suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-2 Beyond as otherwise provided for in this Act and Cabinet Order based hereupon, information that, before this Act comes into force, a person must report to, file with, submit to, or otherwise process with the national government or a local government entity pursuant to the relevant Acts before their amendment, but that has not been processed before the date on which this Act comes into force, is deemed to be information that a person must report to, file with, submit to, or otherwise process with the national government or corresponding entity of the local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Acts after their amendment but that has not been processed, and the relevant Acts after their amendment by this Act apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1: 附則第一条 → 道路交通法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4111-87/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-1 - suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 附則第百六十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 160), suppl-4111-87/art-160 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-160 - suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1: 附則第百六十三条 → 道路交通法 附則第百六十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 163), suppl-4111-87/art-163 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-163 - suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第百五十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 159), suppl-4111-87/art-159 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-159 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 附則第百六十条第一項（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4111-87/art-160/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