# 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-4131-51/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-4131-51/art-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4131-51/art-6
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-4131-51/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4131-51/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4131-51/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にした行為に係る免許を受けた者（国際運転免許証又は外国運転免許証を所持する者を含む。）に対する警察署長による免許の効力の停止（自動車等の運転の禁止を含む。）については、新法第百三条の二第一項（新法第百七条の五第九項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4131-51/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4131-51/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4131-51/art-6/par-1</sup>
Notwithstanding Article 103-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) of the New Act), prior laws continue to govern the chief of a police station's suspension of a licensee's license (including a chief's prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle) (including a person with an International Driving Permit or foreign driver's license) in connection with conduct that the licensee engages in before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4131-51/art-6/par-1: 新法第百三条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項 (Article 103-2, paragraph (1)), art-103-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1
- suppl-4131-51/art-6/par-1: 新法第百七条の五第九項 → 道路交通法 第百七条の五第九項 (Article 107-5, paragraph (9)), art-107-5/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-5/par-9

## Cited by

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

- 道路交通法 附則第十条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4131-51/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4131-51/art-10/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
