# 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-4161-90/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-4161-90/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/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-4161-90/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-8 **第一項** 前二条に規定するもののほか、旧法の規定により旧法大型免許、旧法普通免許、旧法大型第二種免許、旧法普通第二種免許、旧法大型仮免許又は旧法普通仮免許についてした処分、手続その他の行為は、新法の相当する規定によりした処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-4161-90/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-8/par-1 Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two Articles, a measure, procedure, or other action undertaken pursuant to the Former Act in connection with an L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, class 2 L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, class 2 S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, provisional L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, or provisional S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act is deemed to be a measure, procedure, or other action undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-90/art-8/par-1: 前二条 → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4161-90/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-6 - suppl-4161-90/art-8/par-1: 前二条 → 道路交通法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4161-90/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-7 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二十五条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-25/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