# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4171-102` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-102 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-102 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一七年一〇月二一日法律第一〇二号 suppl-4171-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-102 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4171-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-102/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、郵政民営化法の施行の日から施行する。 suppl-4171-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-102/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into force on the date of enforcement of the Postal Service Privatization Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4171-102/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-102/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-102/art-117 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為、この附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第九条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧郵便為替法第三十八条の八（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第十三条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧郵便振替法第七十条（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第二十七条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧郵便振替預り金寄附委託法第八条（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第三十九条第二項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧公社法第七十条（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第四十二条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧公社法第七十一条及び第七十二条（第十五号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為並びに附則第二条第二項の規定の適用がある場合における郵政民営化法第百四条に規定する郵便貯金銀行に係る特定日前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force; to conduct in which a person engages after this Act comes into force if prior laws continue to govern that conduct pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions; to conduct in which a person engages before the loss of effect of those of the provisions of Article 38-8 of the Former Postal Money Order Act (but only the part with a bearing on items (ii) and (iii)) that remain in force pursuant to Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions even after this Act comes into force; to conduct in which a person engages before the loss of effect of those of the provisions of Article 70 of the Former Postal Transfer Act (but only the part with a bearing on items (ii) and (iii)) that remain in force pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions even after this Act comes into force; to conduct in which a person engages before the loss of effect of those of the provisions of Article 8 of the Former Postal Transfer Deposit Contribution Entrustment Act (but only the part with a bearing on item (ii)) that remain in force pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions even after this Act comes into force; to conduct in which a person engages before the loss of effect of those of the provisions of Article 70 of the Former Japan Post Public Corporation Act (but only the part with a bearing on item (ii)) that remain in force pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions even after this Act comes into force; to conduct in which a person engages before the loss of effect of those of the provisions of Article 71 and Article 72 of the Former Japan Post Public Corporation Act (but only the part with a bearing on item (v)) that remain in force pursuant to Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions even after this Act comes into force; and to conduct in which a person engages before the specified date associated with the Postal Savings Bank which is prescribed in Article 104 of the Postal Services Privatization Act, if Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions is applicable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1: 郵政民営化法第百四条 → e-Gov law 417AC0000000097, 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — not held in this collection --- ## 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