# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56)

- 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: 第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56)（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — address `suppl-4171-77/art-56`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-77/art-56
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-77/art-56
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### 第五十六条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-77/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-77/art-56</sup>

**第一項**  附則第三条から第二十七条まで、第三十六条及び第三十七条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4171-77/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-77/art-56/par-1</sup>
Beyond as prescribed in Articles 3 through 27 of this Act, and Articles 36 and 37 of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary transitional measures to bring this Act into force (including transitional measures for penal provisions).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4171-77/art-1/par-1/item-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
