# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4191-90/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4191-90/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 目次の改正規定、第十条の改正規定、第十五条の改正規定、第五十一条の改正規定（同条第一項中「第四十九条第二項」を「第四十九条第一項」に改める部分を除く。）、第五十一条の二の次に一条を加える改正規定、第五十一条の三の改正規定、第五十一条の十二第七項の改正規定、第六十三条の四の改正規定、第六十三条の九の次に一条を加える改正規定、第七十一条第五号の四の改正規定、第七十一条の三の改正規定、第七十一条の五の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第七十二条の二第三項の改正規定、第七十四条の三第一項の改正規定、第七十五条の八第二項の改正規定、第百八条の四第三項第一号の改正規定、第百八条の二十六の改正規定、第百八条の二十九第二項の改正規定、第百八条の三十二第二項第六号の改正規定、第百十条の二第三項の改正規定、第百十三条の三の改正規定、第百十七条の四第一号の改正規定（同号中「第五十一条の十二」を「第五十一条の三（車両移動保管関係事務の委託）第二項、第五十一条の十二」に改める部分に限る。）、第百十七条の五第三号の改正規定（「第五十一条の三（指定車両移動保管機関）第四項、」を削る部分に限る。）及び第百二十一条第一項第九号の三の改正規定並びに次条、附則第三条及び第十一条の規定　公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-1 provisions amending the table of contents, provisions amending Article 10, provisions amending Article 15, provisions amending Article 51 (other than the part that amends the phrase "Article 49, paragraph (2)" in paragraph (1) of that Article to read "Article 49, paragraph (1)"), amending provisions that add one Article after Article 51-2, provisions amending Article 51-3, provisions amending Article 51-12, paragraph (7), provisions amending Article 63-4, amending provisions that add one Article after Article 63-9, provisions amending Article 71, item (v)-4, provisions amending Article 71-3, provisions amending Article 71-5, amending provisions that add one Article after that Article, provisions amending Article 72-2, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 74-3, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 75-8, paragraph (2), provisions amending Article 108-4, paragraph (3), item (i), provisions amending Article 108-26, provisions amending Article 108-29, paragraph (2), provisions amending Article 108-32, paragraph (2), item (vi), provisions amending Article 110-2, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 113-3, provisions amending Article 117-4, item (i) (but only the part that amends the phrase "Article 51-12" in that item to read "Article 51-3 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Involved in Moving and Storing Vehicles), paragraph (2), Article 51-12"), provisions amending Article 117-5, item (iii) (but only the part that deletes the phrase "Article 51-3 (Designated Organization for Moving and Storing Vehicles), paragraph (4)"), provisions amending Article 121, paragraph (1), item (ix)-3, and the following Article and Articles 3 and 11 of the Supplementary Provisions:within one year of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes; #(Effective June 1, 2008 under Cabinet Order No. 148 of 2008)#; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第六十四条の改正規定、第七十五条第一項第一号の改正規定、第八十八条第一項の改正規定、第九十条の改正規定、第九十六条第六項の改正規定、第九十六条の三の改正規定、第九十七条の二第一項の改正規定、第百一条の三第一項の改正規定、第百一条の四の改正規定、第百二条の改正規定、第百三条の改正規定、第百三条の二の改正規定（同条第一項に係る部分を除く。）、第百四条の改正規定、第百四条の二の改正規定、第百四条の二の三の改正規定、第百四条の三第一項の改正規定、第百六条の改正規定、第百六条の二の改正規定、第百七条第三項の改正規定、第百七条の五の改正規定、第百七条の六の改正規定、第百七条の七第一項の改正規定、第百八条の付記の改正規定、第百八条の二の改正規定、第百十二条第一項の改正規定、第百十三条の二の改正規定、第百十七条の四第一号の改正規定（同号中「第五十一条の十二」を「第五十一条の三（車両移動保管関係事務の委託）第二項、第五十一条の十二」に改める部分を除く。）、第百十七条の五第三号の改正規定（「第百八条（免許関係事務の委託）第二項、」を削る部分に限る。）及び第百二十一条第一項第九号の改正規定並びに附則第四条から第六条まで及び第十条の規定　公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions amending Article 64, provisions amending Article 75, paragraph (1), item (i), provisions amending Article 88, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 90, provisions amending Article 96, paragraph (6), provisions amending Article 96-3, provisions amending Article 97-2, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 101-3, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 101-4, provisions amending Article 102, provisions amending Article 103, provisions amending Article 103-2 (other than the part with a bearing on paragraph (1) of that Article), provisions amending Article 104, provisions amending Article 104-2, provisions amending Article 104-2-3, provisions amending Article 104-3, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 106, provisions amending Article 106-2, provisions amending Article 107, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 107-5, provisions amending Article 107-6, provisions amending Article 107-7, paragraph (1), provisions amending the Supplementary Note of Article 108, provisions amending Article 108-2, provisions amending Article 112, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 113-2, provisions amending Article 117-4, item (i) (other than the part that amends the phrase "Article 51-12" in that item to read "Article 51-3 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Involved in Moving and Storing Vehicles), paragraph (2), Article 51-12"), provisions amending Article 117-5, item (iii) (but only the part that deletes the phrase "Article 108 (Asking Others to Handle Administrative Processes Involved in Licensing), paragraph (2)"), provisions amending Article 121, paragraph (1), item (ix), and Articles 4 through 6 and Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions:within two years of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4191-90/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-2 - suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三条 → 道路交通法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4191-90/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-3 - suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第四条から第六条まで → 道路交通法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4191-90/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4 - suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第四条から第六条まで → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4191-90/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-5 - suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第四条から第六条まで → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4191-90/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-6 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（保管車両等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第三条第一項（車両移動保管事務に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第三条第二項（車両移動保管事務に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-2 - 道路交通法 附則第三条第三項（車両移動保管事務に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-3 - 道路交通法 附則第三条第四項（車両移動保管事務に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-3/par-4 - 道路交通法 附則第四条第一項（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第十二条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-12/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-018, translated 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