# 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-4251-43` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成二五年六月一四日法律第四三号 suppl-4251-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-43/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、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-4251-43/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第一条及び附則第六条から第八条までの規定　公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 Article 1, and Articles 6 through 8 of the Supplementary Provisions:within six months of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二条中目次の改正規定（「第三十七条」を「第三十七条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、第四条第三項の改正規定、第二十条第三項の改正規定、第三十五条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第三章第六節中第三十七条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第五十三条の改正規定、第六十三条の七第一項の改正規定、第百十条の二第三項の改正規定、第百十九条第一項第二号の二の改正規定、第百二十条第一項第八号の改正規定及び第百二十一条第一項第五号の改正規定　公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions in Article 2 amending the table of contents (but only the part amending "Article 37" to read "Article 37-2"), provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 20, paragraph (3), amending provisions that add one Article after Article 35, amending provisions that add one Article after Article 37 of Chapter III, Section 6, provisions amending Article 53, provisions amending Article 63-7, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 110-2, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 119, paragraph (1), item (ii)-2, provisions amending Article 120, paragraph (1), item (viii), and provisions amending Article 121, paragraph (1), item (v):within one year and six months of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes; #(Effective September 1, 2014 under Cabinet Order No. 62 of 2014)#; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二条中第九十二条の二第一項の表の改正規定（同表の備考一の１中「第百一条第五項」を「第百一条第六項」に、「第百一条の二第三項」を「第百一条の二第四項」に、「同条第二項」を「同条第三項」に改める部分及び同表の備考一の５に係る部分を除く。）、第百六条の改正規定（「更新をし」の下に「、第百二条第六項の規定による通知をし」を加える部分に限る。）、第百七条の六の改正規定、第百八条の二第一項に一号を加える改正規定、同条第三項の改正規定、第百八条の三の三の次に二条を加える改正規定及び第百二十条第一項に一号を加える改正規定並びに次条並びに附則第四条及び第五条の規定　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-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions in Article 2 amending the Table referred to in Article 92-2, paragraph (1) (other than the part in Note 1 amending the Table to replace "Article 101, paragraph (5)" with "Article 101, paragraph (6)", "Article 101-2, paragraph (3)" with "Article 101-2, paragraph (4)", and "paragraph (2) of that Article" with "paragraph (3) of that Article", and the part with a bearing on Note 1-5 of that Table), provisions amending Article 106 (but only the part adding the phrase "notification under Article 102, paragraph (6)" after "update"), provisions amending Article 107-6, amending provisions that add one item in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), provisions amending paragraph (3) of that Article, amending provisions that add two Articles after Article 108-3-3, and amending provisions that add one item to Article 120, paragraph (1), as well as provisions of the following Article and Article 4 and Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions:within two year of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二条（免許等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2 **第一項** 前条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に交付されている免許証の有効期間については、第二条の規定による改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）第九十二条の二第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 Notwithstanding Article 92-2, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment by Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license that has been issued as of the time item (iii) of the preceding Article comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding Article 92-2, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment by Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a license that has been issued as of the time paragraph (3) of the preceding Article comes into force." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb ### 第三条 suppl-4251-43/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-3 **第一項** 新法第九十六条の三第二項の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に第二条の規定による改正前の道路交通法第八十九条第一項の規定により免許の申請をしている者については、適用しない。 suppl-4251-43/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-3/par-1 Article 96-3, paragraph (2), of the New Act does not apply to a person who has applied for a driver's license pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 2, as of time this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Article 96-3, paragraph (2), of the New Act does not apply to a person who has applied for a driver's license pursuant to Article 89, paragraph 1) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 2, as of time this Act comes into force." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb ### 第四条（国家公安委員会への報告に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Reporting to the National Public Safety Commission) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-43/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4 **第一項** 新法第百六条及び第百七条の六の規定は、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の日以後にされた新法第百二条第六項及び第百七条の四第一項後段の規定による通知について適用する。 suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 Article 106 and Article 107-6 of the New Act apply to notice under Article 102, paragraph (6) and the second sentence of Article 107-4, paragraph (1) of the New Act which is issued before the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（自転車運転者講習の受講命令に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Ordering Bicycle Riders to Undergo Training) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-43/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5 **第一項** 新法第百八条の三の四の規定は、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の日以後に自転車の運転に関し新法第百八条の三の四に規定する危険行為を反復してした者について適用する。 suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1 Article 108-3-4 of the New Act applies to a person who, when riding a bicycle, has repeatedly engaged in dangerous conduct as prescribed in Article 108-3-4 of the New Act after the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-43/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-6 **第一項** 附則第二条から前条まで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は、政令で定める。 suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1 Beyond as prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary transitional measures to bring this Act into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第六条から第八条まで → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4251-43/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-6 - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3: 次条 → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4251-43/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2 - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第四条 → 道路交通法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4251-43/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4 - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3: 第五条 → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4251-43/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5 - suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1: 前条第三号 → 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4251-43/art-3/par-1: 新法第九十六条の三第二項 → 道路交通法 第九十六条の三第二項 (Article 96-3, paragraph (2)), art-96-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-96-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-96-3/par-2 - suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1: 新法第百六条 → 道路交通法 第百六条 (Article 106), art-106 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-106 - suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1: 第百七条の六 → 道路交通法 第百七条の六 (Article 107-6), art-107-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-6 - suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1: 新法第百二条第六項 → 道路交通法 第百二条第六項 (Article 102, paragraph (6)), art-102/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-102/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-102/par-6 - suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1: 第百七条の四第一項 → 道路交通法 第百七条の四第一項 (Article 107-4, paragraph (1)), art-107-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-107-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-4/par-1 - suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1: 新法第百八条の三の四 → 道路交通法 第百八条の三の五 (Article 108-3-5), art-108-3-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-108-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-3-5 - suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4251-43/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2 - suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4251-43/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-3 - suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4251-43/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4 - suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4251-43/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite 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-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第四条第一項（国家公安委員会への報告に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第五条第一項（自転車運転者講習の受講命令に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-6/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Slips in the Ministry of Justice's English of the Road Traffic Act, corrected, written 2026-10-13 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act (道路交通法), Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act (道路交通法), Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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