# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-4271-40/art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条 suppl-4271-40/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-7 **第一項** 附則第二条の規定により準中型免許とみなされる旧法普通免許を受けている者（次項に規定する者を除く。）に対する新法第七十一条第五号の四、第七十一条の五第一項及び第百条の二第一項の規定の適用については、新法第七十一条第五号の四中「第七十一条の五第二項」とあるのは「第七十一条の五第一項」と、新法第七十一条の五第一項中「に準中型自動車免許」とあるのは「に道路交通法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十七年法律第四十号）による改正前の道路交通法（以下この項及び第百条の二第一項において「旧法」という。）の規定による普通自動車免許」と、「及び同項の普通自動車免許を現に受けており、かつ、現に受けている準中型自動車免許を受けた日前に当該普通自動車免許を受けていた期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）が通算して二年以上である者を除く」とあるのは「を除く」と、「準中型自動車の」とあるのは「旧法の規定による普通自動車に相当する自動車の」と、「準中型自動車を」とあるのは「当該自動車を」と、新法第百条の二第一項中「いう。）に当該免許に係る免許自動車等」とあるのは「いう。）に当該免許に係る免許自動車等（準中型免許にあつては、旧法の規定による普通自動車に相当する自動車。以下同じ。）」と、同項第二号中「当該免許と同一の種類の免許」とあるのは「旧法の規定による普通免許」とする。 suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1 To apply Article 71, item (v)-4, Article 71-5, paragraph (1) and Article 100-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act to a person who holds an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act that is deemed to be a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions (other than one as referred to in the following paragraph), the phrase "Article 71-5, paragraph (2)" in Article 71, item (v)-4 of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 71-5, paragraph (1)", the phrase "other than a person who has held a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license" in Article 71-5, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "other than a person who has held an S-MVL under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 40 of 2015) (referred to as 'the Former Act' in this paragraph and Article 100-2, paragraph (1))", the phrase "and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes, and other than a person who currently holds a standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph and who held that license for at least two years in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) before the day on which the person came to hold the current semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license" is deemed to be replaced with "and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes", the phrase "drive a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle" is deemed to be replaced with "drive a motor vehicle equivalent to a standard motor vehicle under the Former Act", the phrase "when driving a vehicle that the person is licensed to drive with that license" in Article 100-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "when driving a vehicle that the person is licensed to drive with that license (this means a motor vehicle equivalent to a standard motor vehicle under the Former Act in the case of an SM-MVL; the same applies hereinafter)", and the phrase "the same type of license" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "an S-MVL under the Former Act". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 附則第二条第二号に規定する限定が解除された者に対する新法第七十一条の五第一項及び第百条の二第一項の規定の適用については、新法第七十一条の五第一項中「者で、」とあるのは「者で、道路交通法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十七年法律第四十号。以下この項において「平成二十七年改正法」という。）附則第二条第二号に規定する限定が解除された日（以下この項及び第百条の二第一項において「限定解除日」という。）から」と、「当該免許を受けた日前六月以内に準中型自動車免許を受けていたことがある者その他の者で政令で定めるもの及び同項の普通自動車免許を現に受けており、かつ、現に受けている準中型自動車免許を受けた日前に当該普通自動車免許を受けていた期間（」とあるのは「限定解除日前に当該免許を受けていた期間（平成二十七年改正法の施行の日前に平成二十七年改正法による改正前の道路交通法の規定による普通自動車免許を受けていた期間及び同日以後に当該準中型自動車免許を受けていた期間（いずれも」と、「が通算して二年以上である」とあるのは「をいう。第百条の二第一項第五号において同じ。）が通算して二年以上である者その他政令で定める」と、新法第百条の二第一項中「当該免許を受けた日」とあるのは「限定解除日」と、同項第五号中「普通免許を現に受けており、かつ、当該準中型免許を受けた日前に当該普通免許」とあるのは「限定解除日前に当該免許」と、「期間（当該免許の効力が停止されていた期間を除く。）」とあるのは「期間」とする。 suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 To apply Article 71-5, paragraph (1) and Article 100-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act to a person for whom the restrictions as referred to in Article 2, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions have been lifted, the phrase "who has not held that license for at least one year in total" in Article 71-5, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "who has not held that license for at least one year in total beginning on the date on which the restriction referred to in Article 2, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 40 of 2015; referred to as the 'Amending Act of 2015' in this paragraph) is lifted (referred to as the 'date on which the restriction is lifted' in this paragraph and Article 100-2, paragraph (1))", the phrase "other than a person who has held a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license at some point within the six months before the day on which the person came to hold the current license and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes, and other than a person who currently holds a standard motor vehicle license as referred to in that paragraph and who held that license for at least two years in total (not counting any period during which the person's license was suspended) before the day on which the person came to hold the current semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license" is deemed to be replaced with "other than a person who has held those licenses (meaning that the person held an S-MVL under the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by the Amending Act of 2015 prior to the effective date of the Amending Act of 2015 and held a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license after that date (not counting any period during which either of those licenses was suspended) for at least two years in total before the date on which the restriction is lifted); the same applies in Article 100-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), and other persons that Cabinet Order prescribes" the phrase "the date on which the person is licensed" in Article 100-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which the restriction is lifted", and the phrase "a person who also holds an S-MVL, and who had held that S-MVL for a total period of at least two years before obtaining the SM-MVL (not counting any period during which that license was suspended)" in item (v) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "who has held those licenses for a total period of at least two years before the date on which the restriction is lifted". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 附則第二条 → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4271-40/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-2 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 次項 → 道路交通法 附則第七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2)), suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 新法第七十一条第五号の四 → 道路交通法 第七十一条第一項第五号の四 (Article 71, paragraph (1), item (v-4)), art-71/par-1/item-5-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71/par-1/item-5-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71/par-1/item-5-4 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 第七十一条の五第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の五第一項 (Article 71-5, paragraph (1)), art-71-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-1 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 第百条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1)), art-100-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 第七十一条の五第二項 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の五第二項 (Article 71-5, paragraph (2)), art-71-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-2 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-1: 同項第二号 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項第二号 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-100-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2: 附則第二条第二号 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4271-40/art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-2/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2: 新法第七十一条の五第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十一条の五第一項 (Article 71-5, paragraph (1)), art-71-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-71-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-71-5/par-1 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2: 第百条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1)), art-100-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1 - suppl-4271-40/art-7/par-2: 第百条の二第一項第五号 → 道路交通法 第百条の二第一項第五号 (Article 100-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-100-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-100-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-100-2/par-1/item-5 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. 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