# 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-5011-20/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-5011-20/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/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: machine translation, not official suppl-5011-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、道路運送車両法の一部を改正する法律（令和元年法律第十四号）の施行の日から施行する。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-5011-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Road Transport Vehicle Act (Act No. 14 of 2019); provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 附則第五条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official **二** 第一条並びに次条から附則第四条まで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-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-2 Article 1, the following Article through Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Articles 6 through 8 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第五条 → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-5011-20/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-5 - suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次条から附則第四条まで → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5011-20/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-2 - suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次条から附則第四条まで → 道路交通法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5011-20/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-3 - suppl-5011-20/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次条から附則第四条まで → 道路交通法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5011-20/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（免許の効力の仮停止等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第三条第一項（運転経歴証明書の交付の申請に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-3/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第四条第一項（反則行為に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/suppl-5011-20/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5011-20/art-4/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