# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号
- English title "Road Transport Vehicle Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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-3291-97`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97
- 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.

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## 附　則 昭和二九年五月一五日法律第九七号
<sup>suppl-3291-97 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行期日は、公布の日から起算して六箇月をこえない範囲内において、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-3291-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-1</sup>
The effective date of this Act is to be specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  この法律の施行の際現に道路運送車両法により所有権の登録を受けている建設機械については、その登録がある間は、なお、従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3291-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-4</sup>
With regard to construction machinery for which registration of ownership has been made under the Road Transport Vehicle Act at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern while that registration exists.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  国土交通大臣は、附則第四項に規定する建設機械については、道路運送車両法第十五条の規定による永久抹消登録、同法第十五条の二第二項の規定による輸出抹消仮登録又は同法第十六条第一項の申請に基づく一時抹消登録をするまでは、第四条の規定による打刻をすることができない。
<sup>suppl-3291-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-6</sup>
With regard to the construction machinery prescribed in paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may not carry out the stamping under Article 4 until permanent cancellation of registration under Article 15 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act, provisional cancellation of registration for export under Article 15-2, paragraph (2) of that Act, or temporary cancellation of registration based on an application under Article 16, paragraph (1) of that Act has been made.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3291-97/par-6: 附則第四項 → 道路運送車両法 附則第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (4)), suppl-3291-97/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-4
- suppl-3291-97/par-6: 道路運送車両法第十五条 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15
- suppl-3291-97/par-6: 同法第十五条の二第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第二項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (2)), art-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-2
- suppl-3291-97/par-6: 同法第十六条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 附則第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-6

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-037, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
