# 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-3381-149` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和三八年七月一五日法律第一四九号 suppl-3381-149 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3381-149/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-3381-149/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過規定） — Interim Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3381-149/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前に改正前の道路運送車両法（以下「旧法」という。）第十四条第一項の規定により申請された登録換えについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-1 With regard to a re-registration applied for pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act prior to the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により閉鎖した自動車登録原簿は、その閉鎖の日から五年間保存しなければならない。 suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-2 The motor vehicle registration ledger closed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be retained for five years from the date of its closure. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前に旧法第十四条第七項の規定により閉鎖した自動車登録原簿の保存については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-3 With regard to the retention of a motor vehicle registration ledger closed pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (7) of the Former Act before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第三条 suppl-3381-149/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に乗車定員十人以下で車両総重量八トン以上の自家用自動車を使用する者であつて第五十条第一項の規定の改正により新たに五両以上九両以下の自動車の使用の本拠につき整備管理者を選任しなければならなくなつたものは、この法律の施行の日から一年間は、改正後の道路運送車両法（以下「新法」という。）第五十一条第一項各号の一に該当しない者を当該使用の本拠における整備管理者に選任することができる。 suppl-3381-149/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-3/par-1 A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually using private-use motor vehicles with a seating capacity of 10 persons or less and a gross vehicle weight of eight tons or more, and who has newly become required, owing to the amendment of the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1), to appoint a maintenance manager for the base of operations of five or more and nine or less motor vehicles, may, for one year from the day this Act comes into effect, appoint a person who does not fall under any one of the items of Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act after the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") as the maintenance manager at that base of operations. machine translation, not official ### 第四条 suppl-3381-149/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした旧法の規定による自動車分解整備事業の認証は、運輸省令で定めるところにより、新法の規定に基づいてしたものとみなす。その認証の申請についても、同様とする。 suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-1 A certification of a motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business under the provisions of the Former Act made before this Act comes into effect is deemed to have been made on the basis of the provisions of the New Act, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Transport. The same applies to an application for such certification. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に軽自動車分解整備事業に相当する事業を経営している者は、新法第七十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、この法律の施行の日から一年間は、軽自動車分解整備事業の認証を受けたものとみなす。その者が、その期間内に新法第七十八条第一項の認証を申請した場合において、認証があつた旨又は認証をしない旨の通知を受ける日までも、同様とする。 suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually operating a business equivalent to a light motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business is, notwithstanding Article 78, paragraph (1) of the New Act, deemed to have received certification of a light motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business for one year from the day this Act comes into effect. The same applies where that person has applied for certification under Article 78, paragraph (1) of the New Act within that period, until the date on which that person receives notice that the certification has been granted or notice that the certification will not be granted. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定により軽自動車分解整備事業の認証を受けた者とみなされたものは、この法律の施行の日から一年間は、新法第八十六条第一項各号の一に該当しない者を検査主任者に選任することができる。 suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 A person deemed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph to have received certification of a light motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business may, for one year from the day this Act comes into effect, appoint a person who does not fall under any one of the items of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the New Act as the chief inspector. machine translation, not official ### 第五条 suppl-3381-149/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3381-149/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-5/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-1 - suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 附則第二条第二項（経過規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-2/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 附則第四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-038, 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