# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（第一条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-3441-68/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2
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### 第二条（第一条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Amendment under the Provisions of Article 1
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<sup>suppl-3441-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  第一条の規定の施行の際現に同条の規定による改正前の道路運送車両法（以下この条において「旧法」という。）第十一条第二項の規定により封印の取りつけの委託をしている場合における当該委託は、第一条の規定による改正後の道路運送車両法（以下この条において「新法」という。）第二十八条の三第一項の規定による封印の取りつけの委託とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-1</sup>
In the case where, at the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, a person has actually entrusted the affixing of a seal pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act prior to the amendment under the provisions of that Article (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "Former Act"), that entrustment is deemed to be an entrustment of the affixing of a seal pursuant to the provisions of Article 28-3, paragraph (1) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act after the amendment under the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "New Act").
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**第二項**  第一条の規定の施行前に旧法第六十三条第三項の規定による検査を行なうため同条第一項の規定により期間が公示され、又は通知された場合において、当該期間が第一条の規定の施行後にわたるときにおいても、当該検査については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-2</sup>
In the case where, before the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, a period was publicly notified or notified pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article for conducting an inspection under the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (3) of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern that inspection even where that period extends beyond the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect.
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**第三項**  第一条の規定の施行前に旧法第七十一条第四項の規定により交付された自動車予備検査証の有効期間については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-3</sup>
With regard to the validity period of a motor vehicle preliminary inspection certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (4) of the Former Act before the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第四項**  第一条の規定の施行の際現に旧法第八十六条第一項各号の一に該当し、かつ、検査主任者に選任されている者で、第一条の規定の施行前に旧法第八十七条の規定による届出があつたものは、新法第八十六条第一項の運輸省令で定める要件を備える者でない場合においても、第一条の規定の施行後引き続き当該事業場の検査主任者に選任されている間は、新法第八十六条第一項の運輸省令で定める要件を備える者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-4</sup>
A person who, at the time the provisions of Article 1 come into effect, actually falls under any one of the items of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Former Act and has been appointed as the chief inspector, and for whom a notification under the provisions of Article 87 of the Former Act was made before the provisions of Article 1 came into effect, is deemed to be a person who satisfies the requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of Transport under Article 86, paragraph (1) of the New Act, even where that person is not such a person, for as long as that person continues after the provisions of Article 1 come into effect to be appointed as the chief inspector of the place of business concerned.
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## Cites
- suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-1: この条 → 道路運送車両法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-3441-68/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-1/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 附則第二条第一項（第一条の規定による改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-2/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 附則第六条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3441-68/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3441-68/art-6/par-1

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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-20261013T120733-038, 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
