# 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-3591-67` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-67 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-67 - 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 昭和五九年八月一〇日法律第六七号 suppl-3591-67 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-67 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-67/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-67/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-67/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-3591-67/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-67/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-67/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第九条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-67/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-67/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-67/art-9 **第一項** この法律の施行前に、この法律による改正前の道路運送法、道路運送車両法、道路交通に関する条約の実施に伴う道路運送車両法の特例等に関する法律、土砂等を運搬する大型自動車による交通事故の防止等に関する特別措置法、タクシー業務適正化臨時措置法若しくは自動車重量税法又はこれらの法律に基づく命令の規定によりした処分、手続その他の行為は、この法律による改正後の道路運送法、道路運送車両法、道路交通に関する条約の実施に伴う道路運送車両法の特例等に関する法律、土砂等を運搬する大型自動車による交通事故の防止等に関する特別措置法、タクシー業務適正化臨時措置法若しくは自動車重量税法又はこれらの法律に基づく命令の相当規定によりした処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-3591-67/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-67/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-67/art-9/par-1 Before the enforcement of this Act, a disposition, procedure or other act done under the provisions of the Road Transportation Act, the Road Transport Vehicle Act, the Act on Special Provisions, etc. of the Road Transport Vehicle Act Accompanying Implementation of the Convention on Road Traffic, the Act on Special Measures concerning Prevention, etc. of Traffic Accidents Caused by Large-Sized Automobiles Carrying Earth, Sand, etc., the Act on Temporary Measures for Optimization of Taxi Business or the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act, as they stood before amendment by this Act, or orders based on these Acts, is deemed to be a disposition, procedure or other act done under the corresponding provisions of the Road Transportation Act, the Road Transport Vehicle Act, the Act on Special Provisions, etc. of the Road Transport Vehicle Act Accompanying Implementation of the Convention on Road Traffic, the Act on Special Measures concerning Prevention, etc. of Traffic Accidents Caused by Large-Sized Automobiles Carrying Earth, Sand, etc., the Act on Temporary Measures for Optimization of Taxi Business or the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act, as amended by this Act, or orders based on these Acts. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261013T120733-040, 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