# 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)（機構の定款の変更） — address `suppl-3621-40/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-3621-40/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-2
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### 第二条（機構の定款の変更） — Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of the Organization
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3621-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  小型船舶検査機構（次条及び附則第四条において「機構」という。）は、この法律の施行の日までに、必要な定款の変更をし、運輸大臣の認可を受けるものとする。
<sup>suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1</sup>
The Small Craft Inspection Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "Organization" in the following Article and Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions) is to make the necessary amendment of its articles of incorporation and obtain the authorization of the Minister of Transport by the date of enforcement of this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の認可があつたときは、同項に規定する定款の変更は、この法律の施行の日にその効力を生ずる。
<sup>suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-2</sup>
When the authorization under the preceding paragraph has been granted, the amendment of the articles of incorporation prescribed in that paragraph takes effect on the date of enforcement of this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1: 次条 → 道路運送車両法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-3621-40/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-3
- suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1: 附則第四条 → 道路運送車両法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-3621-40/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-4
- suppl-3621-40/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-3621-40/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-1

## Cited by

4 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-3621-40/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-1/par-1
- 道路運送車両法 附則第二条第二項（機構の定款の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-2/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 附則第四条第二項（機構の役員に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-4/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 附則第五条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3621-40/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3621-40/art-5/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-20261013T120733-040, 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
