# 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-4111-66`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4111-66
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4111-66
- 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 平成一一年六月四日法律第六六号
<sup>suppl-4111-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4111-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4111-66</sup>

**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。
<sup>suppl-4111-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4111-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4111-66/par-1</sup>
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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  改正後の道路運送車両法第六十一条第二項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、この法律の施行の日以後に初めて同法第六十条第一項又は第七十一条第四項の規定により自動車検査証の交付を受けた自動車について適用する。
<sup>suppl-4111-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4111-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4111-66/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 61, paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act after the amendment apply to a motor vehicle for which a motor vehicle inspection certificate has been issued for the first time, on or after the day this Act comes into effect, pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1) or Article 71, paragraph (4) of that Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261013T120733-042, 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
