# 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-4141-152` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152 - 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 平成一四年一二月一三日法律第一五二号 suppl-4141-152 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-152/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、行政手続等における情報通信の技術の利用に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）の施行の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Act on the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Administrative Procedures, etc. (Act No. 151 of 2002) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items: machine translation, not official **一及び二** 略 suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 Omitted machine translation, not official **三** 第十一条（地方税法第百五十一条の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び同法第百六十三条の改正規定に限る。）、第十九条（不動産登記法第二十一条第四項及び同法第百五十一条ノ三第七項にただし書を加える改正規定に限る。）、第二十一条（商業登記法第十三条第二項及び同法第百十三条の五第二項にただし書を加える改正規定に限る。）、第二十二条から第二十四条まで、第三十七条（関税法第九条の四の改正規定に限る。）、第三十八条、第四十四条（国税通則法第三十四条第一項の改正規定に限る。）、第四十五条、第四十八条（自動車重量税法第十条の次に一条を加える改正規定に限る。）、第五十二条、第六十九条及び第七十条の規定　この法律の公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions of Article 11 (limited to the provision amending Article 151 of the Local Tax Act, the provision adding one Article after that Article, and the provision amending Article 163 of that Act), Article 19 (limited to the provisions adding a proviso to Article 21, paragraph (4) and to Article 151-3, paragraph (7) of the Real Property Registration Act), Article 21 (limited to the provisions adding a proviso to Article 13, paragraph (2) and to Article 113-5, paragraph (2) of the Commercial Registration Act), Articles 22 through 24, Article 37 (limited to the provision amending Article 9-4 of the Customs Act), Article 38, Article 44 (limited to the provision amending Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for National Taxes), Article 45, Article 48 (limited to the provision adding one Article after Article 10 of the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act), Article 52, Article 69, and Article 70: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation of this Act. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-152/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-4 **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-4141-152/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-4/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 ### 第五条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-152/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-5 **第一項** 前三条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4141-152/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-152/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-152/art-5/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three Articles, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. 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-20261013T120733-044, 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