# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28)

- 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: 第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4141-54/art-28`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-54/art-28
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-54/art-28
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第二十八条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-54/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-54/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-54/art-28</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令（以下「旧法令」という。）の規定により海運監理部長、陸運支局長、海運支局長又は陸運支局の事務所の長（以下「海運監理部長等」という。）がした許可、認可その他の処分又は契約その他の行為（以下「処分等」という。）は、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令（以下「新法令」という。）の規定により相当の運輸監理部長、運輸支局長又は地方運輸局、運輸監理部若しくは運輸支局の事務所の長（以下「運輸監理部長等」という。）がした処分等とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4141-54/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-54/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-54/art-28/par-1</sup>
A permission, approval or other disposition, or a contract or other act (hereinafter referred to as "disposition, etc.") made before this Act comes into effect by the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, the Director of a District Land Transport Office, the Director of a District Marine Transport Office, or the director of an office of a District Land Transport Office (hereinafter referred to as "Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to the amendment by this Act, or an order based on them (hereinafter referred to as "Former Laws and Regulations"), is deemed, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, to be a disposition, etc. made by the corresponding Director of the Transport Supervision Department, Director of a District Transport Office, or the director of an office of a District Transport Bureau, Transport Supervision Department, or District Transport Office (hereinafter referred to as "Director of the Transport Supervision Department, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act, or an order based on them (hereinafter referred to as "New Laws and Regulations").
<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-20261013T120733-043, 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
