# 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-4291-40`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40
- 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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They are never merged and never substituted for one another.

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## 附　則 平成二九年五月二六日法律第四〇号
<sup>suppl-4291-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-40/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。ただし、第七十五条第七項、第七十五条の二第四項及び第七十五条の三第五項の改正規定並びに次条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4291-40/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 75, paragraph (7), Article 75-2, paragraph (4) and Article 75-3, paragraph (5), and the provisions of the following Article come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4291-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-2/par-1</sup>
Transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三条（検討） — Review
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-40/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後の道路運送車両法の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4291-40/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-3/par-1</sup>
When five years have elapsed after the enforcement of this Act, the Government is to review the state of enforcement of the Road Transport Vehicle Act as amended by this Act and, if it finds it necessary, take the necessary measures based on the results.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4291-40/art-1/par-1: 次条 → 道路運送車両法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4291-40/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4291-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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-4291-40/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4291-40/art-1/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-20261013T120733-048, 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
