# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-5011-14/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-5
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### 第五条
<sup>suppl-5011-14/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  第六号施行日前に第四条の規定による改正前の道路運送車両法（以下「第六号旧法」という。）第六十条第一項、第六十二条第二項（第六号旧法第六十三条第三項及び第六十七条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第七十一条第四項の規定又は附則第二十二条の規定による改正前の総合特別区域法第二十二条の二第三項の規定により交付され、又は返付された自動車検査証については、第六号施行日以後も、第六号新法第五十八条第二項及び第三項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5011-14/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-5/par-1</sup>
With respect to a motor vehicle inspection certificate that was issued or returned before the item (vi) Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), Article 62, paragraph (2) (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 63, paragraph (3) and Article 67, paragraph (4) of that Act) or Article 71, paragraph (4) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 4 (hereinafter referred to as the "item (vi) Former Act"), or pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Comprehensive Special Zones Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 22 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern on and after the item (vi) Effective Date as well, notwithstanding Article 58, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the item (vi) New Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5011-14/art-5/par-1: 第六号新法第五十八条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), art-58/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-58/par-2
- suppl-5011-14/art-5/par-1: 第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十八条第三項 (Article 58, paragraph (3)), art-58/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-58/par-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 附則第一条第一項第六号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5011-14/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5011-14/art-1/par-1/item-6

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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-20261013T124808-001, 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
