# 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 / Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 (Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc.), 平成二十五年法律第八十六号
- English title "Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc.": Ministry of Justice translation
- 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-4251-86`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-4251-86
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-4251-86
- 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
<sup>suppl-4251-86 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-4251-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-4251-86</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-86/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-4251-86/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-4251-86/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月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-4251-86/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-4251-86/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-4251-86/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十四条（罰則の適用等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Application of Penal Provisions and Other Matters
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-86/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-4251-86/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-4251-86/art-14</sup>

**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。
<sup>suppl-4251-86/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-4251-86/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-4251-86/art-14/par-1</sup>
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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/425AC0000000086/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2965/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch dangerous-driving-act-20261011T100937-001, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 185 — 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11