# 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-5081-52`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-5081-52
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-5081-52
- 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 令和八年七月一日法律第五二号
<sup>suppl-5081-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-5081-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-5081-52</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。
<sup>suppl-5081-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-5081-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-5081-52/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行前にした行為の処罰については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5081-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/suppl-5081-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/suppl-5081-52/par-2</sup>
With regard to the punishment of 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