# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": 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-3371-161` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和三七年九月一五日法律第一六一号 suppl-3371-161 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161 **第一項** この法律は、昭和三十七年十月一日から施行する。 suppl-3371-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-1 This Act comes into force on October 1, 1962. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律による改正後の規定は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分、この法律の施行前にされた申請に係る行政庁の不作為その他この法律の施行前に生じた事項についても適用する。ただし、この法律による改正前の規定によつて生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-3371-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-2 Except as otherwise provided by these Supplementary Provisions, provisions amended by this Act apply to measures taken by an administrative agency before this Act comes into force, to inaction by an administrative agency with respect to an application filed before this Act comes into force, and to any other event arising before this Act comes into force; provided, however, that this does not interfere with the effect arising pursuant to these provisions before their amendment under this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に提起された訴願、審査の請求、異議の申立てその他の不服申立て（以下「訴願等」という。）については、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。この法律の施行前にされた訴願等の裁決、決定その他の処分（以下「裁決等」という。）又はこの法律の施行前に提起された訴願等につきこの法律の施行後にされる裁決等にさらに不服がある場合の訴願等についても、同様とする。 suppl-3371-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-3 Even after this Act comes into force, prior laws continue to govern a petition, request for review, objection, or other appeal (hereinafter referred to as a "petition or other appeal") filed before this Act comes into force. The same applies to a determination, decision, or other disposition (hereinafter referred to as "decision or other disposition") on a petition or other appeal that has been filed before this Act comes into force, and also applies to any petition or other appeal in the event of further dissatisfaction with a decision or other disposition that has been reached after this Act comes into force on a petition or other appeal filed before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項に規定する訴願等で、この法律の施行後は行政不服審査法による不服申立てをすることができることとなる処分に係るものは、同法以外の法律の適用については、行政不服審査法による不服申立てとみなす。 suppl-3371-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-4 To apply laws other than the Administrative Appeals Act, a petition or other appeal as prescribed in the preceding paragraph respecting a disposition against which an appeal under the Administrative Appeal Act is permitted to be filed after this Act comes into force is deemed to be an appeal under the Administrative Appeal Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の規定によりこの法律の施行後にされる審査の請求、異議の申立てその他の不服申立ての裁決等については、行政不服審査法による不服申立てをすることができない。 suppl-3371-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-5 An appeal under the Administrative Appeals Act may not be filed against a decision or other disposition reached pursuant to paragraph (3) after this Act comes into force respecting a request for review, objection, or other appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** この法律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分で、この法律による改正前の規定により訴願等をすることができるものとされ、かつ、その提起期間が定められていなかつたものについて、行政不服審査法による不服申立てをすることができる期間は、この法律の施行の日から起算する。 suppl-3371-161/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-6 The period during which an appeal may be filed under the Administrative Appeals Act in respect of an administrative agency disposition reached before this Act comes into force against which it was permissible to file a petition or other appeal pursuant to the applicable provisions prior to their amendment by this Act and for which no filing period has been prescribed begins to run on the date that this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 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。 suppl-3371-161/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-8 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 前八項に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-3371-161/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-9 Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding eight paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary transitional measures related to bringing this Act into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3371-161/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3371-161/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-3 - suppl-3371-161/par-5: 第三項 → 道路交通法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3371-161/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-3 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (1)), suppl-3371-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-1 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3371-161/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-2 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3371-161/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-3 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (4)), suppl-3371-161/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-4 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5)), suppl-3371-161/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-5 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (6)), suppl-3371-161/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-6 - suppl-3371-161/par-9: 前八項 → 道路交通法 附則第八項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (8)), suppl-3371-161/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-8 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-4 - 道路交通法 附則第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-5 - 道路交通法 附則第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3371-161/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3371-161/par-9 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13