# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) - 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（三年経過後における軽自動車免許及び自動三輪車免許に関する経過規定） — address `suppl-3401-96/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-5 - 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. --- ### 第五条（三年経過後における軽自動車免許及び自動三輪車免許に関する経過規定） — (Interim Provisions for Light Motor Vehicle Licenses and Motorized Three-Wheeled Vehicle Licenses Three Years After the Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3401-96/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-5 **第一項** 施行日から三年を経過する際における運転免許で次の表の上欄に掲げるものは、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる運転免許とみなす。 従前の運転免許 第二条の規定による改正後の道路交通法（以下「三年後の新法」という。）の規定による運転免許 軽自動車免許 普通自動車免許 軽自動車に係る仮運転免許 普通自動車に係る仮運転免許 suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-1 Once three years have passed since the effective date, a driver's license as set forth in the left-hand column of the following Table is deemed to be a driver's license as set forth in the corresponding right-hand column of that Table: Previous driver's license Driver's license under the Road Traffic Act after its revision under Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act after three years") Light motor vehicle license Standard motor vehicles license Provisional driver's license for light motor vehicles Provisional driver's license for standard motor vehicles Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 施行日から三年を経過した日前に従前の規定によつてした運転免許に係る処分又は手続で前項の表の上欄に掲げる運転免許に係るものは、三年後の新法の相当規定によりそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる運転免許に係る処分又は手続としてされたものとみなす。 suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-2 A measure or process involving a driver's license as set forth in the left-hand column of the Table that follows the preceding paragraph which is taken or undertaken pursuant to the provisions in place before the date that comes after the final day in the three-year period following the effective date is deemed to be a measure or process involving a driver's license as set forth in the corresponding right-hand column of the same Table which has been taken or undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act after three years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第五条第二項（三年経過後における軽自動車免許及び自動三輪車免許に関する経過規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3401-96/art-5/par-2 --- ## 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