# 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-3421-126` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和四二年八月一日法律第一二六号 suppl-3421-126 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126 **第一項** この法律の規定は、次の各号に掲げる区分に従い、当該各号に掲げる日から施行する。 suppl-3421-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1 For the categories set forth in each of the following items, the provisions of this Act come into force on the dates set forth therein: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一条の規定中道路交通法目次の改正規定（「第百十四条」を改める部分に限る。）、同法第七十五条の四の改正規定及び同法第百十四条の次に一条を加える改正規定　この法律の公布の日 suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-1 Article 1 provisions amending the table of contents of the Road Traffic Act (but only the part amending "Article 114"), provisions amending Article 75-4 of that Act, and amending provisions that add one Article after Article 114 of that Act:the day of promulgation of this Act; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一条の規定（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。次項から附則第五項までにおいて同じ。）及び次項から附則第五項までの規定　この法律の公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日 suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2 Article 1 (other than the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item; the same applies in the following paragraph through paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions) and the following paragraph through paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions:the date after the final day in the three-month period following the promulgation of this Act; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二条並びに附則第六項から第十一項まで、第十三項及び第十四項の規定　昭和四十三年七月一日 suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-3 Article 2, and paragraphs (6) through (11), and paragraphs (13) and (14) of the Supplementary Provisions:July 1, 1968; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第三条及び附則第十二項の規定　道路交通法の一部を改正する法律（昭和四十年法律第九十六号）第二条の規定の施行の日（昭和四十三年九月一日） suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-4 Article 3, and paragraph (12) of the Supplementary Provisions:the effective date of Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 96 of 1965); (September 1, 1968). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第一条の規定の施行の際現に大型自動車免許（以下「大型免許」という。）を受けている者で、大型免許、普通自動車免許又は大型特殊自動車免許によつて運転することができる自動車の運転の経験の期間が通算して二年に達しているものは、同条の規定による改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）第八十五条第五項の規定の適用については、これらの自動車の運転の経験の期間が通算して三年に達しているものとみなす。 suppl-3421-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-2 To apply Article 85, paragraph (5) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment by Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") a person holding a large motor vehicle license (hereinafter referred to as an "L-MVL") at the time Article 1 comes into force, and who has a total of two years of experience in driving the motor vehicles that a person is permitted to drive with an L-MVL, standard motor vehicle license, or special large motor vehicle license is deemed to have a total of three years of experience in driving these motor vehicles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一条の規定の施行の際現に大型免許を受けている者及び大型免許の運転免許試験に合格して大型免許を受けていない者に係る大型自動車の運転及び大型免許については、新法第八十五条第六項及び第八十八条第一項第一号の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3421-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-3 Notwithstanding Article 85, paragraph (6) and Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the driving of large motor vehicles and L-MVLs, as regards persons who, at the time Article 1 comes into force, hold L-MVLs, and as regards persons who have passed a driver's license test for an L-MVL but have not received an L-MVL as of the time that Article comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 新法第百三条の二第一項の規定は、第一条の規定の施行前に交通事故を起こした者で当該交通事故に関し同項各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたものについては、適用しない。 suppl-3421-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-4 Article 103-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act does not apply to a person who has a motor vehicle accident before Article 1 comes into force and who has come to fall under one of the items of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一条の規定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-3421-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-5 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before Article 1 comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第二条の規定による改正後の道路交通法第九章及び別表の規定は、同条の規定の施行前にした行為については、適用しない。 suppl-3421-126/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-6 Chapter IX of the Road Traffic Act and the Schedule after their amendment by Article 2 do not apply to conduct in which a person engages before that Article comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第三条の規定の施行前にした軽自動車に係る反則行為は、同条の規定による改正後の道路交通法第九章及び別表の規定の適用については、普通自動車に係る反則行為とみなす。 suppl-3421-126/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-7 To apply Chapter IX of the Road Traffic Act and the Schedule after their amendment by Article 3, a violation involving a light motor vehicle committed before Article 3 comes into force is deemed to be a violation involving a standard motor vehicle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 道路交通法 附則第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-1 - suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2: 次項から附則第五項まで → 道路交通法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3421-126/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-2 - suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2: 次項から附則第五項まで → 道路交通法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3421-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-3 - suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2: 次項から附則第五項まで → 道路交通法 附則第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (4)), suppl-3421-126/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-4 - suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2: 次項から附則第五項まで → 道路交通法 附則第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (5)), suppl-3421-126/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-5 - suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-3: 附則第六項から第十一項まで → 道路交通法 附則第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (6)), suppl-3421-126/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-6 - suppl-3421-126/par-2: 第八十五条第五項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第五項 (Article 85, paragraph (5)), art-85/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-5 - suppl-3421-126/par-3: 新法第八十五条第六項 → 道路交通法 第八十五条第六項 (Article 85, paragraph (6)), art-85/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-85/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-85/par-6 - suppl-3421-126/par-3: 第八十八条第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第八十八条第一項第一号 (Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-88/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-1/item-1 - suppl-3421-126/par-4: 新法第百三条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項 (Article 103-2, paragraph (1)), art-103-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 附則第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3421-126/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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