# 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-3451-86` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86 - 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. 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 昭和四五年五月二一日法律第八六号 suppl-3451-86 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-3451-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-1 This Act comes into force within three months of its promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行前に改正前の道路交通法（以下「旧法」という。）第五十一条第二項の規定により行なつた措置に要した費用については、改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）第五十一条第七項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3451-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-2 Article 51, paragraph (7) of the post-amendment Road Traffic Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") does not apply to the expenses required for measures undertaken pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Road Traffic Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に旧法第九十条第一項ただし書の規定による運転免許（以下「免許」という。）の拒否の基準、同条第三項の規定による免許の取消しの基準又は旧法第百三条第二項若しくは第四項の規定による免許の取消しの基準に該当したことを理由とするこれらの処分を受けた後に免許を与えない期間については、新法第八十八条第一項第五号及び第六号、第九十条第四項並びに第百三条第六項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-3 Notwithstanding Article 88, paragraph (1), items (v) and (vi), Article 90, paragraph (4), and Article 103, paragraph (6) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the period during which a license is not given after a person has become subject to measures, if that person has had a driver's license as under the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Former Act (hereinafter referred to as a "license") denied or revoked because of circumstances that, before this Act comes into force, fall under the criteria for denial, the criteria for revocation of a license under paragraph (3) of that Article, or the criteria for revocation of a license under Article 103, paragraph (2) or (4) of the Former Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律の施行前に旧法第百七条の五第一項の規定又は同条第八項において準用する旧法第百三条第四項の規定による自動車等の運転の禁止の基準に該当したことを理由とする自動車等の運転の禁止の期間については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-4 Prior laws continue to govern the period during which a person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle because of circumstances that, before this Act comes into force, fall under the criteria for prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle as under Article 103, paragraph (4) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, or paragraph (8) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この法律の施行前に交通事故を起こしたことを理由とする新法第百三条の二第一項第三号（新法第百七条の五第九項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による仮停止又は仮禁止については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-86/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-5 Prior laws continue to govern a provisional suspension or provisional prohibition under Article 103-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) of the New Act) that has been imposed due to the person's having caused a motor vehicle accident before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 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-3451-86/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-6 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 **第七項** この法律の施行前にした反則行為に関する処理手続については、新法第九章の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3451-86/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3451-86/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3451-86/par-7 Notwithstanding Chapter IX of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern procedures for handling violations committed before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3451-86/par-2: 第五十一条第七項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条第七項 (Article 51, paragraph (7)), art-51/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51/par-7 - suppl-3451-86/par-3: 第九十条第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十条第四項 (Article 90, paragraph (4)), art-90/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-90/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-90/par-4 - suppl-3451-86/par-3: 第百三条第六項 → 道路交通法 第百三条第六項 (Article 103, paragraph (6)), art-103/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103/par-6 - suppl-3451-86/par-5: 新法第百三条の二第一項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項第三号 (Article 103-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-103-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1/item-3 - suppl-3451-86/par-5: 新法第百七条の五第九項 → 道路交通法 第百七条の五第九項 (Article 107-5, paragraph (9)), art-107-5/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-107-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-5/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