# 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-3461-98` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98 - 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 昭和四六年六月二日法律第九八号 suppl-3461-98 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3461-98/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六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。ただし、第七十四条の二に第七項を加える改正規定、第九十七条から第九十九条までの改正規定、第百一条の二の次に一条を加える改正規定、第百八条を第百八条の三とし、同条の前に二条を加える改正規定（第百八条の二第一項第一号、第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。）及び第百十二条の改正規定は、昭和四十七年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-3461-98/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provision adding paragraph (7) to Article 74-2 of the Road Traffic Act, the provisions amending Articles 97 through 99 of the Road Traffic Act, the provision adding one Article after Article 101-2 of the Road Traffic Act, the provision making Article 108 of the Road Traffic Act into Article 108-3 and adding two Articles before that Article (limited to the portions pertaining to Article 108-2, paragraph (1), items (i), (iii) and (iv) of the Road Traffic Act), and the provision amending Article 112 of the Road Traffic Act come into effect on April 1, 1972. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（交通の規制等に係る経過措置） — (Interim Measures Concerning the Regulation and Other Control of Traffic) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3461-98/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-2 **第一項** 改正前の道路交通法（以下この条において「旧法」という。）の規定に基づく交通の規制に係る禁止、制限又は指定で、この法律の施行の際現にその効力を有し、かつ、改正後の道路交通法（以下この条において「新法」という。）第四条第一項の規定に基づく交通の規制に相当するものは、当該交通の規制とみなす。 suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1 A prohibition, restriction, or specification to regulate traffic based on the Road Traffic Act before its amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "Former Act"), which is in effect at time this Act comes into force and which is equivalent to the regulation of traffic based on Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "New Act") is deemed to constitute the regulation of traffic based on those provisions of the New Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行前に旧法第五十一条第二項、第三項、第五項又は第六項の規定により行なつた措置に要した費用の徴収については、新法第五十一条第八項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-2 Article 51, paragraph (8) does not apply to the New Act to the collection of expenses required for measures taken pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (2), (3), (5), or (6) of the Former Act before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行の際現に大型自動車免許を受けている者で、大型自動車免許、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三年に達しているものの運転することができる大型自動車については、新法第八十五条第五項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-3 Notwithstanding Article 85, paragraph (5) of the New Act provisions, prior laws continue to govern large motor vehicles that may be driven by a person who, at time this Act comes into force, holds a large motor vehicle license, and who has a total of three years of experience driving motor vehicles that it is permissible to drive with a large motor vehicle license, standard motor vehicle license, or special large motor vehicle license. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（罰則に係る経過措置） — (Interim Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3461-98/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-5 **第一項** 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-3461-98/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-5/par-1 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 --- ## Cites - suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-3461-98/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-2 - suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1: 第四条第一項 → 道路交通法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-4/par-1 - suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-2: 新法第五十一条第八項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条第八項 (Article 51, paragraph (8)), art-51/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51/par-8 - suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-3: 新法第八十五条第五項 → 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 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（交通の規制等に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3461-98/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-017, translated 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