# 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-3531-53` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53 - 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 昭和五三年五月二〇日法律第五三号 suppl-3531-53 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53 **第一項** この法律は、昭和五十三年十二月一日から施行する。ただし、第八十五条の改正規定、第百十八条第一項第五号の改正規定及び第百二十五条第二項第一号の改正規定は、昭和五十四年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-3531-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-1 This Act comes into force on December 1, 1978; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 85, provisions amending Article 118, paragraph (1), item (v), and provisions amending Article 125, paragraph (2), item (i) come into force on April 1, 1979. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 昭和五十四年三月三十一日までの間は、改正後の道路交通法（以下「新法」という。）第七十五条第一項第五号中「大型自動車を運転し、同条第七項の規定に違反して普通自動車を運転し、又は同条第八項の規定に違反して自動二輪車を運転すること」とあるのは、「大型自動車を運転すること」とする。 suppl-3531-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-2 Until March 31, 1979, the phrase "driving large motor vehicles, driving standard motor vehicles in violation of paragraph (7) of that Article, or driving motorcycles in violation of paragraph (8) of that Article" in Article 75, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") is deemed to be replaced with "driving large motor vehicles". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 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。）第七十四条の二第三項の規定によりされた解任命令は、新法第七十四条の二第四項の規定による解任命令とみなす。 suppl-3531-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-3 An order for dismissal issued before this Act comes into force pursuant to Article 74-2, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") is deemed to be an order for dismissal issued pursuant to Article 74-2, paragraph (4) of the New Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法第八十七条第一項の規定により受けている仮運転免許の有効期間は、新法第八十七条第五項本文の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3531-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-4 Notwithstanding the main text of Article 87, paragraph (5) of the New Act, prior laws continue to govern the valid period of a provisional driver's license that a person has received pursuant to Article 87, paragraph (1) of the Former Act by time this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** この法律の施行前にした行為に係る運転免許を受けた者（国際運転免許証を所持する者を含む。）に対する警察署長による運転免許の効力の停止（自動車等の運転の禁止を含む。）については、新法第百三条の二第一項第二号及び第三号（新法第百七条の五第九項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3531-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-5 Notwithstanding Article 103-2, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii) of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (9) of the New Act), prior laws continue to govern the suspension of a driver's license (including a prohibition on a person's driving of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle) imposed by the chief of a police station on the holder of a driver's license (or on a person with an International Driving Permit) in connection with conduct in which that person has engaged 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ついては、新法第百八条の三の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3531-53/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-6 Article 108-3 of the New Act does not apply 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（附則第一項ただし書に規定する改正規定については、当該改正規定）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-3531-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-7 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act (or the amended provisions prescribed in the proviso of paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** この法律（附則第一項ただし書に規定する改正規定については、当該改正規定）の施行前にした反則行為については、新法第百二十五条及び別表の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3531-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-8 Notwithstanding Article 125 of the New Act and the Schedule, prior laws continue to govern violations committed before this Act (or the amended provisions prescribed in the proviso of paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3531-53/par-2: 第七十五条第一項第五号 → 道路交通法 第七十五条第一項第五号 (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-75/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75/par-1/item-5 - suppl-3531-53/par-4: 新法第八十七条第五項 → 道路交通法 第八十七条第五項 (Article 87, paragraph (5)), art-87/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-87/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-87/par-5 - suppl-3531-53/par-5: 新法第百三条の二第一項第二号 → 道路交通法 第百三条の二第一項第二号 (Article 103-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-103-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-103-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-103-2/par-1/item-2 - suppl-3531-53/par-5: 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-3531-53/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 - suppl-3531-53/par-6: 新法第百八条の三 → 道路交通法 第百八条の三 (Article 108-3), art-108-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-3 - suppl-3531-53/par-7: 附則第一項 → 道路交通法 附則第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (1)), suppl-3531-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-1 - suppl-3531-53/par-8: 附則第一項 → 道路交通法 附則第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (1)), suppl-3531-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-1 - suppl-3531-53/par-8: 新法第百二十五条 → 道路交通法 第百二十五条 (Article 125), art-125 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-125 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-7 - 道路交通法 附則第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3531-53/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3531-53/par-8 --- ## 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