# 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-3591-25` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25 - 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 昭和五九年五月八日法律第二五号 suppl-3591-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3591-25/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、昭和五十九年七月一日から施行する。 suppl-3591-25/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into force on July 1, 1984. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二十四条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3591-25/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25/art-24 **第一項** この法律の施行前に海運局長、海運監理部長、支局長等又は陸運局長に対してした申請、届出その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等」という。）は、政令（支局長等に対してした申請等にあつては、運輸省令）で定めるところにより、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定により相当の地方運輸局長、海運監理部長又は海運支局長等に対してした申請等とみなす。 suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 An application, filing, or other process (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other process") undertaken with the Shipping Commissioner, Head of a Maritime Administration Department, Head of a Branch Office or other such person, or the Head of a Land Transport Office before this Act comes into force is deemed, pursuant to Cabinet Order (or pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Transport, for applications and other processes undertaken with the Head of a Branch Office or other such person), to be an application or other process undertaken with the corresponding Head of a District Land Transport Office, Head of a Maritime Administration Department, or Head of a Maritime Transport Branch Office or other such person pursuant to each of the relevant Acts after their amendment by this Act or pursuant to an Order based on one of those Acts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 附則第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24), suppl-3591-25/art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25/art-24 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二十四条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3591-25/art-24/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13