# 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-3611-63` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63 - 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 昭和六一年五月二三日法律第六三号 suppl-3611-63 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63 **第一項** この法律は、昭和六十二年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-3611-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63/par-1 This Act comes into force on April 1, 1987. 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第五十一条第十一項（同条第十七項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第八十一条第六項（同法第八十二条第三項及び第八十三条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により納付を命ぜられた負担金の督促及びこの法律の施行前に開始された改正前の道路交通法第五十一条第十三項（同条第十七項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第八十一条第八項（同法第八十二条第三項及び第八十三条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による負担金の徴収手続については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3611-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63/par-2 Prior laws continue to govern a demand for charges payable whose payment is ordered, pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (11) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (17) of that Article) or Article 81, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 82, paragraph (3) and Article 83, paragraph (3) of that Act) of the pre-amendment Road Traffic Act, before this Act comes into force; and also continue to govern charge collection procedures under Article 51, paragraph (13) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (17) of that Article) or Article 81, paragraph (8) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 82, paragraph (3) and Article 83, paragraph (3) of that Act) of the pre-amendment Road Traffic Act which are started 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-3611-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63/par-3 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 **第四項** この法律の施行前にした行為については、改正後の道路交通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-3611-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-3611-63/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-3611-63/par-4 Notwithstanding Article 125 and the Schedule of the Road Traffic Act after amendment, prior laws continue to govern conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3611-63/par-4: 道路交通法第百二十五条 → 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 --- ## 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