# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-4051-43/art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条 suppl-4051-43/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法指定自動車教習所において旧法第九十九条第一項第三号の規定による選任をされている技能指導員又は学科指導員は、当該旧法指定自動車教習所において新法第九十九条の三第一項に規定する教習指導員の業務に従事する場合には、同項の規定による選任をされた教習指導員とみなす。 suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1 If a skills instructor or academic instructor who, as of the time this Act comes into force, has been appointed pursuant to Article 99, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Former Act at a driving school designated under the Former Act is engaged in the duties of an instructor as prescribed in Article 99-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act at that driving school, that skills instructor is deemed to have been appointed pursuant to Article 99-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により新法第九十九条の三第一項の規定による選任をされた教習指導員とみなされる者（以下この条において「みなし教習指導員」という。）については、その者が同条第四項の規定により教習指導員資格者証の交付を受けるまでの間は、同条第二項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 Article 99-3, paragraph (2) of the New Act does not apply to a person who is deemed, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, to be a skills instructor appointed under Article 99-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "person deemed to be a skills instructor"), until that person is issued a skills instructor certificate pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 旧法指定自動車教習所を管理する者は、前項に規定する期間が経過するまでの間は、みなし教習指導員のうちこの法律の施行の際現に旧法第九十九条第一項第三号の技能指導員でなかった者に自動車の運転に関する技能の教習を行わせてはならず、又はみなし教習指導員のうちこの法律の施行の際現に同号の学科指導員でなかった者に自動車の運転に関する知識の教習を行わせてはならない。 suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-3 Until the period provided for in the preceding paragraph is over, a person managing a driving school designated under the Former Act must not allow a person deemed to be a skills instructor who is not a skills instructor as referred to in Article 99, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Former Act at the time this Act comes into force to provide instruction on driving skills, nor may such a person allow a person deemed to be a skills instructor who is not an academic instructor as referred to in that item at time this Act comes into force to provide instruction on driving knowledge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** みなし教習指導員に関しては、第二項に規定する期間が経過するまでの間は、旧法第九十九条第八項及び第九項の規定は、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、同条第八項中「技能指導員若しくは学科指導員」とあるのは「道路交通法の一部を改正する法律（平成五年法律第四十三号）附則第七条第二項のみなし教習指導員」と、同条第九項中「技能指導員若しくは学科指導員」とあるのは「道路交通法の一部を改正する法律附則第七条第二項のみなし教習指導員」と読み替えるものとする。 suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-4 Article 99, paragraphs (8) and (9) of the Former Act remain in effect with regard to a person deemed to be an instructor until the period provided for in paragraph (2) is over. In such a case, the phrase "skills instructor or academic instructor" in paragraph (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "person deemed to be a skills instructor pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act (Act No. 43 of 1993)" and the phrase "skills instructor or academic instructor" in paragraph (9) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "person deemed to be a skills instructor pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1: 新法第九十九条の三第一項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の三第一項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (1)), art-99-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-3/par-1 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2: 新法第九十九条の三第一項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の三第一項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (1)), art-99-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-3/par-1 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2: この条 → 道路交通法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4051-43/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2: 同条第四項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の三第四項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (4)), art-99-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-3/par-4 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2: 同条第二項 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の三第二項 (Article 99-3, paragraph (2)), art-99-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-3/par-2 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2)), suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-4: 第二項 → 道路交通法 附則第七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (2)), suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-2 - 道路交通法 附則第七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-3 - 道路交通法 附則第七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-7/par-4 - 道路交通法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-8/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4051-43/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4051-43/art-10/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