# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4071-74/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条 suppl-4071-74/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-3 **第一項** 旧法第九十一条の規定により旧法二輪免許について付された自動車等の運転に係る限定又は条件でこの法律の施行の際現にその効力を有するもの（前条第一項第二号に規定する限定であって、新法第三条の規定による大型自動二輪車と普通自動二輪車との区分に係るものを除く。）は、新法第九十一条の規定により大型自動二輪車免許又は普通自動二輪車免許について付された自動車等の運転に係る限定又は条件とみなす。 suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-1 If it is still in effect at the time this Act comes into force, a restriction or condition on the driving of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle which has been attached to a motorcycle license as referred to in the Former Act pursuant to Article 91 of the Former Act (other than a restriction as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article involving the distinction between a large motorcycle and a standard motorcycle under Article 3 of the New Act) is deemed to be a restriction or condition on the driving of a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle attached to a large motorcycle license or standard motorcycle license pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第一項の規定により普通自動二輪車免許とみなされる同項第三号に掲げる運転免許は、新法第九十一条の規定により運転することができる普通自動二輪車が第二種原動機付自転車（昭和四十年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の道路交通法第三条第二項の第二種原動機付自転車をいう。）に相当するものに限る旨の限定が付されているものとみなす。 suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-2 A driver's license as set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article which is deemed to be a standard motorcycle license pursuant to that paragraph is deemed to have a restriction attached to it limiting the standard motorcycles that the person may drive pursuant to Article 91 of the New Act to those that are equivalent to class 2 motorized bicycles (meaning class 2 motorized bicycles as under Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 1 of the Amending Act of 1965). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-1: 前条第一項第二号 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-1: 新法第三条 → 道路交通法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-3 - suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-1: 新法第九十一条 → 道路交通法 第九十一条 (Article 91), art-91 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-91 - suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-2: 同項第三号 → 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 - suppl-4071-74/art-3/par-2: 新法第九十一条 → 道路交通法 第九十一条 (Article 91), art-91 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-91 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項第三号（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-2/par-1/item-3 - 道路交通法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4071-74/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4071-74/art-5/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