# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4091-41/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4091-41/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第十四条の改正規定、第七十一条の改正規定、第七十一条の五の改正規定、第七十五条の八の次に一条を加える改正規定、第七十五条の九の改正規定、第八十五条第三項の改正規定、第百九条の二の改正規定、第百十九条第一項第九号の二の改正規定、第百二十条第一項第三号の改正規定及び第百二十一条第一項第九号の三の改正規定並びに附則第六条及び第七条の規定　この法律の公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions amending Article 14, provisions amending Article 71, provisions amending Article 71-5, amending provisions that add one Article after Article 75-8, provisions amending Article 75-9, provisions amending Article 85, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 109-2, provisions amending Article 119, paragraph (1), item (ix)-2, provisions amending Article 120, paragraph (1), item (iii), provisions amending Article 121, paragraph (1), item (ix)-3, and provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions:within six months of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes. #(Effective October 30, 1997 under Cabinet Order No. 214 of 1997)#; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 目次の改正規定（「第百二条」を改める部分に限る。）、第六十四条の改正規定、第七十五条第一項の改正規定、第八十八条第一項第五号の改正規定、第九十条の改正規定（同条第一項ただし書を改める部分、同条第四項の改正規定中「三年をこえない」を改める部分及び同条第三項の改正規定中「自動車等の運転に関しこの法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令の規定又はこの法律の規定に基づく処分に違反した」を改める部分を除く。）、第九十六条第五項の改正規定（「第九十条第三項」を改める部分に限る。）、第九十六条の三の改正規定、第百一条の三の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第百二条第一項の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第百三条第二項の改正規定（ただし書を加える部分に限る。）、同条第四項の改正規定、第百六条の改正規定（「第三項若しくは第四項」を改める部分及び「第百八条の二第一項第十号」の下に「若しくは第十三号」を加える部分に限る。）、第百七条第三項の改正規定、第百七条の四の次に一条を加える改正規定、第百七条の五第一項の改正規定（ただし書を加える部分に限る。）、同条第八項の改正規定（「三年」を改める部分を除く。）、第百七条の七第一項の改正規定、第百八条の二の改正規定、第百八条の三の次に一条を加える改正規定、第百八条の二十六の改正規定（「同項第四号」の下に「、第百二条の二」を加える部分に限る。）、第百十二条第六項の改正規定及び第百十三条の二の改正規定並びに附則第三条の規定　この法律の公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions amending the table of contents (but only the part amending the phrase "Article 102"), provisions amending Article 64, provisions amending Article 75, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 88, paragraph (1), item (v), provisions amending Article 90 (other than the part amending the proviso of paragraph (1) of that Article, the part of the provisions amending paragraph (4) of that Article that amends the phrase "not exceeding three years", and the part of the provisions amending paragraph (3) of that Article that amends the phrase "in violation of this Act or an order under this Act, or of a measure under this Act, in connection with the driving of motor vehicle or motorized bicycle"), provisions amending Article 96, paragraph (5) (but only the part amending the phrase "paragraph (3) of Article 90"), provisions amending Article 96-3, provisions amending Article 101-3, amending provisions that add one Article after that Article, provisions amending Article 102, paragraph (1), amending provisions that add one Article after that Article, provisions amending Article 103, paragraph (2) (but only the part adding the proviso), provisions amending paragraph (4) of that Article, provisions amending Article 106 (but only the part that amends the phrase "paragraph (3) or (4)" and the part that adds the phrase "or item (xiii)" under "Article 108-2, paragraph (1), item (x)"), provisions amending Article 107, paragraph (3), amending provisions that add one Article after Article 107-4, provisions amending Article 107-5, paragraph (1) (but only the part adding a proviso), provisions amending paragraph (8) of that Article (other than the part that amends the term "three years"), provisions amending Article 107-7, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 108-2, amending provisions that add one Article after Article 108-3, provisions amending Article 108-26 (but only the part that adds the phrase "Article 102-2" under "item (iv) of that paragraph"), provisions amending Article 112, paragraph (6), provisions amending Article 113-2, and provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions:within one year and six months of the promulgation of this Act, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第六条 → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4091-41/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-6 - suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第七条 → 道路交通法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4091-41/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-7 - suppl-4091-41/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条 → 道路交通法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4091-41/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第三条第一項（講習に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-3/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第三条第二項（講習に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-3/par-2 - 道路交通法 附則第六条第一項（罰則等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-6/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4091-41/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4091-41/art-7/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-018, translated 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