# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11) - 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: 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11) — address `suppl-4161-90/art-11` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11 - 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. --- ### 第十一条 suppl-4161-90/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11 **第一項** 附則第六条の規定により大型免許とみなされる旧法大型免許を受けている者及び前条の規定により大型免許に係る運転免許試験に合格した者とみなされる者に対する新法第八十八条第一項第一号及び第九十六条第二項の規定の適用については、新法第八十八条第一項第一号中「二十一歳」とあるのは「二十歳」と、新法第九十六条第二項中「三年」とあるのは「二年」とする。 suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1 To apply Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 96, paragraph (2) of the New Act to a person holding an L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, which is deemed to be an L-MVL pursuant to Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, or to a person who is deemed to have passed a driver's license test for an L-MVL pursuant to the preceding Article, the phrase "21 years of age" in Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "20 years of age", and the phrase "three years" in Article 96, paragraph (2) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "two years". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 附則第六条の規定により中型免許とみなされる旧法普通免許を受けている者及び前条の規定により中型免許に係る運転免許試験に合格した者とみなされる者に対する新法第八十八条第一項第一号の規定の適用については、同号中「中型免許にあつては二十歳（政令で定める者にあつては、十九歳）に」とあるのは、「中型免許」とする。 suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2 To apply Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New Act to a person holding an S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act which is deemed to be an M-MVL pursuant to Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, or to a person who is deemed to have passed a driver's license test for an M-MVL pursuant to the preceding Article, the phrase "a person under 20 years of age (or under 19 years of age, for persons that Cabinet Order prescribes) is not granted an M-MVL; a person under 18 years of age is not granted an SM-MVL" is deemed to be replaced with "a person under 18 years of age is not granted an M-MVL, SM-MVL". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する者については、新法第九十六条第三項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3 Article 96, paragraph (3) of the New Act does not apply to a person as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 附則第六条の規定により大型仮免許とみなされる旧法大型仮免許を受けている者及び前条の規定により大型仮免許に係る運転免許試験に合格した者とみなされる者に対する新法第八十八条第二項の規定の適用については、同項中「二十一歳」とあるのは、「二十歳」とする。 suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-4 To apply Article 88, paragraph (2) of the New Act to a person holding a provisional L-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, which is deemed to be a provisional L-MVL pursuant to Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, or to a person who is deemed to have passed a driver's license test for an L-MVL pursuant to the preceding Article, the phrase "21 years of age" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "20 years of age". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1: 附則第六条 → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4161-90/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-6 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1: 前条 → 道路交通法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4161-90/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-10 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1: 新法第八十八条第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第八十八条第一項第一号 (Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-88/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-1: 第九十六条第二項 → 道路交通法 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-96/par-2 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2: 附則第六条 → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4161-90/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-6 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2: 前条 → 道路交通法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4161-90/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-10 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2: 新法第八十八条第一項第一号 → 道路交通法 第八十八条第一項第一号 (Article 88, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-88/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第十一条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (2)), suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-2 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3: 新法第九十六条第三項 → 道路交通法 第九十六条第三項 (Article 96, paragraph (3)), art-96/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-96/par-3 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-4: 附則第六条 → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4161-90/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-6 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-4: 前条 → 道路交通法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4161-90/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-10 - suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-4: 新法第八十八条第二項 → 道路交通法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-88/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-11/par-3 - 道路交通法 附則第二十五条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-25/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