# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（放置車両に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-90/art-5`
- 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-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-5
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### 第五条（放置車両に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Abandoned Vehicles)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-90/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  第三条の規定の施行前に同条の規定による改正前の道路交通法第五十一条第三項の規定により車両に取り付けられた標章については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-1</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern marks that are attached to a vehicle pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (3) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 3, before that Article comes into force.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第三条の規定の施行前に、同条の規定による改正前の道路交通法第五十一条の四（同法第七十五条の八第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によりされた指示に係る車両につき同法第七十五条第一項第七号に掲げる行為が行われた場合については、第三条の規定による改正後の道路交通法第七十五条の二第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding Article 75-2, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act after Article 3 comes into force, prior laws continue to govern cases in which a person engages in the conduct set forth in Article 75, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Road Traffic Act before its amendment by Article 3 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 75-8, paragraph (3) that Act) before Article 3 comes into force with regard to a vehicle for which instructions have been given pursuant to Article 51-4 of that Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4161-90/art-5/par-2: 道路交通法第七十五条の二第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二第一項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-2/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-1/par-1/item-4
- 道路交通法 附則第二十三条第一項（罰則等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-23/par-1
- 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

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## 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
