# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4191-54` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-54 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成一九年五月二三日法律第五四号 suppl-4191-54 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-54 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4191-54/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-54/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-54/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日から施行する。 suppl-4191-54/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-54/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-54/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into force on the date after the final day in the 20-day period following its promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（道路交通法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Road Traffic Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4191-54/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-54/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-54/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前に道路交通法第八十四条第一項に規定する自動車等の運転に関しこの法律による改正前の刑法第二百十一条第一項（附則第二条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における当該規定を含む。）の罪を犯した者に対する自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第八十六号）附則第六条の規定による改正後の道路交通法第九十九条の二第四項第二号ニ及び第百八条の四第三項第三号の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「第六条まで」とあるのは、「第六条までの罪、同法附則第二条の規定による改正前の刑法第二百八条の二若しくは第二百十一条第二項（自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律附則第十四条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこれらの規定を含む。）の罪、刑法の一部を改正する法律（平成十九年法律第五十四号）による改正前の刑法第二百十一条第一項（刑法の一部を改正する法律附則第二条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における当該規定を含む。）」とする。 suppl-4191-54/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-54/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-54/art-5/par-1 To apply Article 99-2, paragraph (4), item (ii) (d) and Article 108-4, paragraph (3), item (iii) of the Road Traffic Act after its amendment under Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Punishment for When a Motor Vehicle Is Driven in a Way That Results in a Death or Injury (Act No. 86 of 2013) to a person committing a crime as referred to in Article 211, paragraph (1) of the Penal Code before its amendment under this Act in relation to the driving of motor vehicle or motorized bicycle as prescribed in Article 84, paragraph (1) (including any provisions that, pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, continue to be governed by prior laws) of the Road Traffic Act before this Act comes into force, the phrase "as referred to in Article 2 through Article 6 of the Act on Punishment for When a Motor Vehicle Is Driven in a Way That Results in a Death or Injury" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "as referred to in Article 2 through Article 6 of the Act on Punishment for When a Motor Vehicle Is Driven in a Way That Results in a Death or Injury, an offense as referred to in Article 208-2 of the Penal Code before its amendment by to Article 2, Supplementary Provisions of the Road Traffic Act or Article 211, paragraph (2) of the Penal Code (including any provisions that, pursuant to Article 14, Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Punishment for When a Motor Vehicle Is Driven in a Way That Results in a Death or Injury, continue to be governed by prior laws), an offense as referred to in Article 211, paragraph (1) of the Penal Code before its amendment under the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code (Act No. 54 of 2007) (including any provisions that, pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, continue to be governed by prior laws)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4191-54/art-5/par-1: 道路交通法第八十四条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八十四条第一項 (Article 84, paragraph (1)), art-84/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-84/par-1 - suppl-4191-54/art-5/par-1: 道路交通法第九十九条の二第四項第二号 → 道路交通法 第九十九条の二第四項第二号 (Article 99-2, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-99-2/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-99-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-99-2/par-4/item-2 - suppl-4191-54/art-5/par-1: 第百八条の四第三項第三号 → 道路交通法 第百八条の四第三項第三号 (Article 108-4, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-108-4/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-108-4/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-108-4/par-3/item-3 --- ## 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