# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（免許等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4191-90/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（免許等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4191-90/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4 **第一項** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下「第二号施行日」という。）前に旧法第九十条第一項ただし書の規定による運転免許（以下「免許」という。）の拒否若しくは保留の基準、同条第四項の規定による免許の取消し若しくは効力の停止の基準又は旧法第百三条第一項若しくは第三項の規定による免許の取消し若しくは効力の停止の基準に該当したことを理由とする免許の拒否、保留、取消し又は効力の停止については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the denial, withholding, revocation, or suspension of a driver's license (hereinafter referred to as a "license") based on circumstances that, before the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into force (hereinafter referred to as "item (ii) effective date"), fall under the criteria for denial or withholding of a license under the proviso of Article 90, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, the criteria for revocation or suspension of a license under paragraph (4) of that Article, or the criteria for revocation or suspension of a license under Article 103, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Former Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる免許の拒否又は取消しを受けた者に対するその者が免許を受けることができない期間の指定については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-2 Prior laws continue to govern the designation of a period during which it is not permissible for a person subject to the denial or withholding of a license that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the preceding paragraph, to hold a license. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第二号施行日前に旧法第百七条の五第一項の規定又は同条第八項において準用する旧法第百三条第三項の規定による自動車等の運転の禁止の基準に該当したことを理由として自動車等の運転の禁止をする場合における当該禁止の期間については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-3 Prior laws continue to govern the period during which a person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle based on circumstances that, before the item (ii) effective date, fall under criteria for prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle under Article 103, paragraph (3) of the Former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 107-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Act or paragraph (8) of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 道路交通法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4/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二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 附則第四条第二項（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-4/par-2 - 道路交通法 附則第十三条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4191-90/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4191-90/art-13/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