# 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-4251-43/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-4251-43/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/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-4251-43/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/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-4251-43/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/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** 第一条及び附則第六条から第八条までの規定　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-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1 Article 1, and Articles 6 through 8 of the Supplementary Provisions:within six months of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二条中目次の改正規定（「第三十七条」を「第三十七条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、第四条第三項の改正規定、第二十条第三項の改正規定、第三十五条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第三章第六節中第三十七条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第五十三条の改正規定、第六十三条の七第一項の改正規定、第百十条の二第三項の改正規定、第百十九条第一項第二号の二の改正規定、第百二十条第一項第八号の改正規定及び第百二十一条第一項第五号の改正規定　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-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions in Article 2 amending the table of contents (but only the part amending "Article 37" to read "Article 37-2"), provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 20, paragraph (3), amending provisions that add one Article after Article 35, amending provisions that add one Article after Article 37 of Chapter III, Section 6, provisions amending Article 53, provisions amending Article 63-7, paragraph (1), provisions amending Article 110-2, paragraph (3), provisions amending Article 119, paragraph (1), item (ii)-2, provisions amending Article 120, paragraph (1), item (viii), and provisions amending Article 121, paragraph (1), item (v):within one year and six months of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes; #(Effective September 1, 2014 under Cabinet Order No. 62 of 2014)#; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二条中第九十二条の二第一項の表の改正規定（同表の備考一の１中「第百一条第五項」を「第百一条第六項」に、「第百一条の二第三項」を「第百一条の二第四項」に、「同条第二項」を「同条第三項」に改める部分及び同表の備考一の５に係る部分を除く。）、第百六条の改正規定（「更新をし」の下に「、第百二条第六項の規定による通知をし」を加える部分に限る。）、第百七条の六の改正規定、第百八条の二第一項に一号を加える改正規定、同条第三項の改正規定、第百八条の三の三の次に二条を加える改正規定及び第百二十条第一項に一号を加える改正規定並びに次条並びに附則第四条及び第五条の規定　公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions in Article 2 amending the Table referred to in Article 92-2, paragraph (1) (other than the part in Note 1 amending the Table to replace "Article 101, paragraph (5)" with "Article 101, paragraph (6)", "Article 101-2, paragraph (3)" with "Article 101-2, paragraph (4)", and "paragraph (2) of that Article" with "paragraph (3) of that Article", and the part with a bearing on Note 1-5 of that Table), provisions amending Article 106 (but only the part adding the phrase "notification under Article 102, paragraph (6)" after "update"), provisions amending Article 107-6, amending provisions that add one item in Article 108-2, paragraph (1), provisions amending paragraph (3) of that Article, amending provisions that add two Articles after Article 108-3-3, and amending provisions that add one item to Article 120, paragraph (1), as well as provisions of the following Article and Article 4 and Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions:within two year of promulgation, on the date that Cabinet Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第六条から第八条まで → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4251-43/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-6 - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3: 次条 → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4251-43/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2 - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第四条 → 道路交通法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4251-43/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4 - suppl-4251-43/art-1/par-1/item-3: 第五条 → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4251-43/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（免許等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第四条第一項（国家公安委員会への報告に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-4/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第五条第一項（自転車運転者講習の受講命令に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4251-43/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4251-43/art-5/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