# 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-4261-69` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69 - 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 平成二六年六月一三日法律第六九号 suppl-4261-69 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-69/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）の施行の日から施行する。 suppl-4261-69/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into force on the day on which the Administrative Appeals Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（経過措置の原則） — (The Principle of Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-5 **第一項** 行政庁の処分その他の行為又は不作為についての不服申立てであってこの法律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分その他の行為又はこの法律の施行前にされた申請に係る行政庁の不作為に係るものについては、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-5/par-1 Except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, prior laws continue to govern an appeal against a disposition or other action that an administrative agency takes before this Act comes into force, and to govern an appeal against an administrative agency's inaction regarding an application that has been filed as of the time that this Act comes into force. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六条（訴訟に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-6 **第一項** この法律による改正前の法律の規定により不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ訴えを提起できないこととされる事項であって、当該不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したもの（当該不服申立てが他の不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ提起できないとされる場合にあっては、当該他の不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したものを含む。）の訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the filing of a lawsuit with regard to a matter about which it is decided, pursuant to the relevant Act before its amendment by this Act, that a lawsuit may not be filed until after an administrative agency's decision, determination, or other action on an appeal, and which a person files, without having lodged the relevant appeal, after the end of the timeframe before this Act comes into force during which such an appeal was required have been lodged (if it is decided that such an appeal cannot be lodged until after an administrative agency's decision, determination, or other action on another appeal, this includes any lawsuit that a person files, without having lodged that other appeal, after the end of the timeframe before this Act comes into force during which such an appeal is required to have been lodged). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の規定による改正前の法律の規定（前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合を含む。）により異議申立てが提起された処分その他の行為であって、この法律の規定による改正後の法律の規定により審査請求に対する裁決を経た後でなければ取消しの訴えを提起することができないこととされるものの取消しの訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 Prior laws continue to govern appeals the filing of a lawsuit to overturn a disposition or other action against which an objection has been lodged pursuant to the relevant Act before its amendment by this Act (including any provisions of the relevant Act that, pursuant to the preceding Article, continue to be governed by prior laws), if it is decided, pursuant to the relevant Act after its amendment by this Act, that a lawsuit to overturn that disposition or other action may not be filed until after a determination has been reached on a request for review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為の取消しの訴えであって、この法律の施行前に提起されたものについては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 Prior laws continue to govern a lawsuit filed before this Act comes into force to overturn an administrative agency's decision, determination, or other action on an appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第九条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-69/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-9 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為並びに附則第五条及び前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この法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person engages before this Act comes into force, and to conduct in which a person engages after this Act comes into force if prior laws are to continue to govern that conduct pursuant to Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions and the two preceding Articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4261-69/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-10 **第一項** 附則第五条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 Beyond as prescribed in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary transitional measures to bring this Act into force (including transitional measures for penal provisions). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions up to the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary transitional measures to bring this Act into force (including transitional measures for penal provisions)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb --- ## Cites - suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2: 前条 → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4261-69/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-5 - suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1: 附則第五条 → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4261-69/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-5 - suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4261-69/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-5 - suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4261-69/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-6 - suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1: 附則第五条から前条まで → 道路交通法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4261-69/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-9 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 附則第六条第二項（訴訟に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 - 道路交通法 附則第九条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第十条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Slips in the Ministry of Justice's English of the Road Traffic Act, corrected, written 2026-10-13 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act (道路交通法), Supplementary Provisions, Article 10, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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