# 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) — address `suppl-4271-40/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-4271-40/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/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. 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. --- ### 第四条 suppl-4271-40/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-4 **第一項** 前二条に規定するもののほか、旧法の規定により旧法中型免許、旧法普通免許、旧法中型第二種免許、旧法普通第二種免許、旧法中型仮免許又は旧法普通仮免許についてした処分、手続その他の行為は、新法の相当する規定により附則第二条各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める運転免許についてした処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-4271-40/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-4/par-1 Beyond as prescribed in the preceding two Articles, a measure, procedure, or other action undertaken pursuant to the Former Act in connection with an M-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, class 2 M-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, class 2 S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, provisional M-MVL as referred to in the Former Act, or provisional S-MVL as referred to in the Former Act is deemed to be a measure, procedure, or other action undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Act in connection with a driver's license as referred to in the relevant of the items of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions for the category referred to in that item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-40/art-4/par-1: 前二条 → 道路交通法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4271-40/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-2 - suppl-4271-40/art-4/par-1: 前二条 → 道路交通法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4271-40/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4271-40/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4271-40/art-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