# 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-5081-52` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5081-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5081-52 - 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 令和八年七月一日法律第五二号 suppl-5081-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5081-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5081-52 **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-5081-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5081-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5081-52/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行前にした行為の処罰については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5081-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5081-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5081-52/par-2 With regard to the punishment of acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前にした行為を理由とする道路交通法第八十四条第一項に規定する免許の拒否、保留、取消し若しくは効力の停止又は同項に規定する自動車等の運転の禁止については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5081-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5081-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5081-52/par-3 With regard to the denial, withholding, revocation or suspension of a license prescribed in Article 84, paragraph (1) of the Road Traffic Act, or the prohibition of driving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle prescribed in that paragraph, on the grounds of acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-52/par-3: 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 --- ## 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-20261013T073427-025, 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