# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号 - English title "Road Transport Vehicle Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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-3381-149/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/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-3381-149/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした旧法の規定による自動車分解整備事業の認証は、運輸省令で定めるところにより、新法の規定に基づいてしたものとみなす。その認証の申請についても、同様とする。 suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-1 A certification of a motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business under the provisions of the Former Act made before this Act comes into effect is deemed to have been made on the basis of the provisions of the New Act, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Transport. The same applies to an application for such certification. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に軽自動車分解整備事業に相当する事業を経営している者は、新法第七十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、この法律の施行の日から一年間は、軽自動車分解整備事業の認証を受けたものとみなす。その者が、その期間内に新法第七十八条第一項の認証を申請した場合において、認証があつた旨又は認証をしない旨の通知を受ける日までも、同様とする。 suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually operating a business equivalent to a light motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business is, notwithstanding Article 78, paragraph (1) of the New Act, deemed to have received certification of a light motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business for one year from the day this Act comes into effect. The same applies where that person has applied for certification under Article 78, paragraph (1) of the New Act within that period, until the date on which that person receives notice that the certification has been granted or notice that the certification will not be granted. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定により軽自動車分解整備事業の認証を受けた者とみなされたものは、この法律の施行の日から一年間は、新法第八十六条第一項各号の一に該当しない者を検査主任者に選任することができる。 suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 A person deemed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph to have received certification of a light motor vehicle disassembly maintenance business may, for one year from the day this Act comes into effect, appoint a person who does not fall under any one of the items of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the New Act as the chief inspector. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 附則第四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3381-149/art-4/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-038, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13