# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3591-25` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25 - 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 昭和五九年五月八日法律第二五号 suppl-3591-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-25/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、昭和五十九年七月一日から施行する。 suppl-3591-25/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of July 1, 1984. machine translation, not official ### 第二十三条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3591-25/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-23 **第一項** この法律の施行前に海運局長、海運監理部長、海運局若しくは海運監理部の支局その他の地方機関の長（以下「支局長等」という。）又は陸運局長が法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定によりした許可、認可その他の処分又は契約その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等」という。）は、政令（支局長等がした処分等にあつては、運輸省令）で定めるところにより、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定により相当の地方運輸局長、海運監理部長又は地方運輸局若しくは海運監理部の海運支局その他の地方機関の長（以下「海運支局長等」という。）がした処分等とみなす。 suppl-3591-25/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-23/par-1 A permission, authorization or other disposition, or a contract or other act (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition, etc." in this Article), made before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of an Act or an order based on it by a Director of a District Maritime Bureau, the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, the head of a branch office or other local agency of a District Maritime Bureau or of the Maritime Supervision Department (hereinafter referred to as "branch office heads, etc.") or a Director of a District Land Transport Bureau is, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order (or, for a disposition, etc. made by a branch office head, etc., Order of the Ministry of Transport), deemed to be a disposition, etc. made by the corresponding Director of a District Transport Bureau, Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, or head of a maritime branch office or other local agency of a District Transport Bureau or of the Maritime Supervision Department (hereinafter referred to as "maritime branch office heads, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act or orders based on them. machine translation, not official ### 第二十四条 suppl-3591-25/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-24 **第一項** この法律の施行前に海運局長、海運監理部長、支局長等又は陸運局長に対してした申請、届出その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等」という。）は、政令（支局長等に対してした申請等にあつては、運輸省令）で定めるところにより、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定により相当の地方運輸局長、海運監理部長又は海運支局長等に対してした申請等とみなす。 suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 An application, notification or any other act (hereinafter referred to as an "application, etc." in this Article) made before this Act comes into effect to a Director of a District Maritime Bureau, the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, a branch office head, etc. or a Director of a District Land Transport Bureau is, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order (or, for an application, etc. made to a branch office head, etc., Order of the Ministry of Transport), deemed to be an application, etc. made to the corresponding Director of a District Transport Bureau, Director of the Maritime Supervision Department or maritime branch office head, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act or orders based on them. machine translation, not official ### 第二十五条 suppl-3591-25/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-25 **第一項** この法律の施行前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-3591-25/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-25/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3591-25/art-23/par-1: この条 → 道路運送車両法 附則第二十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 23), suppl-3591-25/art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-23 - suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1: この条 → 道路運送車両法 附則第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24), suppl-3591-25/art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-24 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 附則第二十三条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-23/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 附則第二十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3591-25/art-24/par-1 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-040, 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