# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 29)

- 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: 第二十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 29) — address `suppl-4141-54/art-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-54/art-29
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-54/art-29
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### 第二十九条
<sup>suppl-4141-54/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-54/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-54/art-29</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に旧法令の規定により海運監理部長等に対してした申請、届出その他の行為（以下「申請等」という。）は、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、新法令の規定により相当の運輸監理部長等に対してした申請等とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4141-54/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-4141-54/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-4141-54/art-29/par-1</sup>
An application, notification or other act (hereinafter referred to as "application, etc.") made before this Act comes into effect to the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations is deemed, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, to be an application, etc. made to the corresponding Director of the Transport Supervision Department, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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-20261013T120733-043, 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
