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Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

租税特別措置法(そぜいとくべつそちほう)

Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 4565 terms: 31 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 4534 in our translation, marked as such.

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the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 10 of Act No. 10 of 2014.

191provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 18 of Act No. 6 of 2010.

170provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 13 of Act No. 10 of 2006.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 76, paragraph (1)
165provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 5 of Act No. 13 of 2009.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 21, paragraph (1)
151provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 12 of Act No. 6 of 2007.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 57, paragraph (1)
149provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 13 of Act No. 10 of 2006 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 77, paragraph (1)
146provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 15 of Act No. 7 of 2018.

146provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 18 of Act No. 6 of 2010 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 44, paragraph (1)
137provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 12 of Act No. 8 of 2003 amended it.

135provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 5 of Act No. 21 of 2005 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 16, paragraph (1)
134provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 12 of Act No. 6 of 2007 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 59, paragraph (1)
134provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 12 of Act No. 8 of 2003.

132provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 5 of Act No. 13 of 2009 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 22, paragraph (1)
126provisions
Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation as Amended for 2022

四年新措置法(よねんしんそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 16 of Act No. 8 of 2020.

124provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 5 of Act No. 21 of 2005.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (1)
118provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 10 of Act No. 15 of 2016.

117provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 8 of Act No. 5 of 2013.

114provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 10 of Act No. 10 of 2014 amended it.

114provisions
Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation Before the 2022 Changes

四年旧措置法(よねんきゅうそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 16 of Act No. 8 of 2020 amended it.

112provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 16 of 2012.

104provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 8 of Act No. 9 of 2015.

103provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 11 of Act No. 6 of 2019.

97provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 7 of Act No. 11 of 2021.

96provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 15 of 2002, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

95provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 17 of Act No. 82 of 2011.

93provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 7 of Act No. 14 of 2004 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 20, paragraph (1)
92provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 55 of 1995.

91provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 8 of Act No. 9 of 2015 amended it.

89provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 8 of Act No. 5 of 2013 amended it.

88provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 9 of 1999 amended it.

87provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 8 of Act No. 23 of 2008 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 31, paragraph (1)
84provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 15 of 2002.

83provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 9 of 1999.

82provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 7 of 2001.

81provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 7 of Act No. 14 of 2004.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (1)
81provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 7 of 2001 amended it.

80provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 15 of 2002 amended it.

80provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 17 of Act No. 82 of 2011 amended it.

79provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 12 of Act No. 4 of 2017 amended it.

79provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 16 of 1991.

78provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 15 of Act No. 8 of 2020.

78provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 17 of 1996.

77provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 15 of Act No. 7 of 2018 amended it.

77provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 11 of Act No. 4 of 2022.

77provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 9 of 1980, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

76provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 9 of 1980 amended it.

74provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 11 of 1978, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

73provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 13 of Act No. 8 of 2024.

73provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 55 of 1995, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

72provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 11 of Act No. 6 of 2019 amended it.

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financial instruments business operator, etc.

金融商品取引業者等(きんゆうしょうひんとりひきぎょうしゃとう)

A financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) carrying on Type I Financial Instruments Business (第一種金融商品取引業) or a registered financial institution (登録金融機関) under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, or an investment trust management company (投資信託委託会社) under the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations, as Article 37-11-3, paragraph (3), item (i) defines them.

第三十七条の十一の三第三項第一号に規定する金融商品取引業者等

Article 37-14, paragraph (1)
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the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 10 of Act No. 3 of 2023.

71provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 16 of 1991 amended it.

70provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 17 of 1996 amended it.

69provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 55 of 1995 amended it.

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certified gift succession company

認定贈与承継会社(にんていぞうよしょうけいがいしゃ)

A small and medium-sized enterprise (中小企業者) under Article 2 of the Act on Facilitation of Succession of Management of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises that has received certification under that Act (円滑化法認定) — or the company a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) treats as its equivalent, as where it merged away — which, at the time of the gift, has at least one regular employee, is not an asset-holding or asset-management company of a kind a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, has unlisted shares, as do its closely related specified affiliated companies, is not, nor are those companies, a company running a sex-related special business (風俗営業会社), has at least five regular employees where a foreign company is among its specially related companies and it or a company it controls holds shares in it, and meets the other requirements a Cabinet Order sets.

中小企業における経営の承継の円滑化に関する法律第二条に規定する中小企業者のうち円滑化法認定を受けた会社(合併により当該会社が消滅した場合その他の財務省令で定める場合には、当該会社に相当するものとして財務省令で定めるもの)で、前項の規定の適用に係る贈与の時において、次に掲げる要件の全てを満たすもの

Article 70-7, paragraph (2), item (i)
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gross vehicle weight

車両総重量(しゃりょうそうじゅうりょう)

In Section 3-4 of Chapter VI (the special provisions on motor vehicle tonnage tax), gross vehicle weight as defined in Article 2(1) or 7(2) of the Motor Vehicle Tonnage Tax Act.

それぞれ自動車重量税法第二条第一項又は第七条第二項に規定する自動車、検査自動車、自動車検査証の交付等若しくは届出軽自動車又は乗用自動車、車両重量若しくは車両総重量

Article 90-10, paragraph (1)
66provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 7 of Act No. 11 of 2021 amended it.

66provisions
certified succession company

認定承継会社(にんていしょうけいがいしゃ)

A small and medium-sized enterprise (中小企業者) under Article 2 of the Act on Facilitation of Succession of Management of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises that has received certification under that Act (円滑化法認定) — or the company a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) treats as its equivalent, as where it merged away — which, when the inheritance begins, has at least one regular employee, is not an asset-holding or asset-management company of a kind a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, has unlisted shares, as do its closely related specified affiliated companies, is not, nor are those companies, a company running a sex-related special business (風俗営業会社), has at least five regular employees where a foreign company is among its specially related companies and it or a company it controls holds shares in it, and meets the other requirements a Cabinet Order sets.

中小企業における経営の承継の円滑化に関する法律第二条に規定する中小企業者のうち円滑化法認定を受けた会社(合併により当該会社が消滅した場合その他の財務省令で定める場合には、当該会社に相当するものとして財務省令で定めるもの)で、前項の規定の適用に係る相続の開始の時において、次に掲げる要件の全てを満たすもの

Article 70-7-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
65provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 9 of 1999, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

65provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 16 of 2012 amended it.

65provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 22 of 1994, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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successor donee

経営承継受贈者(けいえいしょうけいじゅぞうしゃ)

In the grace period for gift tax on unlisted shares (Article 70-7), an individual who received unlisted shares, etc. (非上場株式等) of a certified company (認定贈与承継会社) by a gift under that Article and meets every listed condition — among them being 18 or older on the day of the gift, holding the company's right of representation at the time of the gift, holding with related persons more than half of all shareholders' votes and no fewer votes than any of them, keeping all the shares until the gift tax return deadline, having been an officer for three years, and not using the special grace periods for the same company's shares — or, where there are two or more, the one the company chooses.

贈与者から前項の規定の適用に係る贈与により認定贈与承継会社の非上場株式等の取得をした個人で、次に掲げる要件の全てを満たす者(その者が二以上ある場合には、当該認定贈与承継会社が定めた一の者に限る。)

Article 70-7, paragraph (2), item (iii)
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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 14 of 1992, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

62provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 22 of 1994.

62provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 11 of Act No. 4 of 2022 amended it.

62provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 7 of 1985 amended it.

61provisions
covered gifted unlisted shares or similar interests

対象受贈非上場株式等(たいしょうじゅぞうひじょうじょうかぶしきとう)

In Articles 70-7 to 70-7-4, the unlisted shares or similar interests (非上場株式等) of a certified gifted business-succession company that a business successor received by gift and stated in the gift tax return as covered by the payment grace in Article 70-7(1), limited to the portion a Cabinet Order (政令) sets as reaching up to two thirds of the company's issued voting shares or capital.

Article 70-7, paragraph (1)
60provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 11 of 1978 amended it.

60provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 11 of 1978.

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successor heir, etc.

経営承継相続人等(けいえいしょうけいそうぞくにんとう)

In the grace period for inheritance tax on unlisted shares (Article 70-7-2), an individual who acquired unlisted shares, etc. (非上場株式等) of a certified company (認定承継会社) from the decedent by inheritance or bequest under that Article and meets every listed condition — among them holding the company's right of representation five months after the inheritance began, holding with related persons more than half of all shareholders' votes and no fewer votes than any of them, keeping all the shares until the return deadline, not using the special grace periods for the same company's shares, and meeting the conditions a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) sets for surely taking over the business — or, where there are two or more, the one the company chooses.

被相続人から前項の規定の適用に係る相続又は遺贈により認定承継会社の非上場株式等の取得をした個人で、次に掲げる要件の全てを満たす者(その者が二以上ある場合には、当該認定承継会社が定めた一の者に限る。)

Article 70-7-2, paragraph (2), item (iii)
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the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 9 of 1980.

58provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 7 of 1985, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

58provisions
donee

受贈者(じゅぞうしゃ)

The person who received by gift from an individual farmer (贈与者) the farmland, grazing land and quasi-farmland (農地等) the farmer was using — one of the farmer's presumptive heirs, as a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.

Article 70-4, paragraph (1)
57provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 5 of 1976 amended it.

57provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 17 of 1996, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

57provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 14 of 1992.

56provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 23 of 1998.

56provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 16 of 2012, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

56provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 7 of 2001, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

54provisions
business office

営業所(えいぎょうしょ)

A business office or other office located in Japan.

同号に規定する営業所

Article 37-14, paragraph (1)
53provisions
the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 13 of 2000, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

53provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 7 of 1985.

51provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 12 of 1989.

51provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 14 of 1992 amended it.

51provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 22 of 1997.

50provisions
the Former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

This Act as it stood before Act No. 22 of 1994 amended it.

49provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 13 of 1990.

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farming heir

農業相続人(のうぎょうそうぞくにん)

The heir, of a kind a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, of a deceased individual who farmed, as Article 70-6(1) defines it for the inheritance tax deferral on farmland.

Article 70-6, paragraph (1)
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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 11 of 1983, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

47provisions
the Former Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

旧租税特別措置法(きゅうそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 13 of 2000 amended it.

47provisions
the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 5 of 1976.

46provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 19 of Act No. 114 of 2011.

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housing acquisition, etc.

住宅の取得等(じゅうたくのしゅとくとう)

In Article 41 and the Articles up to Article 41-2-2, an individual's new construction or purchase of a new residential house, purchase of a renovated house resold by a real estate broker, purchase of another existing house (既存住宅), or extension or renovation of a house the individual lives in — leaving out acquisitions from a spouse or another closely related person that a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, and acquisitions by gift.

Article 41, paragraph (1)
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covered unlisted shares or similar interests

対象非上場株式等(たいしょうひじょうじょうかぶしきとう)

In Article 70-7-2, the unlisted shares or similar interests (非上場株式等) of a certified succession company that a business successor heir acquired by inheritance or bequest and stated in the inheritance tax return as covered by the payment grace in Article 70-7-2(1), limited to the portion a Cabinet Order (政令) sets as reaching up to two thirds of the company's issued voting shares or capital.

Article 70-7-2, paragraph (1)
45provisions
the New Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation

新租税特別措置法(しんそぜいとくべつそちほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 13 of 2000.

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special business donee

特例事業受贈者(とくれいじぎょうじゅぞうしゃ)

An individual who acquired specified business assets (特定事業用資産) by a gift from a donor (贈与者) under Article 70-6-8, paragraph (1) and meets all the requirements of item (ii) of paragraph (2) of that Article: being 18 or older on the date of the gift, being a small and medium-sized enterprise holding a special certification for business succession (特例円滑化法認定), having worked in the business just before the gift, keeping all the assets and using them in their own business until the gift tax return is due, having filed the notice of opening a business and obtained blue-return approval, the business not being an asset-holding, asset-management or sex-related entertainment business, and meeting the requirements a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) sets for reliably taking over the donor's business.

贈与者から前項の規定の適用に係る贈与により特定事業用資産の取得をした個人で、次に掲げる要件の全てを満たす者

Article 70-6-8, paragraph (2), item (ii)
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gasoline

揮発油(きはつゆ)

In the Section of this Act that Article 88-5 opens, gasoline as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Gasoline Tax Act, including what Article 6 of that Act or Article 88-6 of this Act treats as gasoline.

揮発油税法第二条第一項に規定する揮発油(同法第六条又は次条の規定により揮発油とみなされる物を含む。)

Article 88-5, paragraph (1)
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the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 11 of 1983.

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the New Act

新法(しんぽう)

This Act as amended by Act No. 10 of 1993.

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