Supplementary Provisions, Article 31-4
第三十一条の四
With respect to special land holding tax imposed for each fiscal year from fiscal 1997 through fiscal 2011 on land located within the area of the Tokyo Metropolis (limited to the area where special wards exist), within the area of a designated city located within the National Capital Region prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Metropolitan Area Readjustment Act, the Kinki Region prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Kinki Area Adjustment Act or the Chubu Region prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Chubu Area Development and Improvement Act, or within the area of any other city whose area is wholly or partly within the existing urban area prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Metropolitan Area Readjustment Act or the suburban development zone prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article, the built-up city area prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Kinki Area Adjustment Act or the suburban development area prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article, or the urban development area prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Chubu Area Development and Improvement Act (hereinafter in the following paragraph referred to as the "area of a specified city") (excluding land located within the whole or part of the area of the city that the city in which the land is located (or the Tokyo Metropolis, in the case of the area where special wards exist) specifies by its Municipal Ordinance taking into account the condition of the land; the same applies in the following paragraph), under the provisions concerning special land holding tax imposed on land in Chapter III, Section 8, the phrase "Land used for a facility such as a factory facility or sports ground facility or other facility (limited to one composed of buildings, structures and other structures and the land used integrally with them; referred to as a "specified facility" in this item and paragraph (1) of the following Article) that conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Order as standards for specified facilities whose state of development, state of use and other aspects make them suitable for permanent use" in Article 603-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Land used for a facility such as a factory facility or sports ground facility or other facility (limited to one composed of buildings, structures and other structures and the land used integrally with them; referred to as a "specified facility" in this item and paragraph (1) of the following Article) that conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Order as standards for specified facilities whose state of development, state of use and other aspects make them suitable for permanent use (excluding land used for specified facilities, such as parking lots and storage yards for materials, whose main purpose is the use of the land itself, that are specified by Cabinet Order as not accompanying buildings or structures)".
第三章第八節の規定中土地に対して課する特別土地保有税に関する規定により都の区域（特別区の存する区域に限る。）、首都圏整備法第二条第一項に規定する首都圏、近畿圏整備法第二条第一項に規定する近畿圏若しくは中部圏開発整備法第二条第一項に規定する中部圏内にある指定都市の区域又はその他の市でその区域の全部若しくは一部が首都圏整備法第二条第三項に規定する既成市街地若しくは同条第四項に規定する近郊整備地帯、近畿圏整備法第二条第三項に規定する既成都市区域若しくは同条第四項に規定する近郊整備区域若しくは中部圏開発整備法第二条第三項に規定する都市整備区域内にあるものの区域（次項において「特定市の区域」という。）内に所在する土地（当該土地の所在する市（都の特別区の存する区域にあつては、都）が土地の状況を勘案して当該市の条例で定める当該市の全部又は一部の区域内に所在する土地を除く。次項において同じ。）に対して課する平成九年度から平成二十三年度までの各年度分の特別土地保有税については、第六百三条の二第一項第二号中「ものの用に供する土地」とあるのは、「ものの用に供する土地（駐車場、資材置場その他の土地自体の利用を主たる目的とする特定施設のうち建物又は構築物を伴わないものとして政令で定めるものの用に供する土地を除く。）」とする。
With respect to special land holding tax imposed on the acquisition of land located within the area of a specified city, made during the period from April 1, 1997 until March 31, 2011, under the provisions concerning special land holding tax imposed on the acquisition of land in Chapter III, Section 8, the phrase "Land used for a facility such as a factory facility or sports ground facility or other facility (limited to one composed of buildings, structures and other structures and the land used integrally with them; referred to as a "specified facility" in this item and paragraph (1) of the following Article) that conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Order as standards for specified facilities whose state of development, state of use and other aspects make them suitable for permanent use" in Article 603-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "Land used for a facility such as a factory facility or sports ground facility or other facility (limited to one composed of buildings, structures and other structures and the land used integrally with them; referred to as a "specified facility" in this item and paragraph (1) of the following Article) that conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Order as standards for specified facilities whose state of development, state of use and other aspects make them suitable for permanent use (excluding land used for specified facilities, such as parking lots and storage yards for materials, whose main purpose is the use of the land itself, that are specified by Cabinet Order as not accompanying buildings or structures)".
第三章第八節の規定中土地の取得に対して課する特別土地保有税に関する規定により特定市の区域内に所在する土地の取得で平成九年四月一日から平成二十三年三月三十一日までの間にされたものに対して課する特別土地保有税については、第六百三条の二第一項第二号中「ものの用に供する土地」とあるのは、「ものの用に供する土地（駐車場、資材置場その他の土地自体の利用を主たる目的とする特定施設のうち建物又は構築物を伴わないものとして政令で定めるものの用に供する土地を除く。）」とする。
landmachine translation
「土地」
Rice paddies, upland fields, building land, salt fields, mineral spring sites (鉱泉地), ponds and marshes, forests, pastures, wilderness (原野) and any other land, for the special land holding tax (特別土地保有税).
Defined inArticle 585, paragraph (2)
designated citymachine translation
「指定都市」
A designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act: a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by Cabinet Order (政令).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i)
area of a specified citymachine translation
「特定市の区域」
In Article 31-4 of the supplementary provisions (附則), the special-ward area of Tokyo Metropolis (都), the area of a designated city (指定都市) in the National Capital Region (首都圏), Kinki Region (近畿圏) or Chubu Region (中部圏) as defined in the Metropolitan Area Readjustment Act, the Kinki Area Adjustment Act and the Chubu Area Development and Improvement Act, and the area of any other city lying wholly or partly in an existing urban area, suburban development zone, existing urban district, suburban development district or urban development district under those Acts.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 31-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 31-4, paragraph (2)
Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance
条例
A rule a local government makes for itself: a prefecture (都道府県), a city, town or village (市町村), or one of Tokyo's special wards (特別区) (Local Autonomy Act, Articles 1-3, 281 and 283). Its assembly (議会), whose members the residents elect, passes it (Articles 89 and 96, paragraph (1), item (i)), and its head — the governor or the mayor (Article 139) — promulgates it, that is, makes it public so that it can take effect (Article 16). The Constitution lets local governments make them within the limits of Acts (Constitution, Article 94), and one may not go against the national laws and regulations (法令), such as Acts, Cabinet Orders (政令) and Ministerial Orders (省令) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 14, paragraph (1)). Unless national laws and regulations provide otherwise, a local government can impose a duty or restrict a right only by one of these (Article 14, paragraph (2)), and it may write into one penalties for breaking it, within limits the Local Autonomy Act sets (Article 14, paragraph (3)). It is made for that local government's own affairs (Article 2, paragraph (2) and Article 14, paragraph (1)), so the same matter can be handled differently from one place to the next. It is a local rule, not a national one: an "ordinance" in the name of a national rule, such as an Ordinance for Enforcement of an Act, is usually a Ministerial Order (省令) or another national instrument.
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 94 and Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 1-3, 2, 14, 16, 89, 96, 139, 281, 283 as a reference.
special ward
特別区
A ward (区) of a metropolis (都) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 281, paragraph (1)). Today the only special wards are the 23 wards of Tokyo. A special ward is a basic local government in its own right: it does, in general, the work a city, town or village (市町村) does elsewhere, apart from what the metropolis does across all the wards as one (Article 281-2, paragraph (2)). Where a law or order gives a city (市) work to do, its provisions on that work also apply to a special ward, for the work the ward does (Article 281, paragraph (2), and Article 283, paragraph (2)); a Cabinet Order (政令) can make special rules where they cannot apply as they stand (Article 283, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 281, 281-2, 283 as a reference.