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New Laws and Regulations

新法令(しんほうれい)

The Acts (法律) amended by Act No. 26 of 2008, and the orders made under them, as that Act amended them.

Former Laws and Regulations

旧法令(きゅうほうれい)

The Acts (法律) amended by Act No. 26 of 2008, and the orders made under them, as they stood before that Act amended them.

final month

最終月(さいしゅうげつ)

In Article 11, paragraph (5) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 57 of 1994, the last month of the basis period (基礎期間) under Article 53, paragraph (1), item (ii) of a person who applied under that paragraph for the job applicant benefits for day workers (日雇労働求職者給付金).

special certification

特例認定(とくれいにんてい)

In Article 8 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 57 of 2017, a certification of a transition plan under Article 10-3, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of Act No. 84 of 2006 that a medical corporation certified before the item (ii) Effective Date (第二号施行日前認定医療法人) receives under Article 8, paragraph (1), on which its earlier certification ceases to have effect.

Former Health Insurance Act

旧健保法(きゅうけんぽほう)

Short name, in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 109 of 1998, for the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922) as it stood before Article 4 of that Act amended it.

Former Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act

旧高確法(きゅうこうかくほう)

Short name, in Article 5, paragraphs (4) to (6) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 31 of 2023, for the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (Act No. 80 of 1982) as it stood before Article 6 of Act No. 31 of 2023 amended it (leaving aside the amendments listed in Article 1, items (i), (iv) and (vi) of that Act's supplementary provisions).

disability grade

障害等級(しょうがいとうきゅう)

The grade of disability under Article 30, paragraph (2): grade 1 or grade 2, from the more severe, with the state of disability for each set by Cabinet Order (政令).

the 1965 Act

四十年法(よんじゅうねんほう)

This Act as amended by Article 2 of Act No. 29 of 1964.

specified building

特定家屋(とくていかおく)

In Article 10 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 2 of 2017, a single building as referred to in Article 73-2, paragraph 4 of the Local Tax Act as it stood before Article 1 of that Act amended it, including annexed buildings made common parts (共用部分) under Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Act on Building Unit Ownership.

application period

適用期間(てきようきかん)

The period from the day the Act Partially Amending the Local Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 26 of 2020) came into effect to 31 March 2021; the fixed assets tax (固定資産税) on houses and structures that small and medium-sized businesses, etc. (中小事業者等) as defined in Article 64 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Local Tax Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 7 of 2021 amended it acquired within it stays under the former rules.

the 2025 New Act

七年新法(しちねんしんぽう)

The Local Tax Act as amended by Article 2 of Act No. 4 of 2024, which comes into effect on 1 April 2025.

covered business

対象事業(たいしょうじぎょう)

The business described in Article 53, paragraph (1) of this Act as it stood before the 2018 amending law (Act No. 7 of 2018).

refunding corporation

払戻法人(はらいもどしほうじん)

In Article 15, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Finance Order No. 56 of 2020, the corporation that made the refund or similar transaction (払戻し等) referred to in Article 61, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act as amended by Article 5 of the Cabinet Order (政令) those supplementary provisions call 改正令 (the Amending Order).

amending contract

変更契約(へんこうけいやく)

In Article 8 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 23 of 1998, a contract made between that Act's coming into effect and 30 September 1998 to change an initial contract (当初契約) for stock options between a company and its directors, etc. (取締役等) under Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of this Act as that Act amended it, adding requirements the initial contract lacked.

matters to be provided

提供事項(ていきょうじこう)

The matters that the head of a business office of a financial instruments business operator, etc. (金融商品取引業者等) had to provide to the district tax office director (税務署長) under Article 37-14, paragraph (9) or (13) of this Act as it stood before Act No. 10 of 2014, which, with that director's approval, could be provided to the district tax office director a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) sets instead.

Former Act on Securing Compensation for Automobile Accidents

旧自賠法(きゅうじばいほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 83 of 2001 amended it.

designated body

指定団体(していだんたい)

In Article 4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 48 of 2026, the associations that the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs designates before that Act comes into effect, as the provisions of this Act as amended by it would, to exercise the rights of performers and phonogram producers to secondary use fees (二次使用料) for playing commercial phonograms in public and for communicating public transmissions of them in public.

Former Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act

旧高確法(きゅうこうかくほう)

Short name, in Article 5, paragraphs (4) to (6) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 31 of 2023, for the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (Act No. 80 of 1982) as it stood before Article 6 of Act No. 31 of 2023 amended it (leaving aside the amendments listed in Article 1, items (i), (iv) and (vi) of that Act's supplementary provisions).

Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments

刑法施行日(けいほうしこうび)

The day the 2022 Act amending the Penal Code and other laws (刑法等の一部を改正する法律, Act No. 67 of 2022) comes into effect.

Basic Resident Register card

住基カード(じゅうきかーど)

In Article 2, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 77 of 2009, the Basic Resident Register card (住民基本台帳カード) provided for in Article 30-44, paragraph (1) of this Act as that Act amended it.