Where a mining right is transferred for a reason other than public sale or auction, and there are local government levies on mining area tax unpaid by the former holder of the mining right, the new holder of the mining right is under an obligation to pay them jointly and severally with the former holder.
公売及び競売以外の事由に因る鉱業権の移転があつた場合において、旧鉱業権者の未納の鉱区税に係る地方団体の徴収金があるときは、新鉱業権者は、旧鉱業権者と連帯して、これを納付する義務を負う。
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local government leviesmachine translation
「地方団体の徴収金」
A local tax (地方税) together with its demand fee (督促手数料), delinquency charge (延滞金), additional charge for understatement (過少申告加算金), additional charge for failure to file (不申告加算金), substantial additional charge (重加算金) and delinquent disposition costs (滞納処分費).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (xiv)· applies throughout the law