# 消費税法 / Consumption Tax Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- Law: 消費税法 (Consumption Tax Act), 昭和六十三年法律第百八号
- English title "Consumption Tax 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5041-4/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和四年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2022; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
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  **三**  次に掲げる規定　令和五年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the following provisions: January 1, 2023;
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    **イからハまで**  略
    <sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-1</sup>
    Omitted
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    **ニ**  第七条中消費税法第二十条第三号の改正規定、同法第二十一条の改正規定及び同法第二十五条（見出しを含む。）の改正規定並びに附則第十九条第二項及び第三項の規定
    <sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2</sup>
    the provisions of Article 7 amending Article 20, item (iii) of the Consumption Tax Act, the provisions amending Article 21 of that Act and the provisions amending Article 25 (including its heading) of that Act, and the provisions of Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions;
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  **四**  次に掲げる規定　令和五年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4</sup>
  The provisions listed below: April 1, 2023
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  第七条中消費税法第八条の改正規定（同条第十項を同条第十一項とし、同条第九項の次に一項を加える部分を除く。）及び附則第十九条第一項の規定
    <sup>suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4/sub-1</sup>
    the provisions of Article 7 amending Article 8 of the Consumption Tax Act (excluding the part that makes paragraph (10) of that Article into paragraph (11) and adds one paragraph after paragraph (9)) and the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions.
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## Cites
- suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2: 附則第十九条第二項 → 消費税法 附則第十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (2)), suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-2
- suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-3/sub-2: 第三項 → 消費税法 附則第十九条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (3)), suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-3
- suppl-5041-4/art-1/par-1/item-4/sub-1: 附則第十九条第一項 → 消費税法 附則第十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19, paragraph (1)), suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-19/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 消費税法 附則第九十八条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/suppl-5041-4/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-5041-4/art-98/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363AC0000000108/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 消費税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1176), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch consumption-tax-act-20261013T073630-064, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 消費税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
