# 所得税法 / Income Tax Act — 第五十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 55)

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- Law: 所得税法 (Income Tax Act), 昭和四十年法律第三十三号
- English title "Income Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- 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: 第五十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 55)（政令への委任） — address `suppl-5071-74/art-55`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-5071-74/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/suppl-5071-74/art-55</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5071-74/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/suppl-5071-74/art-55/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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- 所得税法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/suppl-5071-74/art-1/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 所得税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000033/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Income Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3120/tb), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch income-tax-act-20260918T180319-138, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 225 — 所得税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
