# 相続税法 / Inheritance Tax Act — 第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27)

- Law: 相続税法 (Inheritance Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第七十三号
- English title "Inheritance Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27)（相続税の総額に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3631-109/art-27`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-3631-109/art-27
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-3631-109/art-27
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### 第二十七条（相続税の総額に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Total Inheritance Tax Amount
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<sup>suppl-3631-109/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-3631-109/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-3631-109/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  新相続税法第十六条の規定（同条の表を除く。）は、施行日の翌日以後に相続又は遺贈により取得した財産に係る相続税について適用し、同日前に相続又は遺贈により取得した財産に係る相続税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3631-109/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-3631-109/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-3631-109/art-27/par-1</sup>
Article 16 of the New Inheritance Tax Act (excluding the table in that Article) applies to inheritance tax on property acquired by inheritance or bequest on or after the day following the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern inheritance tax on property acquired by inheritance or bequest before that day.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 相続税法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000073/20260401_506AC0000000008), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 相続税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/449), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch inheritance-tax-act-20261011T165043-024, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 相続税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11