# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第三百九十六条の五 (Article 396-5)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
- English title "Local 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: 第三百九十六条の五 (Article 396-5)（政令への委任） — address `art-396-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396-5
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### 第三百九十六条の五（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-396-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396-5</sup>

    **第一項**  第三百九十六条から前条までに定めるもののほか、総務省の職員の固定資産税に関する調査の実施に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
    <sup>art-396-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396-5/par-1</sup>
    In addition to what is provided for in Article 396 through the preceding Article, matters necessary for the conduct of examinations concerning fixed assets tax by officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications are specified by Cabinet Order.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-396-5/par-1: 第三百九十六条から前条まで → 地方税法 第三百九十六条 (Article 396), art-396 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396
- art-396-5/par-1: 第三百九十六条から前条まで → 地方税法 第三百九十六条の二 (Article 396-2), art-396-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396-2
- art-396-5/par-1: 第三百九十六条から前条まで → 地方税法 第三百九十六条の三 (Article 396-3), art-396-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396-3
- art-396-5/par-1: 第三百九十六条から前条まで → 地方税法 第三百九十六条の四 (Article 396-4), art-396-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-396-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-396-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 地方税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-16 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20261016_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 地方税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-003, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-134, translated 2026-10-28
- This site's parser, version 218 — 地方税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-27