# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

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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
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- Provision: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（特別土地保有税に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4081-12/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第八条（特別土地保有税に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Land Holding Tax
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<sup>suppl-4081-12/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  別段の定めがあるものを除き、新法の規定中土地に対して課する特別土地保有税に関する部分は、平成八年度以後の年度分の土地に対して課する特別土地保有税について適用し、平成七年度分までの土地に対して課する特別土地保有税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-1</sup>
Except as otherwise specially provided, the provisions of the New Act relating to special land holding tax imposed on land apply to special land holding tax imposed on land for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1996, and with regard to special land holding tax imposed on land for fiscal years up to and including fiscal year 1995, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項**  第五項に定めるものを除き、新法の規定中土地の取得に対して課する特別土地保有税に関する部分は、施行日以後の土地の取得に対して課すべき特別土地保有税について適用し、施行日前の土地の取得に対して課する特別土地保有税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-2</sup>
Except as provided in paragraph (5), the provisions of the New Act relating to special land holding tax imposed on the acquisition of land apply to special land holding tax to be imposed on the acquisition of land on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to special land holding tax imposed on the acquisition of land before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第三項**  新法第五百八十六条第二項第一号の十八の規定（土地に対して課する特別土地保有税に関する部分に限る。）は、施行日以後に新設され、又は増設される同号に規定する設備の用に供する土地及び施行日以後に新築され、又は増築される同号に規定する家屋又は構築物の敷地の用に供する土地に対して課する特別土地保有税について適用する。
<sup>suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 586, paragraph (2), item (i)-18 of the New Act (limited to the part relating to special land holding tax imposed on land) apply to special land holding tax imposed on land used for equipment prescribed in that item that is newly constructed or expanded on or after the Effective Date, and on land used as the site of a house or structure prescribed in that item that is newly built or extended on or after the Effective Date.
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**第四項**  新法第五百八十六条第二項第一号の十九の規定（土地に対して課する特別土地保有税に関する部分に限る。）は、施行日以後に新設され、又は増設される同号に規定する設備の用に供する土地及び施行日以後に新築され、又は増築される同号に規定する家屋又は構築物の敷地の用に供する土地に対して課する特別土地保有税について適用する。
<sup>suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-4</sup>
The provisions of Article 586, paragraph (2), item (i)-19 of the New Act (limited to the part relating to special land holding tax imposed on land) apply to special land holding tax imposed on land used for equipment prescribed in that item that is newly constructed or expanded on or after the Effective Date, and on land used as the site of a house or structure prescribed in that item that is newly built or extended on or after the Effective Date.
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**第五項**  新法附則第三十一条の三第二項の規定は、平成八年一月一日以後の土地の取得に対して課すべき特別土地保有税について適用し、同日前の土地の取得に対して課する特別土地保有税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5</sup>
The provisions of Article 31-3, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Act apply to special land holding tax to be imposed on the acquisition of land on or after January 1, 1996, and with regard to special land holding tax imposed on the acquisition of land before that date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## Cites
- suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-2: 第五項 → 地方税法 附則第八条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (5)), suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5
- suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-5: 新法附則第三十一条の三第二項 → 地方税法 附則第三十一条の三第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31-3, paragraph (2)), suppl-3251-226/art-31-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-3251-226/art-31-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3251-226/art-31-3/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 地方税法 附則第八条第二項（特別土地保有税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4081-12/art-8/par-2

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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-20261027T214204-241, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-257, 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
