# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（自動車取得税に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4241-17/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第五条（自動車取得税に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Automobile Acquisition Tax
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4241-17/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4241-17/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4241-17/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  別段の定めがあるものを除き、新法の規定中自動車取得税に関する部分は、施行日以後の自動車の取得に対して課すべき自動車取得税について適用し、施行日前の自動車の取得に対して課する自動車取得税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-1</sup>
Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of the New Act relating to automobile acquisition tax apply to automobile acquisition tax to be imposed on the acquisition of a motor vehicle on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to automobile acquisition tax imposed on the acquisition of a motor vehicle before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  旧法附則第五十二条第二項に規定する代替自動車の取得に対して課する自動車取得税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-2</sup>
With regard to automobile acquisition tax imposed on the acquisition of a replacement motor vehicle prescribed in Article 52, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  旧法附則第五十二条第三項に規定する他の自動車の取得に対して課する自動車取得税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4241-17/art-5/par-3</sup>
With regard to automobile acquisition tax imposed on the acquisition of another motor vehicle prescribed in Article 52, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261027T202151-286, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T202151-336, 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
