# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（犯則事件の処分に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4291-2/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第四条（犯則事件の処分に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures concerning Dispositions in Criminal Tax Cases
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4291-2/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4291-2/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4291-2/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  三十年新法第一章第十六節第二款の規定は、附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の日以後にした行為に係る地方税に関する犯則事件の処分について適用し、同日前にした行為に係る地方税に関する犯則事件の処分については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4291-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4291-2/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4291-2/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Chapter I, Section 16, Subsection 2 of the 2018 New Act apply to dispositions in criminal tax cases concerning local tax relating to acts committed on or after the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions then in force continue to govern dispositions in criminal tax cases concerning local tax relating to acts committed before that date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4291-2/art-4/par-1: 附則第一条第四号 → 地方税法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-4291-2/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4291-2/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4291-2/art-1/par-1/item-4

## Cited by

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

- 地方税法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-4291-2/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-4291-2/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261027T214204-295, 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
