# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - Law: 租税特別措置法 (Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation), 昭和三十二年法律第二十六号 - English title "Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation": Ministry of Justice translation - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（配当所得に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3521-9/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（配当所得に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dividend Income caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3521-9/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4 **第一項** 昭和五十二年三月三十一日までに支払を受けるべき旧法第八条の二第一項、第八条の三第一項、第八条の四第一項及び第九条第一項に規定する配当所得については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-1 With regard to dividend income prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (1), Article 8-3, paragraph (1), Article 8-4, paragraph (1) and Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Former Act that is to be received by March 31, 1977, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 居住者、国内に恒久的施設を有する非居住者、内国法人又は国内に恒久的施設を有する外国法人が、施行日から昭和五十二年十二月三十一日までの間に支払を受けるべき証券投資信託の収益の分配に係る配当所得（新法第八条の二第一項の規定の適用を受けるものを除く。）については、旧法第八条の三第一項中「昭和五十五年十二月三十一日」とあるのは、「昭和五十二年十二月三十一日」として、同項及び同条第六項の規定の例による。 suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-2 With regard to dividend income relating to distributions of proceeds from a securities investment trust (excluding dividend income to which the provisions of Article 8-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply) that a resident, a nonresident having a permanent establishment in Japan, a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation having a permanent establishment in Japan is to receive during the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 1977, the provisions of that paragraph and paragraph (6) of that Article are to govern, with the phrase "December 31, 1980" in Article 8-3, paragraph (1) of the Former Act deemed to be replaced with "December 31, 1977". machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定の適用を受ける配当所得に対する新法第八条の三の規定の適用については、同条第三項中「配当所得に係る所得税法第百八十二条又は第二百十三条に規定する百分の二十の税率」とあるのは、「昭和五十二年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の租税特別措置法第八条の三第一項に規定する税率」とする。 suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3 With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 8-3 of the New Act to dividend income to which the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply, the phrase "the tax rate of 20 percent prescribed in Article 182 or Article 213 of the Income Tax Act for dividend income" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the tax rate prescribed in Article 8-3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 1977 Amending Act". machine translation, not official **第四項** 居住者、国内に恒久的施設を有する非居住者、内国法人又は国内に恒久的施設を有する外国法人が、施行日から昭和五十二年十二月三十一日までの間に支払を受けるべき配当所得（証券投資信託の収益の分配に係るもの及び新法第八条の四第一項の規定の適用を受けるものを除く。）については、旧法第九条第一項中「昭和五十五年十二月三十一日」とあるのは、「昭和五十二年十二月三十一日」として、同条の規定の例による。 suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-4 With regard to dividend income (excluding dividend income relating to distributions of proceeds from a securities investment trust and dividend income to which the provisions of Article 8-4, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply) that a resident, a nonresident having a permanent establishment in Japan, a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation having a permanent establishment in Japan is to receive during the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 1977, the provisions of that Article are to govern, with the phrase "December 31, 1980" in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Former Act deemed to be replaced with "December 31, 1977". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3: 所得税法第百八十二条 → 所得税法 第百八十二条 (Article 182), art-182 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-182 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-182 - suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3: 第二百十三条 → 所得税法 第二百十三条 (Article 213), art-213 — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/art-213 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/art-213 - suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3: 前項 → 租税特別措置法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 租税特別措置法 附則第四条第三項（配当所得に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3521-9/art-4/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 租税特別措置法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/332AC0000000026/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-07 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3132/tb), retrieved 2026-10-07 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch special-taxation-measures-act-20261007T211206-298, translated 2026-10-08 - This site's parser, version 165 — 租税特別措置法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-07