# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19)（贈与税の特例に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3611-13/art-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3611-13/art-19
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### 第十九条（贈与税の特例に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Provisions on Gift Tax
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3611-13/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3611-13/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3611-13/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  新法第七十条の三第一項の規定は、昭和六十一年一月一日以後に贈与（贈与者の死亡により効力を生ずる贈与を除く。以下この条において同じ。）により取得した財産に係る贈与税について適用し、同日前に贈与により取得した財産に係る贈与税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3611-13/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3611-13/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3611-13/art-19/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 70-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply to gift tax on property acquired by gift (excluding a gift that takes effect upon the death of the donor; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) on or after January 1, 1986, and with regard to gift tax on property acquired by gift before that date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3611-13/art-19/par-1: この条 → 租税特別措置法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-3611-13/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3611-13/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3611-13/art-19

## Cited by

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

- 租税特別措置法 附則第十九条第一項（贈与税の特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-3611-13/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-3611-13/art-19/par-1

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## 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-20261007T211206-332, 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
