# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4061-118/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4061-118/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4061-118/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4061-118/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4061-118/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4061-118/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、世界貿易機関を設立するマラケシュ協定が日本国について効力を生ずる日から施行する。ただし、第二条及び第五条の規定並びに附則第三条、第四条（「別表第一（Ａ）」を「別表第一」に改める部分に限る。）、第五条及び第六条の規定は、平成七年四月一日（世界貿易機関を設立するマラケシュ協定が日本国について効力を生ずる日が平成七年四月一日後となる場合には、当該効力を生ずる日以後の政令で定める日）から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4061-118/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4061-118/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4061-118/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization enters into force for Japan; provided, however, that the provisions of Articles 2 and 5 and the provisions of Article 3, Article 4 (limited to the part replacing "Appended Table 1 (A)" with "Appended Table 1"), Article 5 and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on April 1, 1995 (or, if the date on which the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization enters into force for Japan falls after April 1, 1995, on the day specified by Cabinet Order that falls on or after the date of that entry into force).
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## Cited by

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

- 租税特別措置法 附則第七条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4061-118/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4061-118/art-7/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-20261007T211206-370, 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
