# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

- 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-75/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4131-75/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4131-75/art-7
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### 第七条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-75/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4131-75/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4131-75/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合における施行日以後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4131-75/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4131-75/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4131-75/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before the Effective Date and to conduct engaged in on or after the Effective Date in the cases in which provisions are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261007T211206-414, 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