# 消費税法 / Consumption Tax Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- Law: 消費税法 (Consumption Tax Act), 昭和六十三年法律第百八号
- English title "Consumption Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4131-6/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-4131-6/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-4131-6/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4131-6/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-4131-6/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-4131-6/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十三年三月三十一日から施行する。ただし、次に掲げる規定は、同年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on March 31, 2001; provided, however, that the following provisions come into effect on April 1 of that year:
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  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
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  **三**  第四条から第十条までの規定並びに附則第十九条、第二十条、第二十六条、第二十七条及び第二十八条（会社更生法（昭和二十七年法律第百七十二号）第二百六十九条第三項に係る部分を除く。）の規定
  <sup>suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 4 through 10, and the provisions of Articles 19, 20, 26, 27, and 28 (excluding the part concerning Article 269, paragraph (3) of the Corporate Reorganization Act (Act No. 172 of 1952)) of the Supplementary Provisions.
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## Cites
- suppl-4131-6/art-1/par-1/item-3: 第二十条 → 消費税法 附則第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20), suppl-4131-6/art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-4131-6/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-4131-6/art-20

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363AC0000000108/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 消費税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1176), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch consumption-tax-act-20261013T073630-036, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 消費税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13