# 法人税法 / Corporation Tax Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

- Law: 法人税法 (Corporation Tax Act), 昭和四十年法律第三十四号
- English title "Corporation Tax Act": 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4101-24/art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4101-24/art-12
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4101-24/art-12
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### 第十二条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4101-24/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4101-24/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4101-24/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  新法人税法第百五十九条第一項の規定は、施行日以後にする同項に規定する違反行為について適用し、施行日前にした旧法人税法第百五十九条第一項に規定する違反行為については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4101-24/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4101-24/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4101-24/art-12/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 159, paragraph (1) of the New Corporation Tax Act apply to violations prescribed in that paragraph committed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern violations prescribed in Article 159, paragraph (1) of the Former Corporation Tax Act committed before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 法人税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000034/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-08
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Corporation Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3115/tb), retrieved 2026-10-08
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch corporation-tax-act-20261008T111236-087, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 165 — 法人税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-08