# 所得税法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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- Law: 所得税法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act), 昭和四十年政令第九十六号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-4262-137/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-22
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### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures
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<sup>suppl-4262-137/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/income-tax-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-137/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  別段の定めがあるものを除き、第一条の規定による改正後の所得税法施行令（以下「新令」という。）の規定は、平成二十六年分以後の所得税について適用し、平成二十五年分以前の所得税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4262-137/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/income-tax-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4262-137/art-2/par-1</sup>
Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of the Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act after the amendment under the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Order") apply to income tax for 2014 and subsequent years, and the provisions then in force continue to govern income tax for 2013 and earlier years.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 所得税法施行令 — the text in force from 2026-05-22 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340CO0000000096/20260522_508CO0000000093), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3121/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch income-tax-act-enforcement-order-20261106T173921-096, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch income-tax-act-enforcement-order-20261106T173921-128, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 229 — 所得税法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06