# 相続税法 / Inheritance Tax Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- Law: 相続税法 (Inheritance Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第七十三号
- English title "Inheritance Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-4041-16/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  改正後の相続税法（以下「新法」という。）の規定は、別段の定めがあるものを除き、平成四年一月一日以後に相続若しくは遺贈（贈与者の死亡により効力を生ずる贈与を含む。以下同じ。）又は贈与（贈与者の死亡により効力を生ずる贈与を除く。以下同じ。）により取得した財産に係る相続税又は贈与税について適用し、同日前に相続若しくは遺贈又は贈与により取得した財産に係る相続税又は贈与税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the Inheritance Tax Act as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") apply, except as otherwise specially provided, to inheritance tax or gift tax on property acquired by inheritance or bequest (including a gift that takes effect upon the death of the donor; the same applies hereinafter) or by gift (excluding a gift that takes effect upon the death of the donor; the same applies hereinafter) on or after January 1, 1992, and the provisions then in force continue to govern inheritance tax or gift tax on property acquired by inheritance, bequest or gift before that date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 相続税法 附則第三条第三項（相続税の申告書の提出期限等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-3
- 相続税法 附則第三条第四項（相続税の申告書の提出期限等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 相続税法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000073/20260401_506AC0000000008), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 相続税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/449), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch inheritance-tax-act-20261011T165043-025, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 相続税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
