# 相続税法 / Inheritance Tax Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（相続税の申告書の提出期限等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4041-16/art-3`
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### 第三条（相続税の申告書の提出期限等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on the Deadline for Filing Inheritance Tax Returns, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  平成四年一月一日から平成七年十二月三十一日までの間（以下この条において「特例期間」という。）に相続又は遺贈により財産を取得した者又はその者の相続人（包括受遺者を含む。次項において同じ。）が、新法第二十七条第一項又は第二項の規定により提出すべき申告書の提出期限については、これらの規定中「十月以内」とあるのは、同条第一項の相続の開始があった日が次の表の上欄に掲げる期間のいずれに含まれるかに応じ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
一　平成四年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	六月を経過する日又は平成四年十二月三十一日のいずれか遅い日まで
二　平成五年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	七月を経過する日又は平成五年十月三十一日のいずれか遅い日まで
三　平成六年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	八月を経過する日又は平成六年十月三十一日のいずれか遅い日まで
四　平成七年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	九月を経過する日又は平成七年十月三十一日のいずれか遅い日まで
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to the deadline for filing a return to be filed under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) or (2) of the New Act by a person who has acquired property by inheritance or bequest during the period from January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1995 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "special period"), or by an heir of that person (including a universal legatee; the same applies in the following paragraph), the phrase "within 10 months" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with the wording in the right-hand column of the following table, according to which of the periods in the left-hand column of the table includes the day on which the commencement of the succession referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article occurred.
(i) The period from January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992	until the later of the day on which six months elapse or December 31, 1992
(ii) The period from January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993	until the later of the day on which seven months elapse or October 31, 1993
(iii) The period from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994	until the later of the day on which eight months elapse or October 31, 1994
(iv) The period from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995	until the later of the day on which nine months elapse or October 31, 1995
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、特例期間内に贈与により財産を取得した者の相続人が、新法第二十八条第二項において準用する新法第二十七条第二項の規定により提出すべき申告書の提出期限について準用する。この場合において、前項中「これらの規定」とあるのは「新法第二十八条第二項において準用する新法第二十七条第二項」と、「同条第一項の相続の開始」とあるのは「新法第二十八条第一項の贈与」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the deadline for filing a return to be filed, by an heir of a person who has acquired property by gift during the special period, under Article 27, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (2) of the New Act. In this case, "those provisions" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 27, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (2) of the New Act", and "the commencement of the succession referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "the gift referred to in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the New Act".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  新法第二十九条第一項及び同条第二項において準用する新法第二十七条第二項、新法第三十一条第二項並びに新法第三十五条第二項第四号の規定は、平成四年一月一日以後に新法第三条の二に規定する事由又は前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる改正前の相続税法（以下「旧法」という。）第三条の二に規定する事由が生じた場合について適用し、同日前に同条に規定する事由が生じた場合については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-3 · 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</sup>
The provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the New Act, Article 27, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (2) of the New Act, Article 31, paragraph (2) of the New Act, and Article 35, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the New Act apply to cases where, on or after January 1, 1992, a cause prescribed in Article 3-2 of the New Act, or a cause prescribed in Article 3-2 of the Inheritance Tax Act before amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, has arisen, and the provisions then in force continue to govern cases where a cause prescribed in that Article arose before that date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  特例期間内に新法第三条の二に規定する事由又は前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる旧法第三条の二に規定する事由が生じた場合における新法第二十九条第一項及び同条第二項において準用する新法第二十七条第二項並びに新法第三十一条第二項の規定により提出すべき申告書の提出期限については、これらの規定中「十月以内」とあるのは、これらの事由が生じた日が第一項の表の上欄に掲げる期間のいずれに含まれるかに応じ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-4 · 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</sup>
With regard to the deadline for filing a return to be filed under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the New Act, Article 27, paragraph (2) of the New Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (2) of the New Act, and Article 31, paragraph (2) of the New Act in the case where, during the special period, a cause prescribed in Article 3-2 of the New Act, or a cause prescribed in Article 3-2 of the Former Act for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, has arisen, the phrase "within 10 months" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with the wording in the right-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), according to which of the periods in the left-hand column of that table includes the day on which those causes arose.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  特例期間内に新法第三十五条第二項第一号、第二号又は第四号に規定する事由（同項第一号の場合には、新法第二十七条第一項の相続の開始。以下この項において同じ。）が生じた場合における新法第三十五条第二項に規定する決定又は更正については、同項中「十月」とあるのは、これらの事由が生じた日が次の表の上欄に掲げる期間のいずれに含まれるかに応じ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
一　平成四年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	六月を経過する日又は平成四年十二月三十一日のいずれか遅い日
二　平成五年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	七月を経過する日又は平成五年十月三十一日のいずれか遅い日
三　平成六年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	八月を経過する日又は平成六年十月三十一日のいずれか遅い日
四　平成七年一月一日から同年十二月三十一日までの間	九月を経過する日又は平成七年十月三十一日のいずれか遅い日
<sup>suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5</sup>
With regard to a determination or reassessment prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (2) of the New Act in the case where, during the special period, a cause prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (2), item (i), (ii) or (iv) of the New Act (in the case of item (i) of that paragraph, the commencement of the succession referred to in Article 27, paragraph (1) of the New Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) has arisen, the phrase "10 months" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with the wording in the right-hand column of the following table, according to which of the periods in the left-hand column of the table includes the day on which those causes arose.
(i) The period from January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992	the later of the day on which six months elapse or December 31, 1992
(ii) The period from January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1993	the later of the day on which seven months elapse or October 31, 1993
(iii) The period from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994	the later of the day on which eight months elapse or October 31, 1994
(iv) The period from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995	the later of the day on which nine months elapse or October 31, 1995
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1: この条 → 相続税法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4041-16/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1: 次項 → 相続税法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 相続税法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-3: 前条 → 相続税法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), 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
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-4: 前条 → 相続税法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), 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
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-4: 第一項 → 相続税法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5: この項 → 相続税法 附則第三条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (5)), suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5

## Cited by

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- 相続税法 附則第三条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-1
- 相続税法 附則第三条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-2
- 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
- 相続税法 附則第三条第五項（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/suppl-4041-16/art-3/par-5

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