# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第七百二十九条 (Article 729) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号 - English title "Local 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: 第七百二十九条 (Article 729)（水利地益税等に係る滞納処分に関する罪） — address `art-729` - Text in force since: 2026-11-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百二十九条（水利地益税等に係る滞納処分に関する罪） — Offenses Concerning Delinquent Tax Collection Procedures Relating to Water Utilization and Land Benefit Tax, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-729 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729 **第一項** 水利地益税等の納税者又は特別徴収義務者が滞納処分の執行を免れる目的でその財産を隠蔽し、損壊し、若しくは地方団体の不利益に処分し、その財産に係る負担を偽つて増加する行為をし、又はその現状を改変して、その財産の価額を減損し、若しくはその滞納処分に係る滞納処分費を増大させる行為をしたときは、その者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは二百五十万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。 art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-1 Where a taxpayer or special collection agent of water utilization and land benefit tax, etc., for the purpose of evading the execution of delinquent tax collection procedures, conceals or damages property, disposes of it to the detriment of the local government, falsely increases the burden on it, or alters its current state, thereby reducing the value of the property or increasing the expenses for the delinquent tax collection procedure relating to it, the person is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 2,500,000 yen, or both. machine translation, not official **第二項** 納税者又は特別徴収義務者の財産を占有する第三者が納税者又は特別徴収義務者に滞納処分の執行を免れさせる目的で前項の行為をしたときも、同項と同様とする。 art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-2 The same applies as under the preceding paragraph where a third party in possession of the property of a taxpayer or special collection agent commits the act set forth in the preceding paragraph for the purpose of enabling the taxpayer or special collection agent to evade the execution of the delinquent tax collection procedure. machine translation, not official **第三項** 情を知つて前二項の行為につき納税者若しくは特別徴収義務者又はその財産を占有する第三者の相手方となつたときは、その相手方としてその違反行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑若しくは百五十万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。 art-729/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-3 A person who, knowing the circumstances, becomes the counterparty to an act under the preceding two paragraphs by a taxpayer or special collection agent or by a third party in possession of the property, and thereby commits the violation as the counterparty, is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine of not more than 1,500,000 yen, or both. machine translation, not official **第四項** 法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者がその法人又は人の業務又は財産に関して前三項の違反行為をした場合には、その行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対し、当該各項の罰金刑を科する。 art-729/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-4 If a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or a person, commits a violation prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs in connection with the business or property of that corporation or person, then in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in the relevant paragraphs is imposed on that corporation or person. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-729/par-2: 前項 → 地方税法 第七百二十九条第一項 (Article 729, paragraph (1)), art-729/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-1 - art-729/par-3: 前二項 → 地方税法 第七百二十九条第一項 (Article 729, paragraph (1)), art-729/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-1 - art-729/par-3: 前二項 → 地方税法 第七百二十九条第二項 (Article 729, paragraph (2)), art-729/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-2 - art-729/par-4: 前三項 → 地方税法 第七百二十九条第一項 (Article 729, paragraph (1)), art-729/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-1 - art-729/par-4: 前三項 → 地方税法 第七百二十九条第二項 (Article 729, paragraph (2)), art-729/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-2 - art-729/par-4: 前三項 → 地方税法 第七百二十九条第三項 (Article 729, paragraph (3)), art-729/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 地方税法 第七百二十九条第二項（水利地益税等に係る滞納処分に関する罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-2 - 地方税法 第七百二十九条第三項（水利地益税等に係る滞納処分に関する罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-3 - 地方税法 第七百二十九条第四項（水利地益税等に係る滞納処分に関する罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-729/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-729/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 地方税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-16 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20261016_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 地方税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-067, translated 2026-10-28 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-103, translated 2026-10-28 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-174, translated 2026-10-28 - This site's parser, version 218 — 地方税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-27