# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（道府県民税に関する規定の適用） — address `suppl-3521-6/art-2`
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### 第二条（道府県民税に関する規定の適用） — Application of Provisions on Prefectural Inhabitant Tax
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<sup>suppl-3521-6/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3521-6/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3521-6/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  改正後の地方税法（以下「新法」という。）の規定中個人の道府県民税に関する部分は、昭和五十二年度分の個人の道府県民税から適用し、昭和五十一年度分までの個人の道府県民税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of the Local Tax Act after the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") relating to individual prefectural inhabitant tax apply from individual prefectural inhabitant tax for fiscal year 1977, and the provisions then in force continue to govern individual prefectural inhabitant tax up to fiscal year 1976.
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**第二項**  新法第五十二条第一項の規定は、昭和五十二年四月一日（以下「施行日」という。）以後に終了する事業年度又は新法第五十三条第五項の期間に係る法人の道府県民税について適用し、施行日前に終了した事業年度又は同項の期間に係る法人の道府県民税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 52, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply to corporate prefectural inhabitant tax for business years ending on or after April 1, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") or for the period under Article 53, paragraph (5) of the New Act, and the provisions then in force continue to govern corporate prefectural inhabitant tax for business years that ended before the Effective Date or for the period under that paragraph.
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**第三項**  法人の施行日以後に終了する事業年度に係る新法第五十三条第一項の申告書（法人税法（昭和四十年法律第三十四号）第七十一条第一項（同法第七十二条第一項の規定が適用される場合及びこれらの規定を同法第百四十五条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の申告書に係るものに限る。）の提出期限が施行日前である場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、その法人の当該申告書に係る道府県民税として納付した、又は納付すべきであつた道府県民税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3</sup>
In the case where the deadline for filing the return under Article 53, paragraph (1) of the New Act for a business year of a corporation ending on or after the Effective Date (limited to that relating to the return under Article 71, paragraph (1) of the Corporation Tax Act (Act No. 34 of 1965) (including the case where Article 72, paragraph (1) of that Act applies and the case where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 145, paragraph (1) of that Act)) falls before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern prefectural inhabitant tax that the corporation paid, or should have paid, as the prefectural inhabitant tax relating to that return.
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## Cites
- suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2: 新法第五十二条第一項 → 地方税法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-52/par-1
- suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2: 新法第五十三条第五項 → 地方税法 第五十三条第五項 (Article 53, paragraph (5)), art-53/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-53/par-5
- suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3: 新法第五十三条第一項 → 地方税法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-53/par-1
- suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3: 前項 → 地方税法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 地方税法 附則第二条第三項（道府県民税に関する規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/suppl-3521-6/art-2/par-3

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## 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-20261027T202151-271, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-240, 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
