# 租税特別措置法 / Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 租税特別措置法 (Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation), 昭和三十二年法律第二十六号
- English title "Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation": Ministry of Justice translation
- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4201-65`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65
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## 附　則 平成二〇年六月一三日法律第六五号
<sup>suppl-4201-65 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4201-65/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4201-65/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四十条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4201-65/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-40</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四十一条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4201-65/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-41</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から第十九条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4201-65/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-41/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1: 附則第一条 → 租税特別措置法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4201-65/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-1
- suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1: この条 → 租税特別措置法 附則第四十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 40), suppl-4201-65/art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-40

## Cited by

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

- 租税特別措置法 附則第四十条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4201-65/art-40/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 租税特別措置法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/332AC0000000026/20261001_508AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-07
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3132/tb), retrieved 2026-10-07
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch special-taxation-measures-act-20261007T211206-489, translated 2026-10-08
- This site's parser, version 165 — 租税特別措置法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-07
