# 印紙税法 / Stamp Tax Act — 第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56)

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- Law: 印紙税法 (Stamp Tax Act), 昭和四十二年法律第二十三号
- English title "Stamp Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第五十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 56)（印紙税法の一部改正に伴う一般的経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-8/art-56`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十六条（印紙税法の一部改正に伴う一般的経過措置） — General Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Stamp Tax Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-8/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/stamp-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-56</sup>

**第一項**  第十一条の規定の施行前に課した、又は課すべきであった印紙税については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-8/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/stamp-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-56/par-1</sup>
With regard to stamp tax imposed, or that should have been imposed, prior to the enforcement of the provisions of Article 11, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 印紙税法 附則第一条第一項第四号リ（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/stamp-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-1/par-1/item-4/sub-2
- 印紙税法 附則第五十七条第一項（印紙税法の一部改正に伴う罰則に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/stamp-tax-act/suppl-4151-8/art-57/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 印紙税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000023/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-11-04
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 印紙税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/877), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch stamp-tax-act-20261104T155636-008, translated 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch stamp-tax-act-20261104T155636-012, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 印紙税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-04
