Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年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。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Principles of Transitional Measures
第二条（経過措置の原則）
The provisions of the Commercial Code and the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended by this Act (excluding penal provisions) also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect, except where there are special provisions; provided, however, that this does not impair the effect that arose under these Acts before the amendment.
この法律による改正後の商法及び有限会社法の規定（罰則を除く。）は、特別の定めがある場合を除いては、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、改正前のこれらの法律によって生じた効力を妨げない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Provisional Dispositions to Suspend the Execution of Business, etc.
第三条（業務執行停止等の仮処分に関する経過措置）
If, before this Act comes into effect, an application was made for a provisional disposition to suspend the execution of the business of a member or the performance of the duties of a director, company auditor, or liquidator, or to appoint a proxy to execute the business of a member or a proxy to perform the duties of a director, company auditor, or liquidator, the provisions then in force continue to govern the provisional disposition case, the registration concerning the provisional disposition, and the authority of that proxy to execute the business or perform the duties, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に社員の業務若しくは取締役、監査役若しくは清算人の職務の執行を停止し、又は社員の業務代行者若しくは取締役、監査役若しくは清算人の職務代行者を選任する仮処分の申請があった場合においては、その仮処分の事件及び仮処分に関する登記並びにその業務代行者又は職務代行者の権限に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Incorporation
第四条（設立に関する経過措置）
If certification of the articles of incorporation was received before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern the incorporation of the stock company or limited company under those articles of incorporation, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に定款の認証を受けた場合においては、その定款に係る株式会社又は有限会社の設立に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning the Restriction on the Amount of Capital of Stock Companies
第五条（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置）
With respect to a stock company existing at the time this Act comes into effect, or a stock company that, having obtained certification of the articles of incorporation before this Act comes into effect, is established after this Act comes into effect, whose amount of capital is less than 10 million yen, the provisions of Article 168-4 of the Commercial Code as amended do not apply for five years after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行の際現に存する株式会社又はこの法律の施行前に定款の認証を受け、この法律の施行後に成立する株式会社で、その資本の額が千万円に満たないものについては、改正後の商法第百六十八条ノ四の規定は、この法律の施行後五年間は、適用しない。
A stock company prescribed in the preceding paragraph may, only within the period in that paragraph, change its organization to a general partnership company or limited partnership company by a resolution of a shareholders meeting.
When the period in paragraph (1) has expired, the Minister of Justice must give public notice in the Official Gazette that a stock company whose registered amount of capital is less than 10 million yen will be deemed to have been dissolved under paragraph (1) of the following Article if it does not file the written application for registration prescribed in that paragraph. In this case, the registry office must send to that stock company a notice that the public notice has been given.
The provisions of Article 100 of the Commercial Code, Article 61, paragraph (1) and Article 66 of the Limited Liability Companies Act, and the proviso to Article 64, paragraph (1), Article 64, paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), Article 64-2, and Article 64-3 of the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended apply mutatis mutandis to a change of organization under the provisions of paragraph (2). In this case, the phrase "the registration prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (2) for a limited company" in Article 66 of the Limited Liability Companies Act is deemed to be replaced with "the registration prescribed in Article 64, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code for a general partnership company, and the registration prescribed in Article 149, paragraph (1) of that Code for a limited partnership company".
商法第百条、有限会社法第六十一条第一項及び第六十六条並びに改正後の有限会社法第六十四条第一項ただし書、第二項、第三項及び第五項、第六十四条ノ二並びに第六十四条ノ三の規定は、第二項の規定による組織変更について準用する。この場合において、有限会社法第六十六条中「有限会社ニ付テハ第十三条第二項ニ定ムル登記」とあるのは、「合名会社ニ付テハ商法第六十四条第一項ニ定ムル登記、合資会社ニ付テハ同法第百四十九条第一項ニ定ムル登記」と読み替えるものとする。
The provisions of Article 210, item (iv) of the Commercial Code as amended and Article 211 of the Commercial Code apply mutatis mutandis to the purchase of shares under the provisions of Article 64-2 of the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended, as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding paragraph.
改正後の商法第二百十条第四号及び商法第二百十一条の規定は、前項において準用する改正後の有限会社法第六十四条ノ二の規定による株式の買取りについて準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Measures Where a Stock Company Does Not Reach the Minimum Amount of Capital
第六条（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置）
If a stock company prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article has not, by the day on which two months have elapsed counted from the date of the public notice in that paragraph, filed an application for registration of a change making its amount of capital 10 million yen or more, or an application for registration to be made where it has changed its organization to a limited company, general partnership company, or limited partnership company, that stock company is deemed to have been dissolved on that day.
A company deemed to have been dissolved under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, only within three years counted from the day it was so deemed, continue the company by the resolution prescribed in Article 343 of the Commercial Code. In this case, until it makes its amount of capital 10 million yen or more, or changes its organization to a limited company, general partnership company, or limited partnership company, that company has rights and bears obligations within the scope of the purpose of that amount of capital or change of organization.
前項の規定により解散したものとみなされた会社は、そのみなされた日から起算して三年内に限り、商法第三百四十三条に定める決議により会社を継続することができる。この場合において、その会社は、資本の額を千万円以上とし、又は組織を変更して有限会社、合名会社若しくは合資会社とするまでの間は、当該資本の額又は組織の変更の目的の範囲内において、権利を有し、義務を負う。
The continuation of a company under the provisions of the preceding paragraph ceases to be effective if, within the period in that paragraph, the company has neither made its amount of capital 10 million yen or more nor changed its organization to a limited company, general partnership company, or limited partnership company.
The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis where a company continued under the provisions of paragraph (2) changes its organization to a general partnership company or limited partnership company within the period in that paragraph.
The filing of the application for registration of continuation under the provisions of paragraph (2) and the filing of the application for registration of a change of the amount of capital or for registration to be made where the organization has been changed must be made at the same time.
第二項の規定による継続の登記の申請と資本の額の変更の登記又は組織を変更した場合にすべき登記の申請とは、同時にしなければならない。
The provisions of Article 91-2 of the Commercial Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1963) apply mutatis mutandis to the registration of dissolution under the provisions of paragraph (1).
商業登記法（昭和三十八年法律第百二十五号）第九十一条の二の規定は、第一項の規定による解散の登記について準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Documents to Be Attached to the Written Application for Registration of Change of Organization, etc.
第七条（組織変更の登記の申請書の添付書類等）
The following documents must be attached to the written application for registration to be made for a general partnership company that has changed its organization to a general partnership company pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article):
the articles of incorporation;
定款
the documents listed in Article 67, item (ii) and Article 93, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Commercial Registration Act.
商業登記法第六十七条第二号及び第九十三条第一項第五号に掲げる書面
The document under Article 74 of the Commercial Registration Act must be attached, in addition to the documents listed in the items of the preceding paragraph, to the written application for registration to be made for a limited partnership company that has changed its organization to a limited partnership company pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions.
The provisions of Articles 71 and 73 of the Commercial Registration Act apply mutatis mutandis to the cases prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs.
商業登記法第七十一条及び第七十三条の規定は、前二項に規定する場合について準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 8Penal Provisions Concerning Change of Organization
第八条（組織変更に係る罰則）
If a member who executes the business of a company or that member's proxy to execute the business, or a director of a stock company or a proxy to perform the duties of a director under Article 258, paragraph (2) of the Commercial Code, Article 270, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code before the amendment, or Article 67-2 of the Commercial Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188, paragraph (3) of the Commercial Code as amended, falls under any one of the following items, the person is subject to a civil fine of 1,000,000 yen or less; provided, however, that this does not apply where a penalty is to be imposed for the act.
会社の業務を執行する社員若しくはその業務代行者又は株式会社の取締役若しくは商法第二百五十八条第二項、改正前の商法第二百七十条第一項若しくは改正後の商法第百八十八条第三項において準用する商法第六十七条ノ二の取締役の職務代行者が次の各号の一に該当するときは、百万円以下の過料に処する。ただし、その行為について刑を科すべきときは、この限りでない。
when the person neglects to make a registration in violation of the provisions of Article 66 of the Limited Liability Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article);
when the person neglects to give public notice or notice, or gives false public notice or notice, in violation of the provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2) or Article 64-3 of the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions;
附則第五条第四項において準用する改正後の有限会社法第六十四条第二項又は第六十四条ノ三の規定に違反して公告若しくは通知をすることを怠り、又は不正の公告若しくは通知をしたとき。
when the person changes the organization in violation of the provisions of Article 100 of the Commercial Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions;
附則第五条第四項において準用する商法第百条の規定に違反して組織変更をしたとき。
when the person neglects to dispose of shares in violation of the provisions of Article 211 of the Commercial Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions).
Supplementary Provisions, Article 9Transitional Measures on Requests for Approval of Transfers of Shares, etc.
第九条（株式等の譲渡承認請求等に関する経過措置）
If, before this Act comes into effect, a request has been made for approval of the transfer of shares, or of a share in a limited company, the transfer of which requires the approval of the board of directors, or a request for designation of a purchaser in connection with acquisition, the provisions then in force continue to govern that request after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前にその譲渡につき取締役会の承認を要する株式又は有限会社の持分の譲渡の承認又は取得に係る買受人指定の請求があった場合においては、その請求に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 10Transitional Measures on Pledges
第十条（質権に関する経過措置）
If, at an ordinary general meeting concerning an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for a dividend in shares under Article 293-2, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code before the amendment, or if, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for an issue of shares under Article 293-3, paragraph (2) or Article 293-3-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, a pledge created on shares before that resolution.
この法律の施行前に到来した最終の決算期以前の決算期に関する定時総会において改正前の商法第二百九十三条ノ二第一項の規定による株式をもってする配当の決議があった場合又はこの法律の施行前に同法第二百九十三条ノ三第二項若しくは第二百九十三条ノ三ノ二第一項の規定による株式の発行の決議があった場合においては、その決議の前に株式について設定された質権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Transitional Measures on Share Splits, etc.
第十一条（株式分割等に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, a share split resolved before this Act comes into effect, and an issue of shares in the case where all or part of the reserve has been transferred to capital or in the case where, in the issue price of par value shares, there is a portion exceeding the face amount that has been transferred to capital.
この法律の施行前に決議があった株式の分割又は準備金の全部若しくは一部を資本に組み入れた場合若しくは額面株式の発行価額中券面額を超えて資本に組み入れた部分がある場合の株式の発行に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 12Transitional Measures on Share Certificates in Bearer Form
第十二条（無記名式の株券に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, share certificates in bearer form that were issued before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に発行されている無記名式の株券に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 13Transitional Measures on Shares Without Voting Rights
第十三条（議決権のない株式に関する経過措置）
With regard to shares that are made shares without voting rights by the articles of incorporation, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the voting rights at an ordinary general meeting concerning an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect.
定款をもって議決権がないものとされる株式については、この法律の施行前に到来した最終の決算期以前の決算期に関する定時総会に係る議決権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures on Shareholders' Subscription Rights to New Shares, etc.
第十四条（株主の新株引受権等に関する経過措置）
If, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted in a company in which the approval of the board of directors is required for the transfer of shares for an issue of new shares, convertible bonds, or bonds with subscription rights to new shares, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the subscription rights of the shareholders of that company.
この法律の施行前に株式の譲渡につき取締役会の承認を要する会社において新株、転換社債又は新株引受権付社債の発行の決議があった場合においては、その会社の株主に係る引受権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 15Transitional Measures on Contributions in Kind upon Issue of New Shares
第十五条（新株発行の場合の現物出資に関する経過措置）
If, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for an issue of new shares, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, contributions in kind in connection with those new shares.
この法律の施行前に新株の発行の決議があった場合においては、その新株に係る現物出資に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 16Transitional Measures on Accumulation of Earned Reserve
第十六条（利益準備金の積立てに関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the amount that a stock company or limited company is to accumulate as earned reserve at an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に到来した最終の決算期以前の決算期に株式会社又は有限会社が利益準備金として積み立てるべき金額に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 17Transitional Measures on Disposal of Profits
第十七条（利益の処分に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the disposal of profits of a stock company relating to an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に到来した最終の決算期以前の決算期に係る株式会社の利益の処分に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 23Transitional Measures on Changes of Organization
第二十三条（組織変更に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, a change of organization of a stock company or limited company that was resolved before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に決議があった株式会社又は有限会社の組織変更に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 25Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
第二十五条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in cases where the provisions then in force are to continue to apply under the Supplementary Provisions of this Act.
この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律附則の規定により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。
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 as a reference.
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.
registration
登記
Entry in a public register kept by a registry office (登記所) — a Legal Affairs Bureau or one of its branch offices — so that the matter is made public (Real Property Registration Act, Articles 1 and 6, paragraph (1)). Rights in land and buildings, such as ownership, a superficies (地上権), a statutory lien (先取特権), a mortgage and a right of lease (賃借権), can be registered under that Act (Article 3), and matters the Commercial Code, the Companies Act and other Acts require to be registered are registered under the Commercial Registration Act (Article 1). Registration also lets a right be asserted against third parties: acquiring, losing or changing a right in rem (物権) in land or a building, such as ownership, cannot be asserted against third parties until it is registered (Civil Code, Article 177), and a matter the Companies Act requires to be registered cannot be asserted against a third party who does not know of it until it has been registered, nor, even after that, against one who had a justifiable reason for not knowing of the registration (Companies Act, Article 908, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Real Property Registration Act, Arts. 1, 3, 6, Commercial Registration Act, Art. 1, Civil Code, Art. 177 and Companies Act, Art. 908 as a reference.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.