Supplementary Provisions
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This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年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。
The provisions of this Act (excluding penal provisions) also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise provided by other Acts.
この法律の規定（罰則を除く。）は、他の法律に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。
The provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3) do not apply, for six months from the day on which this Act comes into effect (or, if these companies change their trade names within that period, for the period until they change their trade names), to a special limited liability company prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Act on the Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to the Enforcement of the Companies Act (Act No. 87 of 2005), a stock company that continues to exist pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of Article 66, paragraph (1) of that Act, or a general partnership company or limited partnership company that continues to exist pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (3) of that Article, in the case where, at the time this Act comes into effect, it actually uses in its trade name any word that is likely to cause it to be mistaken for a limited liability company.
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 749, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 751, paragraph (1), Article 753, paragraph (1), Article 755, paragraph (1), Article 758, item (iv), Article 760, Article 763, Article 765, paragraph (1), Article 768, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 770, paragraph (1) and Article 773, paragraph (1) concerning the procedures for a merger for which the merger agreement is concluded, an absorption-type company split for which the absorption-type company split agreement is concluded or an incorporation-type company split for which the incorporation-type company split plan is prepared, a share exchange for which the share exchange agreement is concluded, or a share transfer for which the share transfer plan is prepared, within the period until the day on which one year elapses from the day on which this Act comes into effect, the phrase "the following matters" in Article 749, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in (b) through (e))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 751, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (iii) and (iv))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 753, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (viii) and (ix))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 755, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (vi) and (vii))"; the phrase "the following matters" in Article 758, item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in (b) through (e))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 760 is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in item (v))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 763 is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (viii) and (ix))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 765, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (vi) and (vii))"; the phrase "the following matters" in Article 768, paragraph (1), item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in (b) through (e))"; the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 770, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (iii) and (iv))"; and the phrase "the following matters" in the introductory clause of Article 773, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the following matters (excluding the matters set forth in items (vii) and (viii))".
この法律の施行の日から一年を経過する日までの間において合併契約が締結される合併、吸収分割契約が締結される吸収分割若しくは新設分割計画が作成される新設分割、株式交換契約が締結される株式交換又は株式移転計画が作成される株式移転の手続に関する第七百四十九条第一項第二号、第七百五十一条第一項、第七百五十三条第一項、第七百五十五条第一項、第七百五十八条第四号、第七百六十条、第七百六十三条、第七百六十五条第一項、第七百六十八条第一項第二号、第七百七十条第一項及び第七百七十三条第一項の規定の適用については、第七百四十九条第一項第二号中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（ロからホまでに掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百五十一条第一項各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第三号及び第四号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百五十三条第一項各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第八号及び第九号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百五十五条第一項各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第六号及び第七号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百五十八条第四号中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（ロからホまでに掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百六十条各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第五号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百六十三条各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第八号及び第九号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百六十五条第一項各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第六号及び第七号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百六十八条第一項第二号中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（ロからホまでに掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百七十条第一項各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第三号及び第四号に掲げる事項を除く。）」と、第七百七十三条第一項各号列記以外の部分中「次に掲げる事項」とあるのは「次に掲げる事項（第七号及び第八号に掲げる事項を除く。）」とする。