Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of October 1, 1982; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 amending the table of contents of the Commercial Code and adding a subsection to Part II, Chapter IV, Section 5 of that Code come into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.
この法律は、昭和五十七年十月一日から施行する。ただし、第一条中商法目次の改正規定及び同法第二編第四章第五節に一款を加える改正規定は、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, as amended by this Act, of the Commercial Code, the Act on Special Provisions of the Commercial Code concerning Audits, etc. of Stock Companies (hereinafter referred to as the "Commercial Code Special Provisions Act"), and the Limited Liability Companies Act (excluding penal provisions) also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise specifically provided; provided, however, that this does not prevent the effect that arose under these Acts before amendment.
この法律による改正後の商法、株式会社の監査等に関する商法の特例に関する法律（以下「商法特例法」という。）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つて生じた効力を妨げない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Shares or Equity Interests in a Parent Company Held by a Subsidiary
第四条（子会社が有する親会社の株式又は持分に関する経過措置）
If, at the time this Act comes into effect, a subsidiary prescribed in Article 211-2 of the Commercial Code after amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Limited Liability Companies Act after amendment; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) holds shares or equity interests in a parent company prescribed in Article 211-2 of the Commercial Code after amendment, that subsidiary must dispose of those shares or equity interests within a reasonable time.
この法律の施行の際改正後の商法第二百十一条ノ二（改正後の有限会社法第二十四条第一項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）に規定する子会社が改正後の商法第二百十一条ノ二に規定する親会社の株式又は持分を有しているときは、その子会社は、相当の時期に、その株式又は持分の処分をしなければならない。
The provisions of Article 498, paragraph (1), item (xii) and paragraph (2) of the Commercial Code after amendment and Article 85, paragraph (1), item (vii) and paragraph (2) of the Limited Liability Companies Act after amendment apply mutatis mutandis to the case where shares or equity interests have not been disposed of in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
改正後の商法第四百九十八条第一項第十二号及び第二項並びに改正後の有限会社法第八十五条第一項第七号及び第二項の規定は、前項の規定に違反して株式又は持分の処分をしなかつた場合について準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Matters to Be Stated on Share Certificates
第五条（株券の記載事項に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the matters to be stated on share certificates issued before this Act comes into effect, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に発行された株券の記載事項に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures Concerning Actions for Rescission of Resolutions of Shareholders Meetings, etc.
第七条（株主総会の決議の取消しの訴え等に関する経過措置）
If a resolution of a shareholders meeting, an organizational meeting, or a general meeting of members was made before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern actions seeking rescission or modification of that resolution, or a declaration of the non-existence or invalidity of that resolution, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に株主総会若しくは創立総会又は社員総会の決議があつた場合においては、その決議の取消し、変更又は不存在若しくは無効の確認を請求する訴えに関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 8Transitional Measures Concerning Qualifications of Directors, etc.
第八条（取締役等の資格に関する経過措置）
With regard to the directors, company auditors, and liquidators who are in office at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions of Article 254-2, items (i) and (ii) of the Commercial Code after amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 280, paragraph (1) and Article 430, paragraph (2) of that Code and Articles 32 and 34 and Article 75, paragraph (2) of the Limited Liability Companies Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) do not apply until the close of the first shareholders meeting convened after this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that this does not apply to a person who comes to fall under item (i) or (ii) of Article 254-2 of the Commercial Code after amendment after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行の際現に在任する取締役、監査役及び清算人については、改正後の商法第二百五十四条ノ二第一号及び第二号（同法第二百八十条第一項及び第四百三十条第二項並びに有限会社法第三十二条、第三十四条及び第七十五条第二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の規定は、この法律の施行後最初に招集される株主総会の終結の時までは、適用しない。ただし、この法律の施行後に改正後の商法第二百五十四条ノ二第一号又は第二号に該当することとなつたものについては、この限りでない。
With regard to the qualifications of directors, company auditors, and liquidators concerning a person who has been sentenced to a penalty for an act committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前にした行為について刑に処せられた者に係る取締役、監査役及び清算人の資格に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 9Transitional Measures Concerning Transactions Belonging to the Class of a Company's Business Made by a Director
第九条（取締役がする会社の営業の部類に属する取引に関する経過措置）
If, before this Act comes into effect, approval of a shareholders meeting was given under Article 264, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code before amendment, the provisions then in force continue to govern the transaction covered by that approval, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に改正前の商法第二百六十四条第一項の規定による株主総会の認許があつた場合においては、その認許に係る取引に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 10Transitional Measures Concerning Transactions between a Director and the Company
第十条（取締役会社間の取引に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 265, paragraph (3) of the Commercial Code after amendment do not apply to a transaction under paragraph (1) of that Article made before this Act comes into effect.
改正後の商法第二百六十五条第三項の規定は、この法律の施行前にした同条第一項の取引については、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Transitional Measures Concerning Issue of New Shares, etc.
第十一条（新株の発行等に関する経過措置）
If a resolution on the issue of new shares was made before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern that issue of new shares, even after this Act comes into effect; the same applies to a share split if a resolution on that share split was made before this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に新株の発行の決議があつた場合においては、その新株の発行に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。この法律の施行前に株式の分割の決議があつた場合のその株式の分割に関しても、同様とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 12Transitional Measures Concerning Documents to Be Prepared by Directors at the Account Closing Day, etc.
第十二条（決算期に取締役が作成すべき書類等に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the documents that directors are to prepare at an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect and the accounts relating to that account closing day, even after 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取締役が作成すべき書類及びその決算期に係る計算に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 13Transitional Measures Concerning the Prohibition of Provision of Benefits Relating to the Exercise of Shareholders' Rights
第十三条（株主権の行使に関する利益の供与の禁止に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 294-2 of the Commercial Code after amendment do not apply to acts done before this Act comes into effect.
改正後の商法第二百九十四条ノ二の規定は、この法律の施行前にした行為については、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures Concerning Capital upon Conversion of Convertible Bonds
第十四条（転換社債の転換の場合の資本に関する経過措置）
If a resolution on the issue of convertible bonds was made before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern the capital to be increased by the conversion of those convertible bonds, even after this Act comes into effect.
この法律の施行前に転換社債の発行の決議があつた場合においては、その転換社債の転換により増加すべき資本に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 27Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
第二十七条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect that relate to matters for which the provisions then in force are to be followed under the provisions of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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事項に係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。
Commercial Code Special Provisions Actmachine translation
「商法特例法」
Short name for the law on special provisions of the Commercial Code for the auditing of stock companies and other matters (株式会社の監査等に関する商法の特例に関する法律).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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.
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.