# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十一条 (Article 11)

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- Law: 商法 (Commercial Code), 明治三十二年法律第四十八号
- English title "Commercial Code": 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: 第十一条 (Article 11)（商号の選定） — address `art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-11
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-11
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### 第十一条（商号の選定） — (Selection of Trade Name)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-11</sup>

  **第一項**  商人（会社及び外国会社を除く。以下この編において同じ。）は、その氏、氏名その他の名称をもってその商号とすることができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-11/par-1</sup>
  A merchant (other than a company or foreign company; hereinafter the same applies in this Part) may use the merchant's surname, full name, or any other name as a trade name.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  商人は、その商号の登記をすることができる。
  <sup>art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-11/par-2</sup>
  A merchant may register its trade name.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 商法 第七条第一項（小商人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-7/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 商法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/132AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05