# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-1441-73`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-1441-73
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-1441-73
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
- Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below.

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## 附　則 明治四四年五月三日法律第七三号
<sup>suppl-1441-73 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-1441-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-1441-73</sup>

### 第一条
<sup>suppl-1441-73/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-1441-73/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-1441-73/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  本法施行ノ期日ハ勅令ヲ以テ之ヲ定ム
<sup>suppl-1441-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-1441-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-1441-73/art-1/par-1</sup>
The date on which this Act comes into effect is specified by Imperial Ordinance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条
<sup>suppl-1441-73/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-1441-73/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-1441-73/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  本法ノ規定ハ本法施行ノ日ヨリ其施行前ニ生シタル事項ニモ亦之ヲ適用ス但従前ノ規定ニ依リテ生シタル効力ヲ妨ケス
<sup>suppl-1441-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-1441-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-1441-73/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions of this Act apply, from the date this Act comes into effect, also to matters that arose before it came into effect; provided, however, that this does not impair the effect that arose under the previous provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-002, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05