# 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-3251-167`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3251-167
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3251-167
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## 附　則 昭和二五年五月一〇日法律第一六七号
<sup>suppl-3251-167 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3251-167 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3251-167</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和二十六年七月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3251-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3251-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3251-167/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of July 1, 1951.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  この法律施行前に成立した株式会社が既に発行した株式及びこの法律施行後発行する額面株式については、第二百二条第二項の改正規定にかかわらず、改正前の同条同項の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-3251-167/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3251-167/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3251-167/par-4</sup>
With respect to shares already issued by a stock company established before this Act comes into effect and par value shares issued after this Act comes into effect, the provisions of Article 202, paragraph (2) before the amendment apply, notwithstanding the provisions amending Article 202, paragraph (2).
<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