# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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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
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- Provision: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（清算結了の登記） — address `suppl-3371-82/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四条（清算結了の登記） — Registration of Completion of Liquidation
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3371-82/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3371-82/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3371-82/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  新法第百十九条ノ二（新法第百四十七条で準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行前に財産の処分を完了した場合には適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3371-82/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3371-82/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3371-82/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 119-2 of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 147 of the New Act) do not apply if the disposition of property was completed before this Act comes into effect.
<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-20261105T141039-003, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05