# 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-3381-126`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3381-126
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3381-126
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## 附　則 昭和三八年七月九日法律第一二六号
<sup>suppl-3381-126 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3381-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3381-126</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、商業登記法の施行の日（昭和三十九年四月一日）から施行する。ただし、第七条中商法第二百十条第四号、第二百八十条ノ四第二項及び第四百九十八条第一項第九号の改正規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3381-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3381-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3381-126/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date of enforcement of the Commercial Registration Act (April 1, 1964); provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 210, item (iv), Article 280-4, paragraph (2), and Article 498, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Commercial Code in Article 7 come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
<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