# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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-3411-83` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和四一年六月一四日法律第八三号 suppl-3411-83 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83 **第一項** この法律は、昭和四十一年七月一日から施行する。ただし、商法第百八十八条第二項第五号、第二百五条、第二百十三条から第二百二十一条まで、第二百二十三条第一項、第二百二十九条、第二百八十四条ノ二及び第四百九十八条第一項第十六号の改正規定、同法第二百二十六条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに附則第三項及び第四項の規定は、昭和四十二年四月一日から、同法第三百四十一条ノ六の改正規定、同条を同法第三百四十一条ノ七とし、同法第三百四十一条ノ五の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに次項及び附則第七項の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3411-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of July 1, 1966; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 188, paragraph (2), item (v), Article 205, Articles 213 through 221, Article 223, paragraph (1), Article 229, Article 284-2, and Article 498, paragraph (1), item (xvi) of the Commercial Code, the provisions adding one Article after Article 226 of that Code, and the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of April 1, 1967, and the provisions amending Article 341-6 of that Code, the provisions making that Article Article 341-7 of that Code and adding one Article after Article 341-5 of that Code, and the provisions of the following paragraph and paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律による改正後の商法（以下「新法」という。）の規定は、特別の定めがある場合を除いては、当該改正規定の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、従前の商法（以下「旧法」という。）の規定によつて生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-3411-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-2 The provisions of the Commercial Code as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") apply also to matters that arose before the effective date of the relevant amending provisions, except where there are special provisions; provided, however, that this does not impair the effect that arose under the provisions of the previous Commercial Code (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act"). machine translation, not official **第三項** 昭和四十二年四月一日前における株式の移転又は株券の取得については、同日以後も、なお旧法第二百五条及び第二百二十九条の規定を適用する。ただし、同日以後の株券の占有につき新法第二百五条第二項の規定を適用することを妨げない。 suppl-3411-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-3 With regard to the transfer of shares or the acquisition of share certificates before April 1, 1967, the provisions of Articles 205 and 229 of the Former Act continue to apply on and after that date; provided, however, that this does not preclude applying the provisions of Article 205, paragraph (2) of the New Act to the possession of share certificates on or after that date. machine translation, not official **第四項** 昭和四十二年四月一日前に発行された株券を同日以後に取得した者が、裏書の連続又は株式の譲渡を証する書面の整否につき調査をしなかつた場合においても、新法第二百二十九条の規定の適用については、その調査をしなかつたことをもつて、悪意又は重大な過失があつたものとすることはできない。 suppl-3411-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-4 Even where a person who acquires, on or after April 1, 1967, share certificates issued before that date has not investigated the continuity of endorsements or the regularity of the documents certifying the transfer of shares, the failure to investigate cannot be deemed to constitute bad faith or gross negligence for the purpose of applying Article 229 of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第五項** 新法第二百三十九条第六項及び第二百三十九条ノ二の規定（新法第百八十条第三項及び第四百十三条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）は、この法律の施行の日から起算して二週間内の日を会日とする株主総会又は創立総会における議決権の行使については、適用しない。 suppl-3411-83/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-5 The provisions of Article 239, paragraph (6) and Article 239-2 of the New Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 180, paragraph (3) and Article 413, paragraph (3) of the New Act) do not apply to the exercise of voting rights at a shareholders meeting or organizational meeting whose meeting date falls within two weeks counted from the day this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第六項** この法律の施行前に新株の発行の決議があつたときは、その新株の発行に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。この法律の施行前にされた旧法第二百八十条ノ二第二項の決議において定めた株式の発行に関しても、同様とする。 suppl-3411-83/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-6 If a resolution on an issue of new shares was made before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern that issue of new shares even after this Act comes into effect. The same applies to the issue of shares provided for in a resolution under Article 280-2, paragraph (2) of the Former Act made before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第七項** 新法第三百四十一条ノ六第二項の規定は、同項の一定の日がこの法律の公布の日前であるときは、適用しない。 suppl-3411-83/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-7 The provisions of Article 341-6, paragraph (2) of the New Act do not apply if the fixed date referred to in that paragraph is before the date of promulgation of this Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3411-83/par-1: 附則第三項 → 商法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-3411-83/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-3 - suppl-3411-83/par-1: 第四項 → 商法 附則第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (4)), suppl-3411-83/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-4 - suppl-3411-83/par-1: 次項 → 商法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3411-83/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-2 - suppl-3411-83/par-1: 附則第七項 → 商法 附則第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (7)), suppl-3411-83/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-7 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3411-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3411-83/par-1 --- ## 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