# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-1. 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-3491-21/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-1 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3491-21/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、商法第二百九条第一項、第二百四十条第二項、第二百五十六条ノ三、第二百八十条ノ二第一項、第二百八十条ノ六第三号、第二百八十条ノ七、第二百八十八条ノ二、第二百九十三条ノ二、第二百九十三条ノ三第三項、第二百九十三条ノ四第二項、第三百四十一条ノ二、第三百四十一条ノ七、第三百七十九条第一項及び第四百九十八条ノ二の各改正規定、同法第二百五十六条ノ四を削る改正規定、同法第二百八十条ノ九の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第三百四十一条ノ二の次に四条を加える改正規定、同法第四百六条ノ二の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに次条、附則第五条及び第十条から第十三条までの規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 209, paragraph (1), Article 240, paragraph (2), Article 256-3, Article 280-2, paragraph (1), Article 280-6, item (iii), Article 280-7, Article 288-2, Article 293-2, Article 293-3, paragraph (3), Article 293-4, paragraph (2), Article 341-2, Article 341-7, Article 379, paragraph (1), and Article 498-2 of the Commercial Code, the provisions deleting Article 256-4 of that Code, the provisions adding one Article after Article 280-9 of that Code, the provisions adding four Articles after Article 341-2 of that Code, the provisions adding one Article after Article 406-2 of that Code, and the provisions of the following Article, Article 5, and Articles 10 through 13 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1: 次条 → 商法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-3491-21/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-2 - suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1: 附則第五条 → 商法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-3491-21/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-5 - suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1: 第十条から第十三条まで → 商法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-3491-21/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-10 - suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1: 第十条から第十三条まで → 商法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-3491-21/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-11 - suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1: 第十条から第十三条まで → 商法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-3491-21/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-12 - suppl-3491-21/art-1/par-1: 第十条から第十三条まで → 商法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-3491-21/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-13 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-004, translated 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05