# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

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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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（会社と取締役又は清算人との間の訴えについての会社代表に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3491-21/art-6`
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### 第六条（会社と取締役又は清算人との間の訴えについての会社代表に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Representation of a Company in an Action between the Company and a Director or Liquidator
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3491-21/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に存する株式会社が取締役若しくは清算人に対し、又は取締役若しくは清算人がその会社に対して提起する訴えについて会社を代表すべき者に関しては、この法律の施行後最初に到来する決算期に関する定時総会の終結前は、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3491-21/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3491-21/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3491-21/art-6/par-1</sup>
With regard to the person who is to represent the company in an action that a stock company existing at the time this Act comes into effect brings against a director or liquidator, or that a director or liquidator brings against that company, the provisions then in force continue to govern even after this Act comes into effect, until the close of the ordinary general meeting relating to the first account closing day that arrives after 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-20261105T141039-004, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05