# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3561-74/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-3561-74/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3561-74/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3561-74/art-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3561-74/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3561-74/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3561-74/art-2 **第一項** この法律による改正後の商法、株式会社の監査等に関する商法の特例に関する法律（以下「商法特例法」という。）及び有限会社法の規定（罰則を除く。）は、特別の定めがある場合を除いては、この法律の施行前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、改正前のこれらの法律によつて生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-3561-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-3561-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-3561-74/art-2/par-1 The provisions, as amended by this Act, of the Commercial Code, the Act on Special Provisions of the Commercial Code concerning Audits, etc. of Stock Companies (hereinafter referred to as the "Commercial Code Special Provisions Act"), and the Limited Liability Companies Act (excluding penal provisions) also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise specifically provided; provided, however, that this does not prevent the effect that arose under these Acts before amendment. machine translation, not official --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-005, translated 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05