# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

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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: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)（質権に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4021-64/art-10`
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### 第十条（質権に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Pledges
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に到来した最終の決算期以前の決算期に関する定時総会において改正前の商法第二百九十三条ノ二第一項の規定による株式をもってする配当の決議があった場合又はこの法律の施行前に同法第二百九十三条ノ三第二項若しくは第二百九十三条ノ三ノ二第一項の規定による株式の発行の決議があった場合においては、その決議の前に株式について設定された質権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-10/par-1</sup>
If, at an ordinary general meeting concerning an account closing day on or before the last account closing day that arrived before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for a dividend in shares under Article 293-2, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code before the amendment, or if, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for an issue of shares under Article 293-3, paragraph (2) or Article 293-3-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, a pledge created on shares before that resolution.
<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-20261105T141039-007, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
