# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

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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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（設立に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4021-64/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四条（設立に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Incorporation
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に定款の認証を受けた場合においては、その定款に係る株式会社又は有限会社の設立に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-4/par-1</sup>
If certification of the articles of incorporation was received before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern the incorporation of the stock company or limited company under those articles of incorporation, even 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-20261105T141039-006, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05