# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5. 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4021-64/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5 - e-Gov law ID: 132AC0000000048 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五条（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Restriction on the Amount of Capital of Stock Companies caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4021-64/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に存する株式会社又はこの法律の施行前に定款の認証を受け、この法律の施行後に成立する株式会社で、その資本の額が千万円に満たないものについては、改正後の商法第百六十八条ノ四の規定は、この法律の施行後五年間は、適用しない。 suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-1 With respect to a stock company existing at the time this Act comes into effect, or a stock company that, having obtained certification of the articles of incorporation before this Act comes into effect, is established after this Act comes into effect, whose amount of capital is less than 10 million yen, the provisions of Article 168-4 of the Commercial Code as amended do not apply for five years after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項に規定する株式会社は、同項の期間内に限り、株主総会の決議によりその組織を変更して合名会社又は合資会社とすることができる。 suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2 A stock company prescribed in the preceding paragraph may, only within the period in that paragraph, change its organization to a general partnership company or limited partnership company by a resolution of a shareholders meeting. machine translation, not official **第三項** 法務大臣は、第一項の期間が満了したときは、登記された資本の額が千万円に満たない株式会社は次条第一項に規定する登記の申請をしないときは同項の規定により解散したものとみなされることとなる旨を官報で公告しなければならない。この場合において、登記所は、その株式会社に対し、その公告があったことの通知を発しなければならない。 suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3 When the period in paragraph (1) has expired, the Minister of Justice must give public notice in the Official Gazette that a stock company whose registered amount of capital is less than 10 million yen will be deemed to have been dissolved under paragraph (1) of the following Article if it does not file the written application for registration prescribed in that paragraph. In this case, the registry office must send to that stock company a notice that the public notice has been given. machine translation, not official **第四項** 商法第百条、有限会社法第六十一条第一項及び第六十六条並びに改正後の有限会社法第六十四条第一項ただし書、第二項、第三項及び第五項、第六十四条ノ二並びに第六十四条ノ三の規定は、第二項の規定による組織変更について準用する。この場合において、有限会社法第六十六条中「有限会社ニ付テハ第十三条第二項ニ定ムル登記」とあるのは、「合名会社ニ付テハ商法第六十四条第一項ニ定ムル登記、合資会社ニ付テハ同法第百四十九条第一項ニ定ムル登記」と読み替えるものとする。 suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4 The provisions of Article 100 of the Commercial Code, Article 61, paragraph (1) and Article 66 of the Limited Liability Companies Act, and the proviso to Article 64, paragraph (1), Article 64, paragraphs (2), (3), and (5), Article 64-2, and Article 64-3 of the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended apply mutatis mutandis to a change of organization under the provisions of paragraph (2). In this case, the phrase "the registration prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (2) for a limited company" in Article 66 of the Limited Liability Companies Act is deemed to be replaced with "the registration prescribed in Article 64, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code for a general partnership company, and the registration prescribed in Article 149, paragraph (1) of that Code for a limited partnership company". machine translation, not official **第五項** 改正後の商法第二百十条第四号及び商法第二百十一条の規定は、前項において準用する改正後の有限会社法第六十四条ノ二の規定による株式の買取りについて準用する。 suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-5 The provisions of Article 210, item (iv) of the Commercial Code as amended and Article 211 of the Commercial Code apply mutatis mutandis to the purchase of shares under the provisions of Article 64-2 of the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended, as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-1 - suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-1 - suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3: 次条第一項 → 商法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1 - suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4: 第二項 → 商法 附則第五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (2)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2 - suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-5: 前項 → 商法 附則第五条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (4)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第五条第二項（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2 - 商法 附則第五条第三項（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3 - 商法 附則第五条第四項（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4 - 商法 附則第五条第五項（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-5 - 商法 附則第六条第一項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1 - 商法 附則第六条第四項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4 - 商法 附則第七条第一項（組織変更の登記の申請書の添付書類等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-7/par-1 - 商法 附則第七条第二項（組織変更の登記の申請書の添付書類等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-7/par-2 - 商法 附則第八条第一項第一号（組織変更に係る罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-8/par-1/item-1 - 商法 附則第八条第一項第二号（組織変更に係る罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-8/par-1/item-2 - 商法 附則第八条第一項第三号（組織変更に係る罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-8/par-1/item-3 - 商法 附則第八条第一項第四号（組織変更に係る罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-8/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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