# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4051-62` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成五年六月一四日法律第六二号 suppl-4051-62 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4051-62/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-2 **第一項** 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及び担保附社債信託法の規定（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って生じた効力を妨げない。 suppl-4051-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-2/par-1 The provisions of the Commercial Code, the Act on Special Provisions of the Commercial Code Concerning Audits, etc. of Stock Companies, and the Secured Bond Trust Act, as amended (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 affect effects that arose under these Acts before the amendment. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（代表訴訟に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Derivative Suits caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行前に商法第二百六十七条第二項又は第三項（これらの規定を同法又は他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の訴えが提起された場合においては、その訴訟の目的の価額の算定に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4051-62/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-3/par-1 If, before this Act comes into effect, an action under Article 267, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Commercial Code (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis under that Act or other laws) has been filed, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the calculation of the value of the subject matter of that action. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（監査役の任期に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on the Term of Office of Company Auditors caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に存する株式会社の監査役で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に在任するものの任期に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4051-62/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-4/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, the term of office of a company auditor of a stock company existing at the time this Act comes into effect who is in office before the close of the ordinary general meeting concerning the first account closing day to arrive after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（旧社債に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Old Bonds caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前に社債（担保付社債を除く。以下この条、次条及び附則第十四条において同じ。）の募集の決議があった場合においては、その社債に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1 If, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for the solicitation of bonds (excluding secured bonds; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, the following Article, and Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions), the provisions then in force continue to govern those bonds after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第六条（旧社債の社債権者集会に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Bondholders Meetings of Old Bonds caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-6 **第一項** 前条に規定する場合においても、この法律の施行後に招集手続が開始される社債の社債権者集会に関しては、同条の規定にかかわらず、改正後の商法第三百二十一条ノ二、第三百二十四条、第三百二十九条及び第三百三十九条の規定を適用する。この場合において、同条第二項及び第四項中「社債管理会社」とあるのは、「社債募集ノ委託ヲ受ケタル会社」とする。 suppl-4051-62/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-6/par-1 Even in the case prescribed in the preceding Article, with regard to a bondholders meeting of bonds for which convocation procedures are commenced after this Act comes into effect, the provisions of Articles 321-2, 324, 329 and 339 of the Commercial Code as amended apply notwithstanding the provisions of that Article; in this case, the term "bond management company" in paragraphs (2) and (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "company entrusted with solicitation of bonds". machine translation, not official ### 第十二条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4051-62/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-12 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律附則の規定により従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4051-62/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-12/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in cases where the provisions then in force are to continue to apply under the Supplementary Provisions of this Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1: この条 → 商法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4051-62/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-5 - suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1: 次条 → 商法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4051-62/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-6 - suppl-4051-62/art-6/par-1: 前条 → 商法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4051-62/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-5 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第五条第一項（旧社債に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-5/par-1 - 商法 附則第六条第一項（旧社債の社債権者集会に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4051-62/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4051-62/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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-20261105T141039-002, translated 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-004, translated 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-007, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-008, translated 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05