# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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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
- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（代表訴訟に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4051-62/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三条（代表訴訟に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Derivative Suits
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

**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。
<sup>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</sup>
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.
<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