# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66. 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-4061-66` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66 - 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 平成六年六月二九日法律第六六号 suppl-4061-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66 **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-4061-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66/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 **第二項** 改正後の商法及び有限会社法の規定（罰則を除く。）は、次項に定めるものを除き、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-4061-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66/par-2 The provisions of the Commercial Code and the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended (excluding penal provisions) also apply to matters that arose before this Act comes into effect, except for those provided for in the following paragraph; provided, however, that this does not affect effects that arose under these Acts before the amendment. machine translation, not official **第三項** 改正後の商法第二百十条第五号、第二百十条ノ三第一項及び第二項並びに第二百十二条ノ二第一項及び第三項（これらの規定を改正後の有限会社法第二十四条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）並びに改正後の商法第二百十条ノ二第一項の規定は、この法律の施行前に株主総会又は社員総会の招集の手続が開始された場合における自己の株式又は持分の取得については、適用しない。 suppl-4061-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66/par-3 The provisions of Article 210, item (v), Article 210-3, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 212-2, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Commercial Code as amended (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis under Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Limited Liability Companies Act as amended), and Article 210-2, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code as amended, do not apply to the acquisition of own shares or of a share in a limited company where procedures for convening a shareholders meeting or a general meeting of members have commenced before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律の施行前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-4061-66/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66/par-4 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4061-66/par-2: 次項 → 商法 附則第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (3)), suppl-4061-66/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4061-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4061-66/par-2 --- ## 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-20261105T141039-003, 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