# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56. 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-4091-56` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56 - 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 平成九年五月二一日法律第五六号 suppl-4091-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-56/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成九年六月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4091-56/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on June 1, 1997; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 目次の改正規定、第百七十五条の改正規定、第二編第四章第三節ノ二の次に一節を加える改正規定及び第四百十四条の改正規定並びに附則第六条及び第七条の規定　平成九年十月一日 suppl-4091-56/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions amending the table of contents, the provisions amending Article 175, the provisions adding a Section after Part II, Chapter IV, Section 3-2, and the provisions amending Article 414, and the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 1997. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-56/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前に定時総会の招集の手続が開始された場合におけるその定時総会の決議に係る自己の株式の取得については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4091-56/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-2/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern the acquisition of own shares pursuant to a resolution of an ordinary general meeting for which procedures for convening have commenced before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（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-4091-56/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び前条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-4091-56/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-3/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 pursuant to the preceding Article. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-56/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 商法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4091-56/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第三条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-56/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-56/art-3/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-20261105T141039-008, translated 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05