# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71. 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-4091-71` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71 - 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). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成九年六月六日法律第七一号 suppl-4091-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71 **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-4091-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71/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** この法律の施行前に締結された合併契約に係る合併に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4091-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71/par-2 The provisions then in force continue to govern the merger under a merger contract that has been concluded before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前にした行為及び前項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-4091-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71/par-3 The provisions then in force continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts which a person has committed before this Act comes into effect, as well as to acts which a person commits after this Act comes into effect related to the particulars for which prior laws are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-71/par-3: 前項 → 商法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-4091-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第三項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4091-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4091-71/par-3 --- ## 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 - 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