# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128. 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-4131-128` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128 - 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 平成一三年一一月二八日法律第一二八号 suppl-4131-128 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十四年四月一日から施行する。ただし、附則第十一条中商法等の一部を改正する等の法律（平成十三年法律第七十九号）附則第九条第一項の改正規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4131-128/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2002; provided, however, that the provision of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Commercial Code, etc. and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2001) comes into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（端株主の権利に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on the Rights of Holders of Fractional Shares caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の際端株主に対してこの法律による改正前の商法（以下「旧商法」という。）第三百四十一条ノ二第二項第六号及び第三百四十一条ノ八第二項第八号の引受権を受ける権利を与えない旨の定款の定めがある株式会社（この法律の施行前に定款の認証を受け、この法律の施行後に成立するもの（以下この条において「設立中の会社」という。）を含む。）については、この法律の施行の日（設立中の会社にあっては、その成立の日）において、端株主に対してこの法律による改正後の商法（以下「新商法」という。）第二百八十条ノ二十第二項第十二号及び第三百四十一条ノ三第一項第九号の引受権を受ける権利を与えない旨の定款の変更の決議があったものとみなす。 suppl-4131-128/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-2/par-1 With regard to a stock company whose articles of incorporation, at the time this Act comes into effect, contain a provision that the right to receive the subscription rights set forth in Article 341-2, paragraph (2), item (vi) and Article 341-8, paragraph (2), item (viii) of the Commercial Code prior to the amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Commercial Code") is not granted to holders of fractional shares (including one that received certification of the articles of incorporation before this Act comes into effect and is incorporated after this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "company in the process of incorporation")), a resolution for an amendment to the articles of incorporation to the effect that the right to receive the subscription rights set forth in Article 280-20, paragraph (2), item (xii) and Article 341-3, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Commercial Code as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Amended Commercial Code") is not granted to holders of fractional shares is deemed to have been adopted on the day this Act comes into effect (in the case of a company in the process of incorporation, the day of its incorporation). machine translation, not official ### 第三条（議決権なき株式に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Shares Without Voting Rights caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行の際定款に旧商法第二百四十二条第一項の規定により議決権がないものとされた種類の株式についての定めがある場合は、当該種類の株式に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。ただし、同条第三項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-1 If, at the time this Act comes into effect, the articles of incorporation contain a provision on a class of shares that has been made shares without voting rights pursuant to Article 242, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code, the provisions then in force continue to govern that class of shares even after this Act comes into effect; provided, however, that paragraph (3) of that Article does not apply. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の種類の株式は、新商法第二百二十二条第五項及び第六項の規定の適用については、同条第四項に規定する議決権制限株式とみなす。 suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-2 For the application of Article 222, paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Amended Commercial Code, the class of shares in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be shares with restricted voting rights prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（転換株式に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Convertible Shares caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-4 **第一項** 新商法第二百二十四条ノ三第一項の期間がこの法律の施行前に進行を開始し、当該期間がこの法律の施行の日以後に満了する場合には、この法律の施行後も、当該期間の満了の時までは、当該期間を定めた株式会社の株主は、新商法第二百二十二条ノ五第一項の規定に基づく転換の請求をすることができない。 suppl-4131-128/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-4/par-1 If the period under Article 224-3, paragraph (1) of the Amended Commercial Code began to run before this Act comes into effect and that period expires on or after the day this Act comes into effect, a shareholder of the stock company that set that period may not make a request for conversion under Article 222-5, paragraph (1) of the Amended Commercial Code, even after this Act comes into effect, until the expiration of that period. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（新株発行決議の効力に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on the Effect of Resolutions to Issue New Shares caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前に旧商法第二百八十条ノ二第二項又は第二百八十条ノ五ノ二第一項ただし書の決議があった場合においては、当該決議の効力に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4131-128/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-5/par-1 If a resolution under Article 280-2, paragraph (2) or the proviso to Article 280-5-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code was adopted before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern the effect of that resolution even after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第六条（取締役又は使用人に対する新株の引受権の付与に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Granting Subscription Rights for New Shares to Directors or Employees caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-6 **第一項** この法律の施行前に旧商法第二百八十条ノ十九第二項の決議があった場合においては、当該決議に基づき付与する新株の引受権に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-1 If a resolution under Article 280-19, paragraph (2) of the Former Commercial Code was adopted before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, even after this Act comes into effect, the subscription rights for new shares granted on the basis of that resolution. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行後に前項の新株の引受権が行使された場合においては、株式会社は、新株の発行に代えて、その有する自己の株式を当該新株の引受権を行使した者に移転することができる。この場合においては、会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第二編第二章第八節の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 If the subscription right for new shares in the preceding paragraph is exercised after this Act comes into effect, a stock company may, in lieu of the issue of new shares, transfer its own shares that it holds to the person who exercised that subscription right for new shares. In this case, the provisions of Part II, Chapter II, Section 8 of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005) do not apply. machine translation, not official ### 第七条（転換社債、新株引受権付社債に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Convertible Bonds and Bonds with Subscription Rights to New Shares caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-128/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-7 **第一項** この法律の施行前に転換社債（旧商法第三百四十一条ノ二第一項の規定に基づき発行する社債をいう。以下同じ。）又は新株引受権付社債（旧商法第三百四十一条ノ八第一項の規定に基づき発行する社債をいう。以下同じ。）の発行の決議があった場合においては、当該決議に基づき発行する転換社債又は新株引受権付社債に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。この法律の施行前に旧商法第三百四十一条ノ二第三項若しくは第三百四十一条ノ二ノ六第一項ただし書又は第三百四十一条ノ八第五項若しくは第三百四十一条ノ十一ノ二第一項ただし書の決議があった場合においては、当該決議に基づき発行する転換社債又は新株引受権付社債についても、同様とする。 suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-1 If, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for the issue of convertible bonds (meaning bonds issued under Article 341-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code; the same applies hereinafter) or bonds with subscription rights to new shares (meaning bonds issued under Article 341-8, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code; the same applies hereinafter), the provisions then in force continue to govern, even after this Act comes into effect, the convertible bonds or bonds with subscription rights to new shares issued on the basis of that resolution. The same applies to convertible bonds or bonds with subscription rights to new shares issued on the basis of a resolution, if a resolution under Article 341-2, paragraph (3), the proviso to Article 341-2-6, paragraph (1), Article 341-8, paragraph (5), or the proviso to Article 341-11-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code was adopted before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条第二項の規定は、この法律の施行後に前項の転換社債の転換の請求があった場合又は同項の新株引受権付社債に付された新株の引受権の行使があった場合に準用する。 suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2 Paragraph (2) of the preceding Article applies mutatis mutandis to the case where a request for conversion of the convertible bonds in the preceding paragraph is made, or the subscription right for new shares attached to the bonds with subscription rights to new shares in that paragraph is exercised, after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第八条（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-4131-128/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-8 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの法律の附則において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-4131-128/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-8/par-1 With regard to 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 the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4131-128/art-2/par-1: この条 → 商法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4131-128/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-2 - suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-1 - suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-1 - suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2: 前条第二項 → 商法 附則第六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)), suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 - suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第二条第一項（端株主の権利に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-2/par-1 - 商法 附則第三条第二項（議決権なき株式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-3/par-2 - 商法 附則第六条第二項（取締役又は使用人に対する新株の引受権の付与に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-6/par-2 - 商法 附則第七条第二項（転換社債、新株引受権付社債に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-128/art-7/par-2 - 商法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-149/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-149/art-4/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-20261105T141039-009, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-011, translated 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05