# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

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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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（取締役等の責任を追及する訴えに関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-149/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-149/art-6
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### 第六条（取締役等の責任を追及する訴えに関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Actions to Pursue the Liability of Directors, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-149/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-149/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-149/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  新商法第二百六十八条第四項から第七項まで（これらの規定を新商法又は他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、この法律の施行前に提起された旧商法第二百六十八条第一項（旧商法又は他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）の訴えについては、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4131-149/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-149/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-149/art-6/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 268, paragraphs (4) through (7) of the Amended Commercial Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis under the Amended Commercial Code or other laws) do not apply to an action under Article 268, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis under the Former Commercial Code or other laws) filed before the enforcement of this Act.
<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-20261105T141039-012, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05