# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)

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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
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- Provision: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)（資本の減少に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-79/art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十八条（資本の減少に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Capital Reduction
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-79/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に旧商法第三百七十五条第一項又は旧有限会社法第四十七条の決議があった資本の減少に関しては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4131-79/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-18/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern a capital reduction for which a resolution under Article 375, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code or Article 47 of the Former Limited Liability Companies Act was adopted before this Act comes into effect.
<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-20261105T141039-004, translated 2026-11-05
- 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