# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（この法律の施行前に買い受けた自己の株式等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-79/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-2 - 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. --- ### 第二条（この法律の施行前に買い受けた自己の株式等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Own Shares, etc. Purchased Before This Act Comes into Effect caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4131-79/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前にこの法律による改正前の商法（以下「旧商法」という。）第二百十二条第一項（この法律による改正前の有限会社法（以下「旧有限会社法」という。）第二十四条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第二百十二条ノ二第一項（旧有限会社法第二十四条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により買い受けた株式若しくは持分又はこの法律による廃止前の株式の消却の手続に関する商法の特例に関する法律（以下「旧消却特例法」という。）第三条第一項の規定により買い受けた株式（資本準備金をもって買い受けたものを除く。）であって失効の手続を終了していないものに関しては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4131-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-2/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern shares or shares in a limited company that were purchased before this Act comes into effect pursuant to Article 212, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis under Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Limited Liability Companies Act prior to the amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Limited Liability Companies Act")) or Article 212-2, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis under Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Former Limited Liability Companies Act) of the Commercial Code prior to the amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Commercial Code"), or shares (excluding those purchased with capital reserve) that were purchased pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Provisions of the Commercial Code Concerning Procedures for Cancellation of Shares prior to the repeal by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Share Cancellation Special Provisions Act"), for which the procedure for invalidation has not been completed. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261105T141039-009, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05