# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-7. 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（端株主の権利に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-79/art-7` - 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-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-7 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条（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-4131-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-7 **第一項** この法律の施行の際旧商法第二百三十条ノ五前段の規定による定款の定めがない株式会社（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を含む。）については、この法律の施行の日において、新商法第二百二十条ノ三第二項の規定により端株主に対して同条第一項第一号又は第四号の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-4131-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-1 With regard to a stock company that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has no provision in its articles of incorporation under the first sentence of Article 230-5 of the Former Commercial Code (including one that has received certification of the articles of incorporation before this Act comes into effect and is incorporated after this Act comes into effect), a resolution for an amendment to the articles of incorporation to the effect that the right set forth in Article 220-3, paragraph (1), item (i) or item (iv) is not granted to holders of fractional shares pursuant to Article 220-3, paragraph (2) of the Amended Commercial Code is deemed to have been adopted on the day this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に存する株式会社（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を含む。）については、この法律の施行の日において、新商法第二百二十条ノ三第二項の規定により端株主に対して同条第一項第三号の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-4131-79/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-2 With regard to a stock company existing at the time this Act comes into effect (including one that has received certification of the articles of incorporation before this Act comes into effect and is incorporated after this Act comes into effect), a resolution for an amendment to the articles of incorporation to the effect that the right set forth in Article 220-3, paragraph (1), item (iii) is not granted to holders of fractional shares pursuant to Article 220-3, paragraph (2) of the Amended Commercial Code is deemed to have been adopted on the day this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行の際旧商法第二百三十条ノ五後段の規定による定款の定めがある株式会社の端株主であって株主でないものの配当若しくは金銭の分配又は引受権を受ける権利に関しては、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-7/par-3 The provisions then in force continue to govern the right to receive dividends or a distribution of money, or subscription rights, of a holder of fractional shares who is not a shareholder of a stock company that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has a provision in its articles of incorporation under the second sentence of Article 230-5 of the Former Commercial Code. 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