# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6. 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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（資本の減少等における公告及び債権者に対する催告に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4141-44/art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条（資本の減少等における公告及び債権者に対する催告に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Public Notice and Peremptory Notice to Obligees in a Reduction of Capital, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4141-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6 **第一項** この法律の施行前に旧商法第二百八十九条第二項（旧有限会社法第四十六条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）、第三百七十四条第一項、第三百七十四条ノ十七第一項、第三百七十五条第一項又は第四百八条第一項の決議をした場合における公告及び債権者に対する催告に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 With regard to the public notice and the peremptory notice to obligees in the case where a resolution under Article 289, paragraph (2) of the Former Commercial Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Former Limited Liability Companies Act), Article 374, paragraph (1), Article 374-17, paragraph (1), Article 375, paragraph (1) or Article 408, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code was adopted before the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern even after the enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 旧商法第三百七十四条ノ六第一項、第三百七十四条ノ二十二第一項、第三百七十四条ノ二十三第一項又は第四百十三条ノ三第一項に規定する場合であって、この法律の施行前に分割計画書、分割契約書又は合併契約書を作成したときにおける公告及び債権者に対する催告に関しても、前項と同様とする。 suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-2 The same applies as in the preceding paragraph to the public notice and the peremptory notice to obligees in the case prescribed in Article 374-6, paragraph (1), Article 374-22, paragraph (1), Article 374-23, paragraph (1) or Article 413-3, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code where a written split plan, written split agreement or written merger agreement was prepared before the enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前に資本減少を内容とする定款の変更の決議をした場合における有限会社の公告及び債権者に対する催告に関しても、第一項と同様とする。 suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-3 The same applies as in paragraph (1) to the public notice by a limited company and the peremptory notice to obligees in the case where a resolution on an amendment to the articles of incorporation providing for a reduction of capital was adopted before the enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 - suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 附則第六条第二項（資本の減少等における公告及び債権者に対する催告に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-2 - 商法 附則第六条第三項（資本の減少等における公告及び債権者に対する催告に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4141-44/art-6/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-013, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05