# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4151-134` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成一五年八月一日法律第一三四号 suppl-4151-134 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4151-134/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4151-134/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第十九条（商法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Commercial Code caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4151-134/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134/art-19 **第一項** 施行日前に生じた前条の規定による改正前の商法（以下「旧商法」という。）第二百九十五条第一項の雇用関係に基づいて生じた債権に係る先取特権については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4151-134/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134/art-19/par-1 With regard to a statutory lien on a claim arising from an employment relationship under Article 295, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code prior to the amendment by the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Commercial Code") that arose before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 施行日前に旧商法第八百四十八条第三項において準用する旧民法第三百八十三条の書面が同条に規定する債権者の全員に到達した場合における当該抵当権の目的たる船舶についての同項において準用する旧民法第三百七十八条の規定による滌除及び同項において準用する旧民法第三百八十四条に規定する増価競売については、第一条の規定による改正後の民法、第三条の規定による改正後の民事執行法及び前条の規定による改正後の商法の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4151-134/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4151-134/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4151-134/art-19/par-2 With regard to the mortgage redemption under the provisions of Article 378 of the former Civil Code as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 848, paragraph (3) of the Former Commercial Code and the auction for increased value prescribed in Article 384 of the former Civil Code as applied mutatis mutandis in that paragraph, concerning the ship that is the subject matter of that mortgage, in the case where the written notice under Article 383 of the former Civil Code as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 848, paragraph (3) of the Former Commercial Code reached all of the obligees prescribed in Article 383 of the former Civil Code before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the Civil Code after the amendment by the provisions of Article 1, the Civil Enforcement Act after the amendment by the provisions of Article 3, and the Commercial Code after the amendment by the provisions of the preceding Article. 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-20261105T141039-002, translated 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-006, 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