# 商法 / Commercial Code — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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
- 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-4181-109`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4181-109
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4181-109
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## 附　則 平成一八年一二月一五日法律第一〇九号
<sup>suppl-4181-109 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4181-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4181-109</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、新信託法の施行の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4181-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4181-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4181-109/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the new Trust Act comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**一**  第九条（商法第七条の改正規定に限る。）、第二十五条（投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律第二百五十一条第二十四号の改正規定に限る。）、第三十七条（金融機関の合併及び転換に関する法律第七十六条第七号の改正規定に限る。）、第四十九条（保険業法第十七条の六第一項第七号、第五十三条の十二第八項、第五十三条の十五、第五十三条の二十五第二項、第五十三条の二十七第三項、第五十三条の三十二、第百八十条の五第三項及び第四項並びに第百八十条の九第五項の改正規定に限る。）、第五十五条（資産の流動化に関する法律第七十六条第六項、第八十五条、第百六十八条第五項、第百七十一条第六項及び第三百十六条第一項第二十三号の改正規定に限る。）、第五十九条、第七十五条及び第七十七条（会社法目次の改正規定、同法第百三十二条に二項を加える改正規定、同法第二編第二章第三節中第百五十四条の次に一款を加える改正規定、同法第二編第三章第四節中第二百七十二条の次に一款を加える改正規定、同法第六百九十五条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び同法第九百四十三条第一号の改正規定を除く。）の規定　公布の日
<sup>suppl-4181-109/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4181-109/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4181-109/par-1/item-1</sup>
the provisions of Article 9 (limited to the provision amending Article 7 of the Commercial Code), Article 25 (limited to the provision amending Article 251, item (xxiv) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations), Article 37 (limited to the provision amending Article 76, item (vii) of the Act on Financial Institutions' Merger and Conversion), Article 49 (limited to the provisions amending Article 17-6, paragraph (1), item (vii), Article 53-12, paragraph (8), Article 53-15, Article 53-25, paragraph (2), Article 53-27, paragraph (3), Article 53-32, Article 180-5, paragraphs (3) and (4), and Article 180-9, paragraph (5) of the Insurance Business Act), Article 55 (limited to the provisions amending Article 76, paragraph (6), Article 85, Article 168, paragraph (5), Article 171, paragraph (6), and Article 316, paragraph (1), item (xxiii) of the Act on the Securitization of Assets), Article 59, Article 75, and Article 77 (excluding the provision amending the table of contents of the Companies Act, the provision adding two paragraphs to Article 132 of that Act, the provision adding a subsection after Article 154 in Section 3 of Chapter II of Part II of that Act, the provision adding a subsection after Article 272 in Section 4 of Chapter III of Part II of that Act, the provision adding an Article after Article 695 of that Act, and the provision amending Article 943, item (i) of that Act): the date of promulgation.
<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-20261105T141039-015, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
