# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-12. 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（船舶の衝突に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-29/art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-12 - 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. --- ### 第十二条（船舶の衝突に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Collision of Ships caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4301-29/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-12 **第一項** 施行日前に生じた船舶と他の船舶との衝突に係る事故については、新商法第七百八十八条及び第七百八十九条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-1 With regard to an accident relating to a collision of ships between a ship and another ship that occurred before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 788 and 789 of the Amended Commercial Code. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新商法第七百九十条及び第七百九十一条の規定は、施行日前に生じた事故については、適用しない。 suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-2 The provisions of Articles 790 and 791 of the Amended Commercial Code do not apply to an accident that occurred before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-1: 新商法第七百八十八条 → 商法 第七百八十八条 (Article 788), art-788 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-788 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-788 - suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-1: 第七百八十九条 → 商法 第七百八十九条 (Article 789), art-789 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-789 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-789 - suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-2: 新商法第七百九十条 → 商法 第七百九十条 (Article 790), art-790 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-790 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-790 - suppl-4301-29/art-12/par-2: 第七百九十一条 → 商法 第七百九十一条 (Article 791), art-791 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-791 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-791 --- ## 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-20261105T141039-016, translated 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05