# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

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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
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- Provision: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（共有に係る船舶についての損益の分配等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-29/art-8`
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### 第八条（共有に係る船舶についての損益の分配等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures for Distribution of Profits and Losses, etc. for Co-owned Ships
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  共有に係る船舶であって施行日前に発航をしたものについての旧商法第六百九十七条に規定する損益の分配については、その航海に限り、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-1</sup>
With regard to the distribution of profits and losses prescribed in Article 697 of the Former Commercial Code for a co-owned ship that set sail before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern for that voyage only.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項に規定する船舶の利用に関する計算については、新商法第六百九十九条第二項の規定にかかわらず、その航海に限り、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2</sup>
With regard to the accounts relating to the use of a ship prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern for that voyage only, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 699, paragraph (2) of the Amended Commercial Code.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-1
- suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2: 新商法第六百九十九条第二項 → 商法 第六百九十九条第二項 (Article 699, paragraph (2)), art-699/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-699/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-699/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 商法 附則第八条第二項（共有に係る船舶についての損益の分配等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4301-29/art-8/par-2

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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
- 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
