# 会社法 / Companies Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4181-66. 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: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": 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-4181-66` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4181-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4181-66 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一八年六月一四日法律第六六号 suppl-4181-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4181-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4181-66 **第一項** この法律は、平成十八年証券取引法改正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。 suppl-4181-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4181-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4181-66/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the 2006 Securities and Exchange Act Amendment 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. machine translation, not official **一** 第百二十七条中公認会計士法第四条第二号の改正規定（「若しくは第百九十八条」を「から第百九十八条まで」に改める部分に限る。）、第百二十八条第一項の規定、第二百五条中会社法第三百三十一条第一項第三号の改正規定（「第百九十七条第一項第一号から第四号まで若しくは第七号若しくは第二項、第百九十八条第一号から第十号まで、第十八号若しくは第十九号」を「第百九十七条、第百九十七条の二第一号から第十号まで若しくは第十三号、第百九十八条第八号」に改める部分に限る。）、第二百六条第一項の規定及び第二百十三条中金融庁設置法第二十条第一項の改正規定（「、検査」の下に「、報告若しくは資料の提出の命令、質問若しくは意見の徴取」を加える部分に限る。）　平成十八年証券取引法改正法附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の日 suppl-4181-66/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4181-66/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4181-66/par-1/item-1 the provision in Article 127 amending Article 4, item (ii) of the Certified Public Accountant Act (limited to the part replacing "or Article 198" with "through Article 198"), the provisions of Article 128, paragraph (1), the provision in Article 205 amending Article 331, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Companies Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 197, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) or (vii) or paragraph (2), Article 198, items (i) through (x), (xviii) or (xix)" with "Article 197, Article 197-2, items (i) through (x) or (xiii), Article 198, item (viii)"), the provisions of Article 206, paragraph (1), and the provision in Article 213 amending Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency (limited to the part adding ", an order to submit reports or materials, questioning or hearing of opinions" after ", inspection"): the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2006 Securities and Exchange Act Amendment Act come into effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch companies-act-20260917T143643-002, translated 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17