# 会社法 / Companies Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58. 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-4211-58` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58 - 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 平成二一年六月二四日法律第五八号 suppl-4211-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4211-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/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-4211-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第十九条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4211-58/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-19 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第二十条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4211-58/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-20 **第一項** 附則第二条から第五条まで及び前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4211-58/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-20/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through 5 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1: 附則第一条 → 会社法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4211-58/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-1 - suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1: この条 → 会社法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4211-58/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-19 - suppl-4211-58/art-20/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4211-58/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-19 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 附則第十九条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-19/par-1 - 会社法 附則第二十条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4211-58/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4211-58/art-20/par-1 --- ## 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-20260917T143643-003, translated 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17