# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置の原則） — address `suppl-4261-90/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4261-90/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の会社法（以下「新会社法」という。）の規定（罰則を除く。）は、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に生じた事項にも適用する。ただし、この法律による改正前の会社法（以下「旧会社法」という。）の規定によって生じた効力を妨げない。
<sup>suppl-4261-90/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-2/par-1</sup>
The provisions (excluding penal provisions) of the Companies Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the New Companies Act") also apply to matters that arose before the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the Effective Date"), except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions; provided, however, that this does not prejudice the effect that arose under the provisions of the Companies Act prior to the amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Former Companies Act").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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-20260917T143643-004, translated 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17