# 会社法 / Companies Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63. 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-4271-63` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63 - 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 平成二七年九月四日法律第六三号 suppl-4271-63 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十八年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-4271-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2016. machine translation, not official ### 第九十六条（会社法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Companies Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-63/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-96 **第一項** 前条の規定による改正後の会社法（以下この条において「新会社法」という。）第九百四十三条の規定の適用については、旧農協法第九十二条第五項（附則第十条の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合を含む。）において準用する前条の規定による改正前の会社法第九百五十五条第一項の規定に違反し、刑に処せられた者は、新農協法第九十七条の四第五項において準用する新会社法第九百五十五条第一項の規定に違反し、刑に処せられたものとみなす。 suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1 With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 943 of the Companies Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "the New Companies Act" in this Article), a person who has been sentenced to a punishment for violating the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 92, paragraph (5) of the former Agricultural Cooperatives Act (including when it remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions) is deemed to have been sentenced to a punishment for violating the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1) of the New Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 97-4, paragraph (5) of the new Agricultural Cooperatives Act. machine translation, not official ### 第百十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-63/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-114 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為並びに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及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有す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-4271-63/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-114/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act 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 and in the cases where provisions remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1: この条 → 会社法 附則第九十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 96), suppl-4271-63/art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-96 - suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1: 第九百四十三条 → 会社法 第九百四十三条 (Article 943), art-943 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-943 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943 - suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1: 新会社法第九百五十五条第一項 → 会社法 第九百五十五条第一項 (Article 955, paragraph (1)), art-955/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-955/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 附則第九十六条第一項（会社法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-96/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-20260917T143643-005, translated 2026-09-17 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch companies-act-20260917T143643-006, translated 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17