# 会社法 / Companies Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95. 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-4301-95` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95 - 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 平成三〇年一二月一四日法律第九五号 suppl-4301-95 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4301-95/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二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-4301-95/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第七十一条（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-4301-95/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95/art-71 **第一項** 前条の規定による改正後の会社法第九百四十三条の規定の適用については、旧水協法第百二十一条第五項において準用する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、新水協法第百二十六条の四第五項において準用する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-4301-95/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4301-95/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95/art-71/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, a person who has been sentenced to a punishment for violating the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 121, paragraph (5) of the former Fisheries Cooperatives Act is deemed to have been sentenced to a punishment for violating the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 126-4, paragraph (5) of the new Fisheries Cooperatives Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-95/art-71/par-1: 会社法第九百四十三条 → 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-4301-95/art-71/par-1: 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 --- ## 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-20260917T143643-006, translated 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17