# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)

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- Law: 商法 (Commercial Code), 明治三十二年法律第四十八号
- English title "Commercial Code": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（新株発行の場合の現物出資に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4021-64/art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十五条（新株発行の場合の現物出資に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Contributions in Kind upon Issue of New Shares
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に新株の発行の決議があった場合においては、その新株に係る現物出資に関しては、この法律の施行後も、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-15/par-1</sup>
If, before this Act comes into effect, a resolution has been adopted for an issue of new shares, the provisions then in force continue to govern, after this Act comes into effect, contributions in kind in connection with those new shares.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 商法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/132AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-007, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05