# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)

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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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — address `suppl-4021-64/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第六条（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — Measures Where a Stock Company Does Not Reach the Minimum Amount of Capital
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<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  前条第三項に規定する株式会社が同項の公告の日から起算して二月を経過する日までに資本の額を千万円以上とする変更の登記又は有限会社、合名会社若しくは合資会社に組織を変更した場合にすべき登記の申請をしないときは、その株式会社は、その日に解散したものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1</sup>
If a stock company prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article has not, by the day on which two months have elapsed counted from the date of the public notice in that paragraph, filed an application for registration of a change making its amount of capital 10 million yen or more, or an application for registration to be made where it has changed its organization to a limited company, general partnership company, or limited partnership company, that stock company is deemed to have been dissolved on that day.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により解散したものとみなされた会社は、そのみなされた日から起算して三年内に限り、商法第三百四十三条に定める決議により会社を継続することができる。この場合において、その会社は、資本の額を千万円以上とし、又は組織を変更して有限会社、合名会社若しくは合資会社とするまでの間は、当該資本の額又は組織の変更の目的の範囲内において、権利を有し、義務を負う。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2</sup>
A company deemed to have been dissolved under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, only within three years counted from the day it was so deemed, continue the company by the resolution prescribed in Article 343 of the Commercial Code. In this case, until it makes its amount of capital 10 million yen or more, or changes its organization to a limited company, general partnership company, or limited partnership company, that company has rights and bears obligations within the scope of the purpose of that amount of capital or change of organization.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の規定による会社の継続は、同項の期間内に、その資本の額を千万円以上とせず、かつ、その組織を変更して有限会社、合名会社又は合資会社としなかったときは、その効力を失う。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-3</sup>
The continuation of a company under the provisions of the preceding paragraph ceases to be effective if, within the period in that paragraph, the company has neither made its amount of capital 10 million yen or more nor changed its organization to a limited company, general partnership company, or limited partnership company.
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**第四項**  前条第二項、第四項及び第五項の規定は、第二項の規定により継続した会社が同項の期間内にその組織を変更して合名会社又は合資会社とする場合について準用する。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4</sup>
The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis where a company continued under the provisions of paragraph (2) changes its organization to a general partnership company or limited partnership company within the period in that paragraph.
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**第五項**  第二項の規定による継続の登記の申請と資本の額の変更の登記又は組織を変更した場合にすべき登記の申請とは、同時にしなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-5</sup>
The filing of the application for registration of continuation under the provisions of paragraph (2) and the filing of the application for registration of a change of the amount of capital or for registration to be made where the organization has been changed must be made at the same time.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  商業登記法（昭和三十八年法律第百二十五号）第九十一条の二の規定は、第一項の規定による解散の登記について準用する。
<sup>suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-6</sup>
The provisions of Article 91-2 of the Commercial Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1963) apply mutatis mutandis to the registration of dissolution under the provisions of paragraph (1).
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## Cites
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1: 前条第三項 → 商法 附則第五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (3)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 商法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-3: 前項 → 商法 附則第六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)), suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4: 前条第二項 → 商法 附則第五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (2)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-2
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4: 第四項 → 商法 附則第五条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (4)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-4
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4: 第五項 → 商法 附則第五条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (5)), suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-5
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4: 第二項 → 商法 附則第六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)), suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-5: 第二項 → 商法 附則第六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (2)), suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-6: 商業登記法（昭和三十八年法律第百二十五号）第九十一条の二 → e-Gov law 338AC0000000125, 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2), art-91-2 — not held in this collection
- suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-6: 第一項 → 商法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-1

## Cited by

9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 商法 附則第五条第三項（株式会社の資本の額の制限に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-5/par-3
- 商法 附則第六条第二項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-2
- 商法 附則第六条第三項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-3
- 商法 附則第六条第四項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-4
- 商法 附則第六条第五項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-5
- 商法 附則第六条第六項（株式会社が最低資本金に達しない場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-6/par-6
- 商法 附則第七条第一項（組織変更の登記の申請書の添付書類等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-7/par-1
- 商法 附則第八条第一項第一号（組織変更に係る罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-8/par-1/item-1
- 商法 附則第八条第一項第四号（組織変更に係る罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4021-64/art-8/par-1/item-4

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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-20261105T141039-004, translated 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch commercial-code-20261105T141039-006, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
