# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

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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
- 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: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)（議決権の数等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-79/art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十条（議決権の数等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures for the Number of Voting Rights, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-79/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に招集の手続が開始された創立総会における議決権の数又はこの法律の施行前に招集の手続が開始された株主総会若しくは旧商法第三百四十五条第一項（第三百四十六条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によるある種類の株主の総会における議決権の数及び定足数に関しては、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4131-79/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-10/par-1</sup>
With regard to the number of voting rights at an organizational meeting for which the procedure for convocation was commenced prior to the enforcement of this Act, or the number of voting rights and the quorum at a shareholders meeting for which the procedure for convocation was commenced prior to the enforcement of this Act or at a meeting of shareholders of a certain class under Article 345, paragraph (1) of the Former Commercial Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 346), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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-20261105T141039-010, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05