# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19)
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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: 第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19)（合併による株式併合に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-79/art-19`
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### 第十九条（合併による株式併合に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures on Share Consolidation by Merger
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suppl-4131-79/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-19
**第一項** この法律の施行前に合併契約書が作成された合併（旧商法第四百十六条第三項に規定する合併による株式併合をするものに限る。）については、旧商法第四百十六条第三項及び第四項の規定並びにこれらの規定において準用する旧商法第二百八条、第二百九条第三項、第二百十四条第二項及び第二百十五条から第二百十七条までの規定は、なおその効力を有する。
suppl-4131-79/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/commercial-code/suppl-4131-79/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/suppl-4131-79/art-19/par-1
With regard to a merger for which a merger agreement was prepared before this Act comes into effect (limited to one involving share consolidation by merger prescribed in Article 416, paragraph (3) of the Former Commercial Code), the provisions of Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Former Commercial Code, and the provisions of Article 208, Article 209, paragraph (3), Article 214, paragraph (2), and Articles 215 through 217 of the Former Commercial Code as applied mutatis mutandis in those provisions, remain in force.
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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-20261105T141039-011, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05