第九百四十七条（電子公告調査を行うことができない場合）
Article 947Cases Where an Electronic Public Notice Investigation Is Unable to Be Carried Out
An investigation body is unable to carry out an electronic public notice investigation with regard to public notice given by any one of the following persons by way of electronic public notice or with regard to the public notice in the cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as those where the persons or directors, etc. thereof were involved in the public notice given by way of electronic public notice:
当該調査機関
the relevant investigation body;
the parent stock company (meaning a stock company which has the relevant investigation body as its subsidiary company) if the relevant investigation body is a stock company;
a corporation whose directors, etc. or employees (including those who have been in either of the positions within the past two years; the same applies in the following item) constitute more than half of the directors, etc. of the relevant investigation body; or
理事等又は職員のうちに当該調査機関（法人であるものを除く。）又は当該調査機関の代表権を有する理事等が含まれている法人
a corporation whose directors, etc. or employees include the relevant investigation body (excluding one who is a corporation) or a director, etc. having the authority of representation of the relevant investigation body.