A company that intends to give public notice under the provisions of this Act or another Act (excluding the public notice under the provisions of Article 440, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) by way of electronic public notice must request a person who has been registered by the Minister of Justice (hereinafter referred to as an "investigation body" in this Section) to carry out an investigation as to whether the information contained in relevant public notice is being made available to the general public during the public notice period, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
Read this with the articles around it
company
「会社」
Any of the four kinds of company this Act governs: a stock company (株式会社), a general partnership company (合名会社), a limited partnership company (合資会社) or a limited liability company (合同会社).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
electronic public notice
「電子公告」
Giving public notice by making it available online to anyone, in the way set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiv)· applies throughout the law
public notice period
「公告期間」
The period during which a notice must stay published as an electronic public notice, that is, on the internet.
Short name set inArticle 940, paragraph (3)· applies only in this chapter
investigation body
「調査機関」
A body registered with the Minister of Justice that investigates whether a company's electronic public notice stayed available to the public throughout the notice period.
Short name set inArticle 941, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section