# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第五百三十九条 (Article 539) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第五百三十九条 (Article 539)（貸借対照表の閲覧等並びに業務及び財産状況に関する検査） — address `art-539` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百三十九条（貸借対照表の閲覧等並びに業務及び財産状況に関する検査） — (Inspecting Balance Sheets; Checking on State of Business and Assets) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-539 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539 **第一項** 匿名組合員は、営業年度の終了時において、営業者の営業時間内に、次に掲げる請求をし、又は営業者の業務及び財産の状況を検査することができる。 art-539/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-1 At the end of the business year, during the business hours of the proprietor, a silent partner may make the following requests and check on the state of the proprietor's business and assets: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 営業者の貸借対照表が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-539/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-1/item-1 if the proprietor's balance sheet is prepared in the form of a paper document, a request to inspect or copy that document; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 営業者の貸借対照表が電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるもので法務省令で定めるものをいう。）をもって作成されているときは、当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-539/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-1/item-2 if the proprietor's balance sheet is prepared in the form of an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record used in computerized data processing as provided for by the Ministry of Justice Order, which is created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses), a request to inspect or copy something that has been made to show the information recorded in the electronic or magnetic record, in the manner that the Ministry of Justice Order prescribes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 匿名組合員は、重要な事由があるときは、いつでも、裁判所の許可を得て、営業者の業務及び財産の状況を検査することができる。 art-539/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-2 If there are material grounds for a silent partner to do so, the partner may check on the state of the business and assets of the proprietor at any time, with the permission of the court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の許可に係る事件は、営業者の営業所の所在地（営業所がない場合にあっては、営業者の住所地）を管轄する地方裁判所が管轄する。 art-539/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-3 A case in which a person seeks the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph is subject to the jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the locality of the proprietor's place of business (or its domicile, if it has no place of business). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-539/par-3: 前項 → 商法 第五百三十九条第二項 (Article 539, paragraph (2)), art-539/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 商法 第五百三十九条第三項（貸借対照表の閲覧等並びに業務及び財産状況に関する検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-539/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-539/par-3 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05