# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第十八条 (Article 18)

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- Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号
- English title "Companies Act": 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（通知を受ける権限） — address `art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-18
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-18
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### 第十八条（通知を受ける権限） — (Authority to Receive Notice)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-18</sup>

    **第一項**  物品の販売又はその媒介の委託を受けた代理商は、商法（明治三十二年法律第四十八号）第五百二十六条第二項の通知その他の売買に関する通知を受ける権限を有する。
    <sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-18/par-1</sup>
    A commercial agent to whom the authority of the sale of goods or the role of intermediary in the same is delegated has authority to receive the notice regarding the sale and purchase including, but not limited to, the notice under Article 526, paragraph (2) of the Commercial Code (Act No. 48 of 1899).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-18/par-1: 商法（明治三十二年法律第四十八号）第五百二十六条第二項 → e-Gov law 132AC0000000048, 第五百二十六条第二項 (Article 526, paragraph (2)), art-526/par-2 — not held in this collection

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17