# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二十条 (Article 20)

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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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（代理商の留置権） — address `art-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-20
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### 第二十条（代理商の留置権） — (Right of Retention of Commercial Agent)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-20</sup>

    **第一項**  代理商は、取引の代理又は媒介をしたことによって生じた債権の弁済期が到来しているときは、その弁済を受けるまでは、会社のために当該代理商が占有する物又は有価証券を留置することができる。ただし、当事者が別段の意思表示をしたときは、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-20/par-1</sup>
    If any claim arising from acting as an agent or intermediary in any transaction is due, the commercial agent can retain any property or negotiable instruments of value which it possesses on behalf of the company until the satisfaction of the claim; provided, however, that this does not apply to the cases where the parties otherwise manifest their intention.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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