# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2. 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: 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: 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2)（詐害事業譲渡に係る譲受会社に対する債務の履行の請求） — address `art-23-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十三条の二（詐害事業譲渡に係る譲受会社に対する債務の履行の請求） — (Request for Performance of Obligations from a Transferee Company Related to Fraudulent Transfer of Business) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2 **第一項** 譲渡会社が譲受会社に承継されない債務の債権者（以下この条において「残存債権者」という。）を害することを知って事業を譲渡した場合には、残存債権者は、その譲受会社に対して、承継した財産の価額を限度として、当該債務の履行を請求することができる。ただし、その譲受会社が事業の譲渡の効力が生じた時において残存債権者を害することを知らなかったときは、この限りでない。 art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-1 If a transferor company transfers business, with the knowledge that it harms creditors of the obligations that are not succeeded by the transferee company (hereinafter the creditors are referred to as "remaining creditor" in this Article), the remaining creditor may demand from the transferee company the performance of obligations up to the value of the succeeding properties; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the transferee company has no knowledge that it harms remaining creditor when the transfer of business becomes effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 譲受会社が前項の規定により同項の債務を履行する責任を負う場合には、当該責任は、譲渡会社が残存債権者を害することを知って事業を譲渡したことを知った時から二年以内に請求又は請求の予告をしない残存債権者に対しては、その期間を経過した時に消滅する。事業の譲渡の効力が生じた日から十年を経過したときも、同様とする。 art-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-2 If a transferor company is liable to performance of obligations referred to in the preceding paragraph pursuant to that paragraph, relevant liability for a remaining creditor, who does not demand or give an advance notice of the demand within two years from when the transferee company transferred business with the knowledge that it harms the remaining creditor, extinguishes when that period elapses. The same applies when ten years have elapsed from the day when the transfer of business comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 譲渡会社について破産手続開始の決定、再生手続開始の決定又は更生手続開始の決定があったときは、残存債権者は、譲受会社に対して第一項の規定による請求をする権利を行使することができない。 art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-3 When an order of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, order of commencement of rehabilitation proceedings, or order of commencement of reorganization proceedings is made against the transferor company, the remaining creditor may not exercise the right to demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) from the transferee company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23-2/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2), art-23-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2 - art-23-2/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二十三条の二第一項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (1)), art-23-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-1 - art-23-2/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二十三条の二第一項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (1)), art-23-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二十三条の二第一項（詐害事業譲渡に係る譲受会社に対する債務の履行の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-1 - 会社法 第二十三条の二第二項（詐害事業譲渡に係る譲受会社に対する債務の履行の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-2 - 会社法 第二十三条の二第三項（詐害事業譲渡に係る譲受会社に対する債務の履行の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-3 - 会社法 第二十四条第二項（商人との間での事業の譲渡又は譲受け） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24/par-2 - 会社法 附則第五条第一項（詐害事業譲渡等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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