# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百八十五条 (Article 385) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385. 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: 第三百八十五条 (Article 385)（監査役による取締役の行為の差止め） — address `art-385` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-385 - 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. --- ### 第三百八十五条（監査役による取締役の行為の差止め） — (Enjoinment of Acts of Directors by Company Auditors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-385 **第一項** 監査役は、取締役が監査役設置会社の目的の範囲外の行為その他法令若しくは定款に違反する行為をし、又はこれらの行為をするおそれがある場合において、当該行為によって当該監査役設置会社に著しい損害が生ずるおそれがあるときは、当該取締役に対し、当該行為をやめることを請求することができる。 art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-385/par-1 If a director engages, or is likely to engage in an act outside the scope of the purpose of a stock company, or other acts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation, if that act is likely to cause substantial detriment to relevant company with company auditor, company auditors may demand that relevant director cease that act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、裁判所が仮処分をもって同項の取締役に対し、その行為をやめることを命ずるときは、担保を立てさせないものとする。 art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-385/par-2 In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the court orders a director under the preceding paragraph to cease that act by a provisional disposition, the court is not to require the provision of security. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-385/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百八十五条第一項 (Article 385, paragraph (1)), art-385/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-385/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百八十五条第二項（監査役による取締役の行為の差止め） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-385/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-385/par-2 - 会社法 第三百八十九条第七項（定款の定めによる監査範囲の限定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-389/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-389/par-7 --- ## 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17