# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百九十五条 (Article 595) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595. 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: 第五百九十五条 (Article 595)（利益相反取引の制限） — address `art-595` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五百九十五条（利益相反取引の制限） — (Restrictions on Transactions Involving Conflict of Interest) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-595 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595 **第一項** 業務を執行する社員は、次に掲げる場合には、当該取引について当該社員以外の社員の過半数の承認を受けなければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-595/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-1 In the following cases, members who execute the business must obtain the approval of a majority of the members other than relevant members with respect to relevant transactions; provided, however, that this does not apply if the articles of incorporation provide otherwise: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 業務を執行する社員が自己又は第三者のために持分会社と取引をしようとするとき。 art-595/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-1/item-1 if members who execute the business intend to engage in a transaction with the membership company for themselves or on behalf of a third party; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 持分会社が業務を執行する社員の債務を保証することその他社員でない者との間において持分会社と当該社員との利益が相反する取引をしようとするとき。 art-595/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-1/item-2 if a membership company intends to guarantee the debt of members who execute the business or otherwise to engage in a transaction with any person other than members that will result in the conflict of interest between the membership company and relevant members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 民法第百八条の規定は、前項の承認を受けた同項各号の取引については、適用しない。 art-595/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-2 The provisions of Article 108 of the Civil Code do not apply to transactions under each item of the preceding paragraph that have received the approval under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-595/par-2: 民法第百八条 → 民法 第百八条 (Article 108), art-108 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-108 - art-595/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百九十五条第一項 (Article 595, paragraph (1)), art-595/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百九十五条第二項（利益相反取引の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-595/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-595/par-2 - 会社法 第五百九十八条第二項（法人が業務を執行する社員である場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-598/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-598/par-2 - 会社法 第六百五十一条第二項（清算人と清算持分会社との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-651/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-651/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第一項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/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