# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五百九十九条 (Article 599) - 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: 第五百九十九条 (Article 599)（持分会社の代表） — address `art-599` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十九条（持分会社の代表） — (Representatives of Membership Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-599 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599 **第一項** 業務を執行する社員は、持分会社を代表する。ただし、他に持分会社を代表する社員その他持分会社を代表する者を定めた場合は、この限りでない。 art-599/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-1 A member who executes the business represents the membership company; provided, however, that this does not apply if members or other persons who represent the membership companies are otherwise designated. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項本文の業務を執行する社員が二人以上ある場合には、業務を執行する社員は、各自、持分会社を代表する。 art-599/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-2 If there are two or more members who execute the business referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, each member who executes the business represents the membership company individually. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 持分会社は、定款又は定款の定めに基づく社員の互選によって、業務を執行する社員の中から持分会社を代表する社員を定めることができる。 art-599/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-3 A membership company may appoint members who represent the membership company from among the members who execute the business pursuant to the articles of incorporation, or through the appointment by the members themselves pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 持分会社を代表する社員は、持分会社の業務に関する一切の裁判上又は裁判外の行為をする権限を有する。 art-599/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-4 Members who represent the membership company have authority to do all judicial and non-judicial acts in connection with the operations of the membership company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の権限に加えた制限は、善意の第三者に対抗することができない。 art-599/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-5 No limitation on the authority under the preceding paragraph may be asserted against a third party in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-599/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第五百九十九条第一項 (Article 599, paragraph (1)), art-599/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-1 - art-599/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第五百九十九条第四項 (Article 599, paragraph (4)), art-599/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五百九十九条第二項（持分会社の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-2 - 会社法 第五百九十九条第五項（持分会社の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-599/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/par-5 - 会社法 第六百一条第一項（持分会社と社員との間の訴えにおける会社の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-601/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-601/par-1 - 会社法 第六百二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-602/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-602/par-1 - 会社法 第六百五十五条第六項（清算持分会社の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-655/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-655/par-6 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17