# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百条 (Article 600)

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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: 第六百条 (Article 600)（持分会社を代表する社員等の行為についての損害賠償責任） — address `art-600`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-600
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-600
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### 第六百条（持分会社を代表する社員等の行為についての損害賠償責任） — (Liability for Damages Caused by Acts of Members Who Represent Membership Companies)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-600 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-600 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-600</sup>

    **第一項**  持分会社は、持分会社を代表する社員その他の代表者がその職務を行うについて第三者に加えた損害を賠償する責任を負う。
    <sup>art-600/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-600/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-600/par-1</sup>
    A membership company is liable to compensate losses that members who represent the membership company or other representatives caused to third parties in the performance of their duties.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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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