# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百二十九条 (Article 629) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629. 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: 第六百二十九条 (Article 629)（利益の配当に関する責任） — address `art-629` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第六百二十九条（利益の配当に関する責任） — (Liability for Distribution of Profits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-629 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629 **第一項** 合同会社が前条の規定に違反して利益の配当をした場合には、当該利益の配当に関する業務を執行した社員は、当該合同会社に対し、当該利益の配当を受けた社員と連帯して、当該配当額に相当する金銭を支払う義務を負う。ただし、当該業務を執行した社員がその職務を行うについて注意を怠らなかったことを証明した場合は、この限りでない。 art-629/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629/par-1 If a limited liability company effects the distribution of profit in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the members that executed the operations in connection with relevant distribution of profits are jointly and severally liable to relevant limited liability company, together with the members that received relevant distribution of profits, for payment of the monies in an amount equivalent to relevant distributed amount; provided, however, that this does not apply if relevant members who executed relevant operations have proven that they did not fail to exercise due care with respect to the performance of their duties: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の義務は、免除することができない。ただし、利益の配当をした日における利益額を限度として当該義務を免除することについて総社員の同意がある場合は、この限りでない。 art-629/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629/par-2 Exemption from the obligations in the preceding paragraph cannot be given; provided, however, that this does not apply if consent of all members is obtained with respect to the exemption of relevant obligations, to the extent of the amount of profits at the day when the distribution of profits takes place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-629/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第六百二十八条 (Article 628), art-628 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-628 - art-629/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六百二十九条第一項 (Article 629, paragraph (1)), art-629/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百二十九条第二項（利益の配当に関する責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-629/par-2 - 会社法 第六百三十条第一項（社員に対する求償権の制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-630/par-1 - 会社法 第六百三十条第二項（社員に対する求償権の制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-630/par-2 --- ## 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