# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百三十一条 (Article 831) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831. 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: 第八百三十一条 (Article 831)（株主総会等の決議の取消しの訴え） — address `art-831` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百三十一条（株主総会等の決議の取消しの訴え） — (Action Seeking Revocation of a Resolution at a Shareholders Meeting) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-831 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる場合には、株主等（当該各号の株主総会等が創立総会又は種類創立総会である場合にあっては、株主等、設立時株主、設立時取締役又は設立時監査役）は、株主総会等の決議の日から三箇月以内に、訴えをもって当該決議の取消しを請求することができる。当該決議の取消しにより株主（当該決議が創立総会の決議である場合にあっては、設立時株主）又は取締役（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役又はそれ以外の取締役。以下この項において同じ。）、監査役若しくは清算人（当該決議が株主総会又は種類株主総会の決議である場合にあっては第三百四十六条第一項（第四百七十九条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により取締役、監査役又は清算人としての権利義務を有する者を含み、当該決議が創立総会又は種類創立総会の決議である場合にあっては設立時取締役（設立しようとする株式会社が監査等委員会設置会社である場合にあっては、設立時監査等委員である設立時取締役又はそれ以外の設立時取締役）又は設立時監査役を含む。）となる者も、同様とする。 art-831/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1 In the cases set forth in the following items, a shareholder, etc. (or, if the shareholders meeting, etc. set forth respectively in each the item is an organizational meeting or an organizational meeting of class shareholders, a shareholder, etc., a shareholder at incorporation, a director at incorporation or a company auditor at incorporation) may, within three months from the day of resolution at the shareholders meeting, etc., claim revocation of the resolution by filing an action. The same applies to a person who becomes a shareholder (or, if that resolution is the resolution at an organizational meeting, shareholders at incorporation) or director (or, in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, directors who are audit and supervisory committee members or other directors; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), company auditor or liquidator (or, if relevant resolution is a resolution at a shareholders meeting or general meeting of class shareholders, it includes a person who has the rights and obligations of a director, company auditor or liquidator pursuant to the provisions of Article 346, paragraph (1) (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 479, paragraph (4)), and if relevant resolution is a resolution at an organizational meeting or organizational meeting of class shareholders, a director at incorporation (if a stock company to be incorporated is a company with audit and supervisory committee, directors at incorporation who are audit and supervisory committee members at incorporation or other directors at incorporation) or company auditor at incorporation) by rescission of relevant resolution: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株主総会等の招集の手続又は決議の方法が法令若しくは定款に違反し、又は著しく不公正なとき。 art-831/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1/item-1 when the calling procedures or the methods of a resolution at the shareholders meeting, etc. violate laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation or are grossly improper; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株主総会等の決議の内容が定款に違反するとき。 art-831/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1/item-2 when the contents of the resolution at the shareholders meeting, etc. violate the articles of incorporation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 株主総会等の決議について特別の利害関係を有する者が議決権を行使したことによって、著しく不当な決議がされたとき。 art-831/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1/item-3 when a grossly improper resolution is passed as a result of a person with a special interest in the resolution at the shareholders meeting, etc. exercising a voting right. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の訴えの提起があった場合において、株主総会等の招集の手続又は決議の方法が法令又は定款に違反するときであっても、裁判所は、その違反する事実が重大でなく、かつ、決議に影響を及ぼさないものであると認めるときは、同項の規定による請求を棄却することができる。 art-831/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-2 If an action referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed, even if the calling procedures or the methods of a resolution at the shareholders meeting, etc. are in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation, the court may dismiss the claim prescribed in that paragraph if it finds that the facts in violation are not serious and will not affect the resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-831/par-1: この項 → 会社法 第八百三十一条第一項 (Article 831, paragraph (1)), art-831/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1 - art-831/par-1: 第三百四十六条第一項 → 会社法 第三百四十六条第一項 (Article 346, paragraph (1)), art-346/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-346/par-1 - art-831/par-1: 第四百七十九条第四項 → 会社法 第四百七十九条第四項 (Article 479, paragraph (4)), art-479/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-479/par-4 - art-831/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百三十一条第一項 (Article 831, paragraph (1)), art-831/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百三十一条第一項（株主総会等の決議の取消しの訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-1 - 会社法 第八百三十一条第二項（株主総会等の決議の取消しの訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-831/par-2 - 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第四号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17