# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百三十六条 (Article 836) - 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: 第八百三十六条 (Article 836)（担保提供命令） — address `art-836` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百三十六条（担保提供命令） — (Order to Provide Security) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-836 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836 **第一項** 会社の組織に関する訴えであって、株主又は設立時株主が提起することができるものについては、裁判所は、被告の申立てにより、当該会社の組織に関する訴えを提起した株主又は設立時株主に対し、相当の担保を立てるべきことを命ずることができる。ただし、当該株主が取締役、監査役、執行役若しくは清算人であるとき、又は当該設立時株主が設立時取締役若しくは設立時監査役であるときは、この限りでない。 art-836/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-1 With regard to an action concerning organization of company which may be filed by a shareholder or a shareholder at incorporation, the court may, in response to a petition by the defendant, order the shareholder or the shareholder at incorporation who has filed relevant action concerning organization of company to provide reasonable security; provided, however, that this does not apply when relevant shareholder is a director, company auditor, executive officer or liquidator or when relevant shareholder at incorporation is a director at incorporation or a company auditor at incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、会社の組織に関する訴えであって、債権者又は株式交付に際して株式交付親会社に株式交付子会社の株式若しくは新株予約権等を譲り渡した者が提起することができるものについて準用する。 art-836/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to actions concerning the organization of a company which may be filed by a creditor or person who delivered shares or share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange to the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange when the partial share exchange was effected. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 被告は、第一項（前項において準用する場合を含む。）の申立てをするには、原告の訴えの提起が悪意によるものであることを疎明しなければならない。 art-836/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-3 In order for a defendant to file the petition referred to in paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph), the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff filed the action in bad faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-836/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百三十六条第一項 (Article 836, paragraph (1)), art-836/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-1 - art-836/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第八百三十六条第一項 (Article 836, paragraph (1)), art-836/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-1 - art-836/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第八百三十六条第二項 (Article 836, paragraph (2)), art-836/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百三十六条第二項（担保提供命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-2 - 会社法 第八百三十六条第三項（担保提供命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-836/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-836/par-3 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の三第一項（合併の無効の訴えに関する会社法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-3/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第八十八条の二十二第一項（会社法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-88-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-88-22/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百二条第一項（組織変更の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百二条の七第一項（会社法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102-7/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第百四十六条第一項（合併の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-146/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 - 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17