# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百三十八条 (Article 838) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-838. 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: 第八百三十八条 (Article 838)（認容判決の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — address `art-838` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-838 - 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. --- ### 第八百三十八条（認容判決の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — (Persons Affected by an Upholding Judgment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-838 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-838 **第一項** 会社の組織に関する訴えに係る請求を認容する確定判決は、第三者に対してもその効力を有する。 art-838/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-838/par-1 A final and binding judgment upholding a claim relating to an action concerning organization of company is also effective against third parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 (e-Gov law ID 343AC1000000089) - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第四項（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-4 (e-Gov law ID 343AC1000000089) - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第五項（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-5 (e-Gov law ID 343AC1000000089) - 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 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000025) - 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 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000025) - 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 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000025) - 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 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000025) --- ## 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