# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百四十六条の二 (Article 846-2) - 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: 第八百四十六条の二 (Article 846-2)（売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え） — address `art-846-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2 - 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. --- ### 第八百四十六条の二（売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え） — (Action Seeking Invalidation of Acquisition of Shares Subject to the Cash-Out) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-846-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2 **第一項** 株式等売渡請求に係る売渡株式等の全部の取得の無効は、取得日（第百七十九条の二第一項第五号に規定する取得日をいう。以下この条において同じ。）から六箇月以内（対象会社が公開会社でない場合にあっては、当該取得日から一年以内）に、訴えをもってのみ主張することができる。 art-846-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-1 Invalidation of acquisition of all shares, etc. subject to the cash-out related to the demand for shares, etc. cash-out may only be asserted in an action filed within six months of the acquisition day (meaning the acquisition day prescribed in Article 179-2, paragraph (1), item (v); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (if a subject company is not a public company, within one year from the acquisition day). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の訴え（以下この節において「売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え」という。）は、次に掲げる者に限り、提起することができる。 art-846-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2 The action referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "action seeing invalidation of acquisition of shares, etc. subject to the cash-out" in this Section) may be filed only by the following persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 取得日において売渡株主（株式売渡請求に併せて新株予約権売渡請求がされた場合にあっては、売渡株主又は売渡新株予約権者。第八百四十六条の五第一項において同じ。）であった者 art-846-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2/item-1 a person who was a shareholder subject to the cash-out (if demand for share option cash-out is made along with demand for share cash-out, shareholders subject to the cash-out and share option holders subject to the cash-out; the same applies in Article 846-5, paragraph (1)) on the acquisition day; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 取得日において対象会社の取締役（監査役設置会社にあっては取締役又は監査役、指名委員会等設置会社にあっては取締役又は執行役。以下この号において同じ。）であった者又は対象会社の取締役若しくは清算人 art-846-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2/item-2 a person who was a director (in cases of a company with company auditor, a director or company auditor; in cases of a company with nominating committee, etc., a director or executive officer; hereinafter the same applies in this item) of the subject company on the acquisition day, or a director or liquidator of the subject company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-846-2/par-1: 第百七十九条の二第一項第五号 → 会社法 第百七十九条の二第一項第五号 (Article 179-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-179-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179-2/par-1/item-5 - art-846-2/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第八百四十六条の二 (Article 846-2), art-846-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2 - art-846-2/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第一項 (Article 846-2, paragraph (1)), art-846-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-1 - art-846-2/par-2/item-1: 第八百四十六条の五第一項 → 会社法 第八百四十六条の五第一項 (Article 846-5, paragraph (1)), art-846-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5/par-1 - art-846-2/par-2/item-2: この号 → 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第二項第二号 (Article 846-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-846-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百七十九条第二項（株式等売渡請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-179/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-179/par-2 - 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第一項（売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-1 - 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第二項（売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2 - 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第二項第二号（売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2/item-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 - 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