# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百四十七条の四 (Article 847-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4. 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: 第八百四十七条の四 (Article 847-4)（責任追及等の訴えに係る訴訟費用等） — address `art-847-4` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百四十七条の四（責任追及等の訴えに係る訴訟費用等） — (Court Costs for an Action to Enforce Liability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-847-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4 **第一項** 第八百四十七条第三項若しくは第五項、第八百四十七条の二第六項若しくは第八項又は前条第七項若しくは第九項の責任追及等の訴えは、訴訟の目的の価額の算定については、財産権上の請求でない請求に係る訴えとみなす。 art-847-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4/par-1 An action to enforce liability set forth in Article 847, paragraph (3) or (5), Article 847-2, paragraph (6) or (8), or paragraph (7) or (9) of the preceding Article is deemed as an action bringing a claim that is not on a property right as to the calculation of value of the subject matter of the suit. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株主等（株主、適格旧株主又は最終完全親会社等の株主をいう。以下この節において同じ。）が責任追及等の訴えを提起したときは、裁判所は、被告の申立てにより、当該株主等に対し、相当の担保を立てるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-847-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4/par-2 When a shareholder, etc. (meaning a qualified former shareholder or a shareholder of an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) files an action to enforce liability, a court may order the shareholder, etc. to provide reasonable security in response to a petition by the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 被告が前項の申立てをするには、責任追及等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-847-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4/par-3 When a defendant intends to file the petition set forth in the preceding paragraph, the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff filed the action to enforce liability in bad faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-847-4/par-1: 第八百四十七条第三項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条第三項 (Article 847, paragraph (3)), art-847/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847/par-3 - art-847-4/par-1: 第五項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条第五項 (Article 847, paragraph (5)), art-847/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847/par-5 - art-847-4/par-1: 第八百四十七条の二第六項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の二第六項 (Article 847-2, paragraph (6)), art-847-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-2/par-6 - art-847-4/par-1: 第八項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の二第八項 (Article 847-2, paragraph (8)), art-847-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-2/par-8 - art-847-4/par-1: 前条第七項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の三第七項 (Article 847-3, paragraph (7)), art-847-3/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-3/par-7 - art-847-4/par-1: 第九項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の三第九項 (Article 847-3, paragraph (9)), art-847-3/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-3/par-9 - art-847-4/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の四第二項 (Article 847-4, paragraph (2)), art-847-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百四十七条の四第三項（責任追及等の訴えに係る訴訟費用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-4/par-3 - 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17