# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百四十八条 (Article 848)

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- 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: 第八百四十八条 (Article 848)（訴えの管轄） — address `art-848`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-848
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### 第八百四十八条（訴えの管轄） — (Jurisdiction of an Action)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-848 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-848</sup>

    **第一項**  責任追及等の訴えは、株式会社又は株式交換等完全子会社（以下この節において「株式会社等」という。）の本店の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄に専属する。
    <sup>art-848/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-848/par-1</sup>
    An Action to enforce liability is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the stock company or of the wholly owned subsidiary company resulting from a share exchange, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a "stock company, etc." in this Section).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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