# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百五十二条 (Article 852) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852. 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: 第八百五十二条 (Article 852)（費用等の請求） — address `art-852` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852 - 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. --- ### 第八百五十二条（費用等の請求） — (Demand for Costs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-852 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852 **第一項** 責任追及等の訴えを提起した株主等が勝訴（一部勝訴を含む。）した場合において、当該責任追及等の訴えに係る訴訟に関し、必要な費用（訴訟費用を除く。）を支出したとき又は弁護士、弁護士法人若しくは弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人に報酬を支払うべきときは、当該株式会社等に対し、その費用の額の範囲内又はその報酬額の範囲内で相当と認められる額の支払を請求することができる。 art-852/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852/par-1 If a shareholder, etc. who has filed an action to enforce liability wins the suit (including cases of partially winning the suit), and the shareholder has paid the necessary costs (excluding court costs) or is to pay a fee to an attorney, a legal professional corporation, or an attorney and registered foreign joint corporation with respect to the suit relating to the action to enforce liability, the shareholder may demand the relevant stock company, etc. to pay an amount that is found to be reasonable, not exceeding the amount of that costs or the amount of that fee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 責任追及等の訴えを提起した株主等が敗訴した場合であっても、悪意があったときを除き、当該株主等は、当該株式会社等に対し、これによって生じた損害を賠償する義務を負わない。 art-852/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852/par-2 Even if a shareholder, etc. who has filed an action to enforce liability loses the case, the shareholder, etc. is not obligated to compensate the relevant stock company, etc. for the damages arising as a result thereof, except when the shareholder, etc. was in bad faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第八百四十九条第一項の規定により同項の訴訟に参加した株主等について準用する。 art-852/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to any shareholder, etc. who intervened in the suit referred to in Article 849, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-852/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第八百五十二条第一項 (Article 852, paragraph (1)), art-852/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852/par-1 - art-852/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第八百五十二条第二項 (Article 852, paragraph (2)), art-852/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852/par-2 - art-852/par-3: 第八百四十九条第一項 → 会社法 第八百四十九条第一項 (Article 849, paragraph (1)), art-849/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-849/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百五十二条第三項（費用等の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-852/par-3 - 会社法 第八百五十三条第二項（再審の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-853/par-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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17