# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百六十六条 (Article 866)

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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: 第八百六十六条 (Article 866)（被告） — address `art-866`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-866
- e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page.
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### 第八百六十六条（被告） — (Defendants)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-866 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-866</sup>

    **第一項**  前条第一項又は第三項の訴えについては、同条第一項の行為の相手方又は転得者を被告とする。
    <sup>art-866/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-866/par-1</sup>
    With regard to the action set forth in paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, the counterparty to the act referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article or the subsequent purchaser is to be the defendant.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-866/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第八百六十五条第一項 (Article 865, paragraph (1)), art-865/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-865/par-1
- art-866/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第八百六十五条第三項 (Article 865, paragraph (3)), art-865/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-865/par-3

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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