# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百七十八条 (Article 878) - 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: 第八百七十八条 (Article 878)（裁判の効力） — address `art-878` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-878 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-878 - 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. 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. --- ### 第八百七十八条（裁判の効力） — (Effects of a Judicial Decision) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-878 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-878 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-878 **第一項** 第八百四十条第二項（第八百四十一条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の申立てについての裁判は、総株主に対してその効力を生ずる。 art-878/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-878/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-878/par-1 A judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 840, paragraph (2) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 841, paragraph (2)) is effective against all of the shareholders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第八百四十二条第二項において準用する第八百四十条第二項の申立てについての裁判は、総新株予約権者に対してその効力を生ずる。 art-878/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-878/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-878/par-2 A judicial decision on the petition referred to in Article 840, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 842, paragraph (2) is effective against all of the share option holders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-878/par-1: 第八百四十条第二項 → 会社法 第八百四十条第二項 (Article 840, paragraph (2)), art-840/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-840/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-840/par-2 - art-878/par-1: 第八百四十一条第二項 → 会社法 第八百四十一条第二項 (Article 841, paragraph (2)), art-841/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-841/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-841/par-2 - art-878/par-2: 第八百四十二条第二項 → 会社法 第八百四十二条第二項 (Article 842, paragraph (2)), art-842/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-842/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-842/par-2 - art-878/par-2: 第八百四十条第二項 → 会社法 第八百四十条第二項 (Article 840, paragraph (2)), art-840/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-840/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-840/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第百二条第二項（組織変更の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-102/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17