# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百四条 (Article 904) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904. 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: 第九百四条 (Article 904)（法務大臣の関与） — address `art-904` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904 - 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. --- ### 第九百四条（法務大臣の関与） — (Participation of the Minister of Justice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-904 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904 **第一項** 裁判所は、第八百二十四条第一項又は第八百二十七条第一項の申立てについての裁判をする場合には、法務大臣に対し、意見を求めなければならない。 art-904/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-1 When the court makes a judicial decision relating to the petition referred to in Article 824, paragraph (1) or Article 827, paragraph (1), it must seek the opinion of the Minister of Justice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法務大臣は、裁判所が前項の申立てに係る事件について審問をするときは、当該審問に立ち会うことができる。 art-904/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-2 The Minister of Justice may, when the court carries out a hearing concerning the case relating to the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, attend relevant hearing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、法務大臣に対し、第一項の申立てに係る事件が係属したこと及び前項の審問の期日を通知しなければならない。 art-904/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-3 The court must notify the Minister of Justice that a case relating to the petition referred to in paragraph (1) became pending and of the date of the hearing referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立てを却下する裁判に対しては、第八百七十二条第四号に定める者のほか、法務大臣も、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-904/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-4 The Minister of Justice may also enter an immediate appeal against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (1) in addition to the persons prescribed in Article 872, item (iv). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-904/par-1: 第八百二十四条第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十四条第一項 (Article 824, paragraph (1)), art-824/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-824/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-824/par-1 - art-904/par-1: 第八百二十七条第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十七条第一項 (Article 827, paragraph (1)), art-827/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-827/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-827/par-1 - art-904/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九百四条第一項 (Article 904, paragraph (1)), art-904/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-1 - art-904/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百四条第一項 (Article 904, paragraph (1)), art-904/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-1 - art-904/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第九百四条第二項 (Article 904, paragraph (2)), art-904/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-2 - art-904/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百四条第一項 (Article 904, paragraph (1)), art-904/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-1 - art-904/par-4: 第八百七十二条第四号 → 会社法 第八百七十二条第一項第四号 (Article 872, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-872/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-872/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-872/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百四条第二項（法務大臣の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-2 - 会社法 第九百四条第三項（法務大臣の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-3 - 会社法 第九百四条第四項（法務大臣の関与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-904/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-904/par-4 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第三項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/par-3 --- ## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17