# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九十三条 (Article 93) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93. 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: 第九十三条 (Article 93)（設立時取締役等による調査） — address `art-93` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十三条（設立時取締役等による調査） — (Investigation by Directors at Incorporation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93 **第一項** 設立時取締役（設立しようとする株式会社が監査役設置会社である場合にあっては、設立時取締役及び設立時監査役。以下この条において同じ。）は、その選任後遅滞なく、次に掲げる事項を調査しなければならない。 art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1 The directors at incorporation (referring to the directors at incorporation and company auditors at incorporation if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with company auditor; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must investigate the following matters without delay after their election: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三十三条第十項第一号又は第二号に掲げる場合における現物出資財産等（同号に掲げる場合にあっては、同号の有価証券に限る。）について定款に記載され、又は記録された価額が相当であること。 art-93/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-1 that, with respect to the property contributed in kind in the cases set forth in Article 33, paragraph (10), item (i) or item (ii) (if set forth in that item, limited to the securities under that item), the value specified or recorded in the articles of incorporation is reasonable; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三十三条第十項第三号に規定する証明が相当であること。 art-93/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-2 that the verification provided for in Article 33, paragraph (10), item (iii) is appropriate; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 発起人による出資の履行及び第六十三条第一項の規定による払込みが完了していること。 art-93/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-3 that the performance of contributions by the incorporators and the payments pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) have been fulfilled; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる事項のほか、株式会社の設立の手続が法令又は定款に違反していないこと。 art-93/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-4 that, beyond the matters set forth in the preceding three items, the procedures for the incorporation of the stock company do not violate laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 設立時取締役は、前項の規定による調査の結果を創立総会に報告しなければならない。 art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-2 The directors at incorporation must report the outcome of the investigations pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to an organizational meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立時取締役は、創立総会において、設立時株主から第一項の規定による調査に関する事項について説明を求められた場合には、当該事項について必要な説明をしなければならない。 art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-3 If incorporators are asked by the shareholders at incorporation to provide explanations on the matters regarding the investigation pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph (1) at an organizational meeting, the incorporators must provide necessary explanations with respect to relevant matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-93/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第九十三条 (Article 93), art-93 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93 - art-93/par-1/item-1: 第三十三条第十項第一号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第一号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (i)), art-33/par-10/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-1 - art-93/par-1/item-1: 第二号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第二号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (ii)), art-33/par-10/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-2 - art-93/par-1/item-2: 第三十三条第十項第三号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第三号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (iii)), art-33/par-10/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-3 - art-93/par-1/item-3: 第六十三条第一項 → 会社法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-63/par-1 - art-93/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第九十三条第一項第一号 (Article 93, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-93/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-1 - art-93/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第九十三条第一項第二号 (Article 93, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-93/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-2 - art-93/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第九十三条第一項第三号 (Article 93, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-93/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-3 - art-93/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1 - art-93/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九十三条第一項（設立時取締役等による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1 - 会社法 第九十三条第一項第四号（設立時取締役等による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第九十三条第二項（設立時取締役等による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-2 - 会社法 第九十三条第三項（設立時取締役等による調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-93/par-3 - 会社法 第九十四条第一項（設立時取締役等が発起人である場合の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-94/par-1 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17