# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百三十六条 (Article 936) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-936. 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: 第九百三十六条 (Article 936)（日本における営業所の設置の登記等） — address `art-936` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-936 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-936 - 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. --- ### 第九百三十六条（日本における営業所の設置の登記等） — (Registration of Establishment of a Business Office in Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-936 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-936 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-936 **第一項** 日本に営業所を設けていない外国会社が外国会社の登記後に日本に営業所を設けたときは、日本における代表者の住所地においては三週間以内に営業所を設けたことを登記し、その営業所の所在地においては四週間以内に外国会社の登記をしなければならない。ただし、登記がされた日本における代表者の住所地を管轄する登記所の管轄区域内に営業所を設けたときは、その営業所を設けたことを登記すれば足りる。 art-936/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-936/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-936/par-1 When a foreign company that has not established a business office in Japan establishes a business office in Japan after registration of the foreign company, the registration of the establishment of the business office must be completed at the location of the address of its representative in Japan within three weeks and the registration of the foreign company must be completed at the location of the business office within four weeks; provided, however, that it is sufficient to have the establishment of the business office registered when it establishes a business office to the jurisdictional district of the registry office having jurisdiction over the address of a registered representative in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 日本に営業所を設けた外国会社が外国会社の登記後にすべての営業所を閉鎖した場合には、その外国会社の日本における代表者の全員が退任しようとするときを除き、その営業所の所在地においては三週間以内に営業所を閉鎖したことを登記し、日本における代表者の住所地においては四週間以内に外国会社の登記をしなければならない。ただし、登記がされた営業所の所在地を管轄する登記所の管轄区域内に日本における代表者の住所地があるときは、すべての営業所を閉鎖したことを登記すれば足りる。 art-936/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-936/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-936/par-2 When a foreign company that has established a business office in Japan closes all of its business offices in Japan after registration of the foreign company, the registration of the closure of the business office must be complete at the location of its business office within three weeks and the registration of the foreign company must be completed at the location of the address of its representative in Japan within four weeks, except if all of its representatives in Japan of the foreign company intend to resign; provided, however, that it is sufficient to have the closure of all business offices registered when the address of its representative in Japan is within the jurisdictional district of the registry office having jurisdiction over the location of the registered business office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## 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