# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百四十一条 (Article 941) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-941. 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: 第九百四十一条 (Article 941)（電子公告調査） — address `art-941` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-941 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-941 - 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. --- ### 第九百四十一条（電子公告調査） — (Electronic Public Notice Investigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-941 **第一項** この法律又は他の法律の規定による公告（第四百四十条第一項の規定による公告を除く。以下この節において同じ。）を電子公告によりしようとする会社は、公告期間中、当該公告の内容である情報が不特定多数の者が提供を受けることができる状態に置かれているかどうかについて、法務省令で定めるところにより、法務大臣の登録を受けた者（以下この節において「調査機関」という。）に対し、調査を行うことを求めなければならない。 art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-941/par-1 A company that intends to give public notice under the provisions of this Act or another Act (excluding the public notice under the provisions of Article 440, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) by way of electronic public notice must request a person who has been registered by the Minister of Justice (hereinafter referred to as an "investigation body" in this Section) to carry out an investigation as to whether the information contained in relevant public notice is being made available to the general public during the public notice period, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-941/par-1: 第四百四十条第一項 → 会社法 第四百四十条第一項 (Article 440, paragraph (1)), art-440/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-440/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-440/par-1 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百四十二条第一項（登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-942/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-942/par-1 - 会社法 第九百五十四条第一項第五号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第三十五号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-35 - 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6 - 社会保険労務士法 第三十八条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-38/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-38/par-1/item-3 - 資金決済に関する法律 第二十条第四項（保有者に対する前払式支払手段の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-20/par-4 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-7 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十二条の二十五第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-62-25/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-25/par-7 - 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-63-20/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-20/par-7 - 資金決済に関する法律 第百十六条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-116/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-116/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第五十条の二第十項（廃業等の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50-2/par-10 - 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十第六項（廃業等の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-40/par-6 - 金融商品取引法 第二百七条の四第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-207-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-207-4/par-1/item-1 - 銀行法 第四十九条の二第二項（外国銀行支店の公告方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49-2/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の三十六第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-36/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-36/par-7 - 銀行法 第五十七条の三第一項（電子公告調査の規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-3/par-1 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十二号の二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-12-2 --- ## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17