# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百四十六条 (Article 946) - 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: 第九百四十六条 (Article 946)（調査の義務等） — address `art-946` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-946 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946 - 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. --- ### 第九百四十六条（調査の義務等） — (Obligation of Investigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-946 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-946 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946 **第一項** 調査機関は、電子公告調査を行うことを求められたときは、正当な理由がある場合を除き、電子公告調査を行わなければならない。 art-946/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-946/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946/par-1 When being requested to carry out an electronic public notice investigation, an investigation body must carry out the electronic public notice investigation except if there are justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 調査機関は、公正に、かつ、法務省令で定める方法により電子公告調査を行わなければならない。 art-946/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-946/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946/par-2 An investigation body must carry out an electronic public notice investigation fairly and by the method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 調査機関は、電子公告調査を行う場合には、法務省令で定めるところにより、電子公告調査を行うことを求めた者（以下この節において「調査委託者」という。）の商号その他の法務省令で定める事項を法務大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-946/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-946/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946/par-3 If an investigation body carries out an electronic public notice investigation, the investigation body must report to the Minister of Justice the trade name of the person who has requested the electronic public notice investigation (hereinafter referred to as the "investigation entruster" in this Section) and any other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 調査機関は、電子公告調査の後遅滞なく、調査委託者に対して、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該電子公告調査の結果を通知しなければならない。 art-946/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-946/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946/par-4 An investigation body must, without delay after an electronic public notice investigation, notify the investigation entruster of the results of the electronic public notice investigation, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百五十三条第一項（改善命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-953/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-953/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-977/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-977/par-1/item-1 - 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 第三十七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1/item-1 - 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二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-116/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-116/par-1/item-2 - 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二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-207-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-207-4/par-1/item-2 - 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 第六十六条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-66/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-66/par-1/item-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