# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百五十七条 (Article 957) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957. 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: 第九百五十七条 (Article 957)（法務大臣による電子公告調査の業務の実施） — address `art-957` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957 - 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. --- ### 第九百五十七条（法務大臣による電子公告調査の業務の実施） — (Implementation of the Business of Electronic Public Notice Investigation by the Minister of Justice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-957 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957 **第一項** 法務大臣は、登録を受ける者がないとき、第九百五十条の規定による電子公告調査の業務の全部又は一部の休止又は廃止の届出があったとき、第九百五十四条の規定により登録を取り消し、又は調査機関に対し電子公告調査の業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じたとき、調査機関が天災その他の事由によって電子公告調査の業務の全部又は一部を実施することが困難となったとき、その他必要があると認めるときは、当該電子公告調査の業務の全部又は一部を自ら行うことができる。 art-957/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-1 When no person obtains a registration, when a notification to suspend or discontinue all or part of the business of electronic public notice investigation under the provisions of Article 950 is given, when rescinding a registration or ordering an investigation body to suspend all or part of the business of electronic public notice investigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 954, when it becomes difficult for an investigation body to implement all or part of the business of electronic public notice investigation due to a natural disaster or on any other grounds, or in any other cases where it is found necessary, the Minister of Justice may personally carry out all or part of the business of electronic public notice investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法務大臣が前項の規定により電子公告調査の業務の全部又は一部を自ら行う場合における電子公告調査の業務の引継ぎその他の必要な事項については、法務省令で定める。 art-957/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-2 The succession of the business of electronic public notice investigation and any other necessary matters if the Minister of Justice personally carries out all or part of the business of electronic public notice investigation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により法務大臣が行う電子公告調査を求める者は、実費を勘案して政令で定める額の手数料を納付しなければならない。 art-957/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-3 A person who seeks the electronic public notice investigation carried out by the Minister of Justice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must pay a fee to the amount specified by Cabinet Order by giving consideration to the actual cost. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-957/par-1: 第九百五十条 → 会社法 第九百五十条 (Article 950), art-950 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-950 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-950 - art-957/par-1: 第九百五十四条 → 会社法 第九百五十四条 (Article 954), art-954 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-954 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954 - art-957/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九百五十七条第一項 (Article 957, paragraph (1)), art-957/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-1 - art-957/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百五十七条第一項 (Article 957, paragraph (1)), art-957/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百五十七条第二項（法務大臣による電子公告調査の業務の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-2 - 会社法 第九百五十七条第三項（法務大臣による電子公告調査の業務の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-957/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-3 - 会社法 第九百五十九条第一項第五号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-959/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-959/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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