# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百六十四条 (Article 964) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964. 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: 第九百六十四条 (Article 964)（虚偽文書行使等の罪） — address `art-964` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964 - 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. --- ### 第九百六十四条（虚偽文書行使等の罪） — (Crime of Use of False Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-964 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964 **第一項** 次に掲げる者が、株式、新株予約権、社債又は新株予約権付社債を引き受ける者の募集をするに当たり、会社の事業その他の事項に関する説明を記載した資料若しくは当該募集の広告その他の当該募集に関する文書であって重要な事項について虚偽の記載のあるものを行使し、又はこれらの書類の作成に代えて電磁的記録の作成がされている場合における当該電磁的記録であって重要な事項について虚偽の記録のあるものをその募集の事務の用に供したときは、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。 art-964/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-1 When any one of the following persons, in soliciting subscribers for shares, share options, bonds or bonds with share options, uses materials providing explanations about the business of the company or any other matters, advertisements for relevant solicitation or any other documents concerning relevant solicitation that contain false statements with regard to important matters or, if an electronic or magnetic record has been prepared in lieu of relevant documents, uses an electronic or magnetic record that contains a false records with regard to important matters for the administration of relevant solicitation, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than five million yen, or both: machine translation, not official **一** 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号までに掲げる者 art-964/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-1/item-1 any one of the persons set forth in Article 960, paragraph (1), items (i) through (vii); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 持分会社の業務を執行する社員 art-964/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-1/item-2 a member who executes the business of a membership company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 民事保全法第五十六条に規定する仮処分命令により選任された持分会社の業務を執行する社員の職務を代行する者 art-964/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-1/item-3 a person to perform duties on behalf of a member who executes the business of a membership company, who has been appointed based on a provisional disposition order under the provisions of Article 56 of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 株式、新株予約権、社債又は新株予約権付社債を引き受ける者の募集の委託を受けた者 art-964/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-1/item-4 a person to whom solicitation of subscribers for shares, share options, bonds or bonds with share options has been entrusted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式、新株予約権、社債又は新株予約権付社債の売出しを行う者が、その売出しに関する文書であって重要な事項について虚偽の記載のあるものを行使し、又は当該文書の作成に代えて電磁的記録の作成がされている場合における当該電磁的記録であって重要な事項について虚偽の記録のあるものをその売出しの事務の用に供したときも、前項と同様とする。 art-964/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply when a person who carries out the secondary distribution of shares, share options, bonds or bonds with share options uses documents concerning the secondary distribution that contain false statements with regard to important matters or, if an electronic or magnetic record has been prepared in lieu of relevant documents, uses an electronic or magnetic record that contains a false record with regard to important matters for the administration of the secondary distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第一号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-960/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-1 - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第二号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-960/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-2 - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第三号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-960/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-3 - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第四号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-960/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-4 - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第五号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-960/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-5 - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第六号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-960/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-6 - art-964/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号まで → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項第七号 (Article 960, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-960/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1/item-7 - art-964/par-1/item-3: 民事保全法第五十六条 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000091, 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — not held in this collection - art-964/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九百六十四条第一項 (Article 964, paragraph (1)), art-964/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百六十四条第二項（虚偽文書行使等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-964/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-964/par-2 - 会社法 第九百七十二条第一項（法人における罰則の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-972/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-972/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 - 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 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch companies-act-20260917T143643-001, translated 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17