# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百六十九条 (Article 969)

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- 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: 第九百六十九条 (Article 969)（没収及び追徴） — address `art-969`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第九百六十九条（没収及び追徴） — (Confiscation and Collection of Equivalent Value)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-969 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-969 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-969</sup>

**第一項**  第九百六十七条第一項又は前条第一項の場合において、犯人の収受した利益は、没収する。その全部又は一部を没収することができないときは、その価額を追徴する。
<sup>art-969/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-969/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-969/par-1</sup>
In the cases referred to in Article 967, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the benefits accepted by the offender are confiscated. When it is not possible to confiscate all or part of the benefits, an equivalent value thereof is collected.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-969/par-1: 第九百六十七条第一項 → 会社法 第九百六十七条第一項 (Article 967, paragraph (1)), art-967/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-967/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-1
- art-969/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項 (Article 968, paragraph (1)), art-968/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-968/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-968/par-1

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## 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