# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百七十条 (Article 970) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970. 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: 第九百七十条 (Article 970)（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — address `art-970` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970 - 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. --- ### 第九百七十条（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — (Crime of the Giving of Benefits in Relation to Exercise of a Right of a Shareholder) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-970 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970 **第一項** 第九百六十条第一項第三号から第六号までに掲げる者又はその他の株式会社の使用人が、株主の権利、当該株式会社に係る適格旧株主（第八百四十七条の二第九項に規定する適格旧株主をいう。第三項において同じ。）の権利又は当該株式会社の最終完全親会社等（第八百四十七条の三第一項に規定する最終完全親会社等をいう。第三項において同じ。）の株主の権利の行使に関し、当該株式会社又はその子会社の計算において財産上の利益を供与したときは、三年以下の拘禁刑又は三百万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-1 When any one of the persons set forth in Article 960, paragraph (1), items (iii) through (vi) or any other employee of a stock company gives property benefits on the account of the stock company or its subsidiary company in relation to the exercise of a right of a shareholder, right of a qualified former shareholder of the stock company (meaning a qualified former shareholder as prescribed in Article 847-2, paragraph (9); the same applies in paragraph (3)), or right of a shareholder of an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. of the stock company (meaning an ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. prescribed in Article 847-3, paragraph (1); the same applies in paragraph (3)), the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen. machine translation, not official **第二項** 情を知って、前項の利益の供与を受け、又は第三者にこれを供与させた者も、同項と同様とする。 art-970/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply to a person who has, knowingly, received the benefits referred to in that paragraph or caused the benefits to be given to a third party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株主の権利、株式会社に係る適格旧株主の権利又は株式会社の最終完全親会社等の株主の権利の行使に関し、当該株式会社又はその子会社の計算において第一項の利益を自己又は第三者に供与することを同項に規定する者に要求した者も、同項と同様とする。 art-970/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) also apply to a person who has requested the person prescribed in that paragraph to give to the relevant person who has requested or a third party the benefits referred to in that paragraph on the account of a stock company or its subsidiary company in relation to the exercise of a right of a shareholder, right of a qualified former shareholder of the stock company, or right as a shareholder in the ultimate, wholly owning parent company, etc. of the stock company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前二項の罪を犯した者が、その実行について第一項に規定する者に対し威迫の行為をしたときは、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五百万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-970/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-4 When a person who has committed either of the crimes referred to in the preceding two paragraphs intimidates the person prescribed in paragraph (1) with regard to committing the crime, the former person is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than five million yen. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前三項の罪を犯した者には、情状により、拘禁刑及び罰金を併科することができる。 art-970/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-5 A person who has committed any one of the crimes referred to in the preceding three paragraphs may be punished by cumulative imposition of both imprisonment and a fine in light of the circumstances. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第一項の罪を犯した者が自首したときは、その刑を減軽し、又は免除することができる。 art-970/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-6 When a person who has committed the crime referred to in paragraph (1) surrenders, the punishment may be reduced or the person may be exempted from punishment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-970/par-1: 第九百六十条第一項第三号から第六号まで → 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-970/par-1: 第九百六十条第一項第三号から第六号まで → 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-970/par-1: 第九百六十条第一項第三号から第六号まで → 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-970/par-1: 第九百六十条第一項第三号から第六号まで → 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-970/par-1: 第八百四十七条の二第九項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の二第九項 (Article 847-2, paragraph (9)), art-847-2/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-847-2/par-9 - art-970/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第三項 (Article 970, paragraph (3)), art-970/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-3 - art-970/par-1: 第八百四十七条の三第一項 → 会社法 第八百四十七条の三第一項 (Article 847-3, paragraph (1)), art-847-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-847-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-847-3/par-1 - art-970/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第一項 (Article 970, paragraph (1)), art-970/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-1 - art-970/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第一項 (Article 970, paragraph (1)), art-970/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-1 - art-970/par-4: 前二項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第二項 (Article 970, paragraph (2)), art-970/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-2 - art-970/par-4: 前二項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第三項 (Article 970, paragraph (3)), art-970/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-3 - art-970/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第一項 (Article 970, paragraph (1)), art-970/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-1 - art-970/par-5: 前三項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第二項 (Article 970, paragraph (2)), art-970/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-2 - art-970/par-5: 前三項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第三項 (Article 970, paragraph (3)), art-970/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-3 - art-970/par-5: 前三項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第四項 (Article 970, paragraph (4)), art-970/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-4 - art-970/par-6: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百七十条第一項 (Article 970, paragraph (1)), art-970/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百七十条第一項（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十条第二項（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-2 - 会社法 第九百七十条第三項（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-3 - 会社法 第九百七十条第四項（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-4 - 会社法 第九百七十条第五項（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-5 - 会社法 第九百七十条第六項（株主等の権利の行使に関する利益供与の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-970/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-970/par-6 - 会社法 第九百七十一条第一項（国外犯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971/par-1 - 会社法 第九百七十一条第二項（国外犯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971/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-20260917T143643-002, translated 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17