# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百七十一条 (Article 971) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971. 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: 第九百七十一条 (Article 971)（国外犯） — address `art-971` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971 - 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. --- ### 第九百七十一条（国外犯） — (Crime Committed Outside Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-971 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971 **第一項** 第九百六十条から第九百六十三条まで、第九百六十五条、第九百六十六条、第九百六十七条第一項、第九百六十八条第一項及び前条第一項の罪は、日本国外においてこれらの罪を犯した者にも適用する。 art-971/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971/par-1 The crimes referred to in Articles 960 through 963, Article 965, Article 966, Article 967, paragraph (1), Article 968, paragraph (1) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article also apply to persons who committed these crimes outside Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第九百六十七条第二項、第九百六十八条第二項及び前条第二項から第四項までの罪は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第二条の例に従う。 art-971/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-971/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971/par-2 The crimes referred to in Article 967, paragraph (2), Article 968, paragraph (2) and paragraphs (2) through (4) of the preceding Article are governed by Article 2 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-971/par-1: 第九百六十条から第九百六十三条まで → 会社法 第九百六十条 (Article 960), art-960 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-960 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960 - art-971/par-1: 第九百六十条から第九百六十三条まで → 会社法 第九百六十一条 (Article 961), art-961 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-961 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-961 - art-971/par-1: 第九百六十条から第九百六十三条まで → 会社法 第九百六十二条 (Article 962), art-962 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-962 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-962 - art-971/par-1: 第九百六十条から第九百六十三条まで → 会社法 第九百六十三条 (Article 963), art-963 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-963 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-963 - art-971/par-1: 第九百六十五条 → 会社法 第九百六十五条 (Article 965), art-965 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-965 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-965 - art-971/par-1: 第九百六十六条 → 会社法 第九百六十六条 (Article 966), art-966 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-966 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-966 - art-971/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-971/par-1: 第九百六十八条第一項 → 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 - art-971/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-971/par-2: 第九百六十七条第二項 → 会社法 第九百六十七条第二項 (Article 967, paragraph (2)), art-967/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-967/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-2 - art-971/par-2: 第九百六十八条第二項 → 会社法 第九百六十八条第二項 (Article 968, paragraph (2)), art-968/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-968/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-968/par-2 - art-971/par-2: 前条第二項から第四項まで → 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-971/par-2: 前条第二項から第四項まで → 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-971/par-2: 前条第二項から第四項まで → 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-971/par-2: 刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第二条 → 刑法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17