# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百三条 (Article 103) - 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: 第百三条 (Article 103)（発起人の責任等） — address `art-103` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103 - 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. --- ### 第百三条（発起人の責任等） — (Liabilities of Incorporators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103 **第一項** 第五十七条第一項の募集をした場合における第五十二条第二項の規定の適用については、同項中「次に」とあるのは、「第一号に」とする。 art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-1 If the solicitation under Article 57, paragraph (1) is carried out, for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (2), the phrase "in the following cases" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "in the cases of item (i)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百二条第三項に規定する場合には、払込みを仮装することに関与した発起人又は設立時取締役として法務省令で定める者は、株式会社に対し、前条第一項の引受人と連帯して、同項に規定する支払をする義務を負う。ただし、その者（当該払込みを仮装したものを除く。）がその職務を行うについて注意を怠らなかったことを証明した場合は、この限りでない。 art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-2 In the case prescribed in Article 102, paragraph (3), a person prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as an incorporator or director at incorporation involved in falsifying payment is jointly and severally liable with subscribers referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to make payment prescribed in that paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the person (excluding those persons who falsified the payment) proves that the person did not fail to exercise due care with respect to the performance of the person's duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により発起人又は設立時取締役の負う義務は、総株主の同意がなければ、免除することができない。 art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-3 The obligations assumed by an incorporator or director at incorporation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may not be exempted without the consent of all shareholders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第五十七条第一項の募集をした場合において、当該募集の広告その他当該募集に関する書面又は電磁的記録に自己の氏名又は名称及び株式会社の設立を賛助する旨を記載し、又は記録することを承諾した者（発起人を除く。）は、発起人とみなして、前節及び前三項の規定を適用する。 art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-4 If the solicitation under Article 57, paragraph (1) is carried out, any person (excluding the incorporators) who consents to specifying or recording the person's name and a statement to the effect that the person supports the incorporation of the stock company in a document or an electronic or magnetic record regarding relevant solicitation, including an advertisement for relevant solicitation, is deemed to be an incorporator and the provisions of the preceding Section and the preceding three paragraphs apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-103/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 会社法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1 - art-103/par-1: 第五十二条第二項 → 会社法 第五十二条第二項 (Article 52, paragraph (2)), art-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-52/par-2 - art-103/par-1: 第一号 → 会社法 第五十二条第二項第一号 (Article 52, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-52/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-52/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-52/par-2/item-1 - art-103/par-2: 第百二条第三項 → 会社法 第百二条第三項 (Article 102, paragraph (3)), art-102/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-102/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102/par-3 - art-103/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百二条の二第一項 (Article 102-2, paragraph (1)), art-102-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-102-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102-2/par-1 - art-103/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-2 - art-103/par-4: 第五十七条第一項 → 会社法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-57/par-1 - art-103/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-1 - art-103/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-2 - art-103/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第百三条第三項 (Article 103, paragraph (3)), art-103/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百二条第三項（設立手続等の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-102/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-102/par-3 - 会社法 第百三条第三項（発起人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-3 - 会社法 第百三条第四項（発起人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-103/par-4 - 会社法 第八百四十七条の二第九項（旧株主による責任追及等の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-847-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-847-2/par-9 - 会社法 第八百四十七条の三第十項（最終完全親会社等の株主による特定責任追及の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-847-3/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-847-3/par-10 - 会社法 第八百五十条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-850/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-850/par-4 - 会社法 附則第六条第一項（設立時発行株式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-6/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 - This site's parser, version 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17