# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17. 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（代理商の競業の禁止） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17 - 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. --- ### 第十七条（代理商の競業の禁止） — (Non-Competition by Commercial Agents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17 **第一項** 代理商は、会社の許可を受けなければ、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-1 A commercial agent may not carry out any of the following acts without the permission of the company: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 自己又は第三者のために会社の事業の部類に属する取引をすること。 art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-1/item-1 carry out, for themselves or for a third party, any transaction which is in the line of business of the company; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 会社の事業と同種の事業を行う他の会社の取締役、執行役又は業務を執行する社員となること。 art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-1/item-2 become a director, executive officer or any member who executes operation of any other company which carries out the same kind of business as the company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 代理商が前項の規定に違反して同項第一号に掲げる行為をしたときは、当該行為によって代理商又は第三者が得た利益の額は、会社に生じた損害の額と推定する。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-2 If a commercial agent commits any act set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph in violation of provisions of that paragraph, the amount of the profit obtained by the commercial agent or any third party as a result of relevant act is presumed to be amount of the damage suffered by the company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-2: 同項第一号 → 会社法 第十七条第一項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第十七条第二項（代理商の競業の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-17/par-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 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17