# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二百十三条の三 (Article 213-3) - 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: 第二百十三条の三 (Article 213-3)（出資の履行を仮装した場合の取締役等の責任） — address `art-213-3` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3 - 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. --- ### 第二百十三条の三（出資の履行を仮装した場合の取締役等の責任） — (Liabilities of Directors in the Case of Falsifying the Performance of Contribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-213-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3 **第一項** 前条第一項各号に掲げる場合には、募集株式の引受人が出資の履行を仮装することに関与した取締役（指名委員会等設置会社にあっては、執行役を含む。）として法務省令で定める者は、株式会社に対し、当該各号に規定する支払をする義務を負う。ただし、その者（当該出資の履行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-213-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3/par-1 In the cases set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, a person prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as a director (in cases of a company with nominating committee, etc., including executive officers) involved in the falsifying of the performance of contribution by a subscriber of shares for subscription is liable to make the payment prescribed in those items to the stock company; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the person (excluding the person who falsified the performance of contribution) 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 **第二項** 募集株式の引受人が前条第一項各号に規定する支払をする義務を負う場合において、前項に規定する者が同項の義務を負うときは、これらの者は、連帯債務者とする。 art-213-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3/par-2 If a subscriber of shares for subscription is liable to make the payment prescribed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the person prescribed in the preceding paragraph is liable as set forth in the same paragraph, these persons will be joint and several obligors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-213-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第二百十三条の二第一項 (Article 213-2, paragraph (1)), art-213-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-2/par-1 - art-213-3/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第二百十三条の二第一項 (Article 213-2, paragraph (1)), art-213-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-2/par-1 - art-213-3/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二百十三条の三第一項 (Article 213-3, paragraph (1)), art-213-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二百九条第二項（株主となる時期等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-209/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-209/par-2 - 会社法 第二百十三条の三第二項（出資の履行を仮装した場合の取締役等の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-213-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-213-3/par-2 - 会社法 附則第十二条第一項（募集株式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-12/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