# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（譲渡会社の商号を使用した譲受会社の責任等） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（譲渡会社の商号を使用した譲受会社の責任等） — (Liabilities of the Transferee Company Using the Trade Name of the Transferor Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22 **第一項** 事業を譲り受けた会社（以下この章において「譲受会社」という。）が譲渡会社の商号を引き続き使用する場合には、その譲受会社も、譲渡会社の事業によって生じた債務を弁済する責任を負う。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-1 If any company to which any business is transferred (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "transferee company") continues to use the trade name of the transferor company, the transferee company is also liable for the performance of any obligations having arisen from the business of the transferor company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、事業を譲り受けた後、遅滞なく、譲受会社がその本店の所在地において譲渡会社の債務を弁済する責任を負わない旨を登記した場合には、適用しない。事業を譲り受けた後、遅滞なく、譲受会社及び譲渡会社から第三者に対しその旨の通知をした場合において、その通知を受けた第三者についても、同様とする。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the transferee company registers, at the location of its head office, without delay after it has accepted the transfer of the business, a statement to the effect that it will not be liable for the performance of the obligations of the transferor company. If the transferee company and transferor company give notice to the above effect to any third party without delay after the transfer of the business, the same applies to the third party who receives that notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 譲受会社が第一項の規定により譲渡会社の債務を弁済する責任を負う場合には、譲渡会社の責任は、事業を譲渡した日後二年以内に請求又は請求の予告をしない債権者に対しては、その期間を経過した時に消滅する。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-3 If the transferee company is liable for the performance of the obligations of the transferor company pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the liability of the transferor company is extinguished upon lapse of two years after the day of the transfer of the business to any obligee who does not demand the performance, or does not give an advance notice of the demand, within that period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項に規定する場合において、譲渡会社の事業によって生じた債権について、譲受会社にした弁済は、弁済者が善意でかつ重大な過失がないときは、その効力を有する。 art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-4 In cases provided for in paragraph (1), any performance made to the transferee company with respect to any claim arising from the business of the transferor company remains effective if the performing party has acted in good faith and without gross negligence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二十二条第二項（譲渡会社の商号を使用した譲受会社の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-2 - 会社法 第二十二条第三項（譲渡会社の商号を使用した譲受会社の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-3 - 会社法 第二十二条第四項（譲渡会社の商号を使用した譲受会社の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22/par-4 - 会社法 第二十四条第二項（商人との間での事業の譲渡又は譲受け） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24/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