# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-24. 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（商人との間での事業の譲渡又は譲受け） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24 - 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. --- ### 第二十四条（商人との間での事業の譲渡又は譲受け） — (Transfers of Business to or from a Merchant) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24 **第一項** 会社が商人に対してその事業を譲渡した場合には、当該会社を商法第十六条第一項に規定する譲渡人とみなして、同法第十七条から第十八条の二までの規定を適用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「又は再生手続開始の決定」とあるのは、「、再生手続開始の決定又は更生手続開始の決定」とする。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24/par-1 If a company transfers its business to a merchant, relevant company is deemed to be the transferee provided for in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Commercial Code, and the provisions of Articles 17 through 18-2 of the Code apply. In this case, the phrase "or an order of commencement of rehabilitation proceedings" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "an order of commencement of rehabilitation proceedings or order of commencement of reorganization proceedings". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 会社が商人の営業を譲り受けた場合には、当該商人を譲渡会社とみなして、前三条の規定を適用する。この場合において、前条第三項中「、再生手続開始の決定又は更生手続開始の決定」とあるのは、「又は再生手続開始の決定」とする。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24/par-2 If a company accepts transfer of the enterprise of any merchant, relevant merchant is deemed to be the transferor company, and the provisions of the preceding three articles apply. In this case, the phrase ", order of commencement of rehabilitation proceedings or order of commencement of reorganization proceedings" in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "or an order of commencement of rehabilitation proceedings". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 商法第十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 132AC0000000048, 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-1: 同法第十七条から第十八条の二まで → e-Gov law 132AC0000000048, 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-1: 同条第三項 → e-Gov law 132AC0000000048, 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-24/par-2: 前三条 → 会社法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-22 - art-24/par-2: 前三条 → 会社法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23 - art-24/par-2: 前三条 → 会社法 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2), art-23-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2 - art-24/par-2: 前条第三項 → 会社法 第二十三条の二第三項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (3)), art-23-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-23-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-23-2/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第十二条第一項第三号（支配人の競業の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-12/par-1/item-3 - 会社法 附則第五条第二項（詐害事業譲渡等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4261-90/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4261-90/art-5/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