# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) - 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46) — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条 art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46 **第一項** 設立時取締役（設立しようとする株式会社が監査役設置会社である場合にあっては、設立時取締役及び設立時監査役。以下この条において同じ。）は、その選任後遅滞なく、次に掲げる事項を調査しなければならない。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1 The directors at incorporation (referring to the directors at incorporation and company auditor at incorporation if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with company auditor; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must investigate the following matters without delay after their election: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三十三条第十項第一号又は第二号に掲げる場合における現物出資財産等（同号に掲げる場合にあっては、同号の有価証券に限る。）について定款に記載され、又は記録された価額が相当であること。 art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-1 that, with respect to the property contributed in kind in the cases set forth in Article 33, paragraph (10), item (i) or item (ii) (if set forth in that item, limited to the securities under that item), the value specified or recorded in the articles of incorporation is reasonable; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三十三条第十項第三号に規定する証明が相当であること。 art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-2 that the verification provided for in Article 33, paragraph (10), item (iii) is appropriate; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 出資の履行が完了していること。 art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-3 that the performance of contributions has been fulfilled; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる事項のほか、株式会社の設立の手続が法令又は定款に違反していないこと。 art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-4 that, beyond the matters set forth in the preceding three items, the procedures for the incorporation of the stock company do not violate laws and regulations or articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 設立時取締役は、前項の規定による調査により、同項各号に掲げる事項について法令若しくは定款に違反し、又は不当な事項があると認めるときは、発起人にその旨を通知しなければならない。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-2 If, as a result of the investigation pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the directors at incorporation find that there is any violation of laws and regulations or articles of incorporation or there is any inappropriate matter in a matter set forth in any item of that paragraph, directors must give notice to that effect to the incorporator; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立しようとする株式会社が指名委員会等設置会社である場合には、設立時取締役は、第一項の規定による調査を終了したときはその旨を、前項の規定による通知をしたときはその旨及びその内容を、設立時代表執行役（第四十八条第一項第三号に規定する設立時代表執行役をいう。）に通知しなければならない。 art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-3 If the stock company to be incorporated is a company with nominating committee, etc., the director at incorporation must give the representative executive officer at incorporation (referring to the representative executive officer at incorporation provided for in Article 48, paragraph (1), item (iii)) notice to the effect that the investigation under paragraph (1) has been completed, or, if the notice under the preceding paragraph has been given, notice to that effect and a description of the contents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第四十六条 (Article 46), art-46 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46 - art-46/par-1/item-1: 第三十三条第十項第一号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第一号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (i)), art-33/par-10/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-1 - art-46/par-1/item-1: 第二号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第二号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (ii)), art-33/par-10/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-2 - art-46/par-1/item-2: 第三十三条第十項第三号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第三号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (iii)), art-33/par-10/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-3 - art-46/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第四十六条第一項第一号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-46/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-1 - art-46/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第四十六条第一項第二号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-46/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-2 - art-46/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 会社法 第四十六条第一項第三号 (Article 46, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-46/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-3 - art-46/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第四十六条第二項 (Article 46, paragraph (2)), art-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-2 - art-46/par-3: 第四十八条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第四十八条第一項第三号 (Article 48, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-48/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-48/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1 - 会社法 第四十六条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-1/item-4 - 会社法 第四十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-2 - 会社法 第四十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-46/par-3 - 会社法 第九百十一条第一項第一号（株式会社の設立の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-911/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-911/par-1/item-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