# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第四百六十三条 (Article 463)

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- 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: 第四百六十三条 (Article 463)（株主に対する求償権の制限等） — address `art-463`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第四百六十三条（株主に対する求償権の制限等） — (Restrictions on Remedy against Shareholders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-463 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-463 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-463</sup>

    **第一項**  前条第一項に規定する場合において、株式会社が第四百六十一条第一項各号に掲げる行為により株主に対して交付した金銭等の帳簿価額の総額が当該行為がその効力を生じた日における分配可能額を超えることにつき善意の株主は、当該株主が交付を受けた金銭等について、前条第一項の金銭を支払った業務執行者及び同項各号に定める者からの求償の請求に応ずる義務を負わない。
    <sup>art-463/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-463/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-463/par-1</sup>
    In the cases provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, shareholders without knowledge with respect to the fact that the total book value of the monies, etc. delivered to shareholders as a result of the acts set forth in each item of Article 461, paragraph (1) exceeds the distributable amount as at the day when relevant act takes effect are not obligated to respond to the remedy that the executives who made the payment of monies under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or the persons specified in each of those items of that paragraph have against relevant shareholders, with respect to the monies, etc. which relevant shareholders received.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前条第一項に規定する場合には、株式会社の債権者は、同項の規定により義務を負う株主に対し、その交付を受けた金銭等の帳簿価額（当該額が当該債権者の株式会社に対して有する債権額を超える場合にあっては、当該債権額）に相当する金銭を支払わせることができる。
    <sup>art-463/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-463/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-463/par-2</sup>
    In the cases provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, creditors of a stock company may have the shareholders who are liable pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph pay monies equivalent to the book value of the monies, etc. they have received (or, if relevant value exceeds the amount that the stock company owes to relevant creditors, the amount).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-463/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四百六十二条第一項 (Article 462, paragraph (1)), art-462/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-462/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-462/par-1
- art-463/par-1: 第四百六十一条第一項 → 会社法 第四百六十一条第一項 (Article 461, paragraph (1)), art-461/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-461/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-461/par-1
- art-463/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第四百六十二条第一項 (Article 462, paragraph (1)), art-462/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-462/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-462/par-1

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## 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