# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第五十三条 (Article 53) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-53. 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（発起人等の損害賠償責任） — address `art-53` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-53 - 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. --- ### 第五十三条（発起人等の損害賠償責任） — (Liability for Damages of Incorporators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-53 **第一項** 発起人、設立時取締役又は設立時監査役は、株式会社の設立についてその任務を怠ったときは、当該株式会社に対し、これによって生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-53/par-1 If an incorporator, director at incorporation or company auditor at incorporation neglects their duties with respect to the incorporation of a stock company, they are liable to relevant stock company for damages arising as a result thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人、設立時取締役又は設立時監査役がその職務を行うについて悪意又は重大な過失があったときは、当該発起人、設立時取締役又は設立時監査役は、これによって第三者に生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-53/par-2 If an incorporator, director at incorporation or company auditor at incorporation has acted in bad faith or with gross negligence in performing their duties, relevant incorporator, director at incorporation or auditor at incorporation is liable to a third party for damages arising as a result thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第五十五条第一項（責任の免除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-55/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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17