# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百二条 (Article 602)

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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: 第六百二条 (Article 602) — address `art-602`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-602
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### 第六百二条
<sup>art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-602</sup>

    **第一項**  第五百九十九条第一項の規定にかかわらず、社員が持分会社に対して社員の責任を追及する訴えの提起を請求した場合において、持分会社が当該請求の日から六十日以内に当該訴えを提起しないときは、当該請求をした社員は、当該訴えについて持分会社を代表することができる。ただし、当該訴えが当該社員若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図り又は当該持分会社に損害を加えることを目的とする場合は、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-602/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-602/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-602/par-1</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 599, paragraph (1), if a member requests that the membership company file an action to enforce the liability of a member, if the membership company fails to file relevant action within 60 days after the day of relevant request, relevant member making the request may represent the membership company with respect to relevant action; provided, however, that this does not apply if the purpose of relevant action is to seek unlawful gains of relevant member or a third party or to inflict losses on relevant membership company.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-602/par-1: 第五百九十九条第一項 → 会社法 第五百九十九条第一項 (Article 599, paragraph (1)), art-599/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-599/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-599/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