# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六百十六条 (Article 616)

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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: 第六百十六条 (Article 616)（会計帳簿の提出命令） — address `art-616`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-616
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### 第六百十六条（会計帳簿の提出命令） — (Order to Submit Accounting Books)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-616 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-616 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-616</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、申立てにより又は職権で、訴訟の当事者に対し、会計帳簿の全部又は一部の提出を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-616/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-616/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-616/par-1</sup>
    The court may, in response to a petition or ex officio, order the parties to a lawsuit to submit the accounting books, in whole or in part.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十五第一項（一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律及び会社法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-25/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