# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百二十九条 (Article 829)

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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: 第八百二十九条 (Article 829)（新株発行等の不存在の確認の訴え） — address `art-829`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-829
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### 第八百二十九条（新株発行等の不存在の確認の訴え） — (Action for Declaratory Judgment of Absence of a New Share Issue)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-829 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-829</sup>

    **第一項**  次に掲げる行為については、当該行為が存在しないことの確認を、訴えをもって請求することができる。
    <sup>art-829/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-829/par-1</sup>
    With regard to the acts below, confirmation of the absence of the acts may be claimed by filing an action:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  株式会社の成立後における株式の発行
      <sup>art-829/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-829/par-1/item-1</sup>
      share issue after the formation of a stock company;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  自己株式の処分
      <sup>art-829/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-829/par-1/item-2</sup>
      disposition of treasury shares; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  新株予約権の発行
      <sup>art-829/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-829/par-1/item-3</sup>
      issuance of share options.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第九百六十八条第一項第四号（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-968/par-1/item-4

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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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17
