# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百四十六条の五 (Article 846-5) - 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: 第八百四十六条の五 (Article 846-5)（担保提供命令） — address `art-846-5` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5 - 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. --- ### 第八百四十六条の五（担保提供命令） — (Order to Provide Security) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-846-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5 **第一項** 売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴えについては、裁判所は、被告の申立てにより、当該売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴えを提起した売渡株主に対し、相当の担保を立てるべきことを命ずることができる。ただし、当該売渡株主が対象会社の取締役、監査役、執行役又は清算人であるときは、この限りでない。 art-846-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5/par-1 With regard to an action seeking invalidation of acquisition of shares, etc. subject to the cash-out, the court may order the shareholder subject to the cash-out who has filed the action seeking invalidation of acquisition of shares, etc. subject to the cash-out to provide reasonable security in response to a petition by the defendant; provided, however, that this does not apply when the shareholder subject to the cash-out is a director, company auditor, executive officer, or liquidator of the subject company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 被告は、前項の申立てをするには、原告の訴えの提起が悪意によるものであることを疎明しなければならない。 art-846-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5/par-2 In order for a defendant to file the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff filed the action in bad faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-846-5/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百四十六条の五第一項 (Article 846-5, paragraph (1)), art-846-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百四十六条の二第二項第一号（売渡株式等の取得の無効の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-2/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第八百四十六条の五第二項（担保提供命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-846-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-846-5/par-2 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17