# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百五十九条 (Article 859) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859. 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: 第八百五十九条 (Article 859)（持分会社の社員の除名の訴え） — address `art-859` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百五十九条（持分会社の社員の除名の訴え） — (Action Seeking Removal of a Member of a Membership Company) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-859 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859 **第一項** 持分会社の社員（以下この条及び第八百六十一条第一号において「対象社員」という。）について次に掲げる事由があるときは、当該持分会社は、対象社員以外の社員の過半数の決議に基づき、訴えをもって対象社員の除名を請求することができる。 art-859/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1 If any one of the following grounds applies to a member of a membership company (hereinafter referred to as the "subject member" in this Article and Article 861, item (i)), relevant membership company may demand removal of the subject member by filing an action, based on a resolution adopted by a majority of the members other than the subject member: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 出資の義務を履行しないこと。 art-859/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-1 a failure to perform the obligation of contribution; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第五百九十四条第一項（第五百九十八条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反したこと。 art-859/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-2 a violation of the provisions of Article 594, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 598, paragraph (2)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 業務を執行するに当たって不正の行為をし、又は業務を執行する権利がないのに業務の執行に関与したこと。 art-859/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-3 engagement in misconduct in executing duties or involvement in execution of duties when having no right to execute the duties; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 持分会社を代表するに当たって不正の行為をし、又は代表権がないのに持分会社を代表して行為をしたこと。 art-859/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-4 engagement in misconduct in representing the membership company or conducting an act by representing the membership company when having no authority of representation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、重要な義務を尽くさないこと。 art-859/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-5 beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, a failure to fulfill an important obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-859/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第八百五十九条 (Article 859), art-859 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859 - art-859/par-1: 第八百六十一条第一号 → 会社法 第八百六十一条第一項第一号 (Article 861, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-861/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-861/par-1/item-1 - art-859/par-1/item-2: 第五百九十四条第一項 → 会社法 第五百九十四条第一項 (Article 594, paragraph (1)), art-594/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-594/par-1 - art-859/par-1/item-2: 第五百九十八条第二項 → 会社法 第五百九十八条第二項 (Article 598, paragraph (2)), art-598/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-598/par-2 - art-859/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第八百五十九条第一項第一号 (Article 859, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-859/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-1 - art-859/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第八百五十九条第一項第二号 (Article 859, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-859/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-2 - art-859/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第八百五十九条第一項第三号 (Article 859, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-859/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-3 - art-859/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 会社法 第八百五十九条第一項第四号 (Article 859, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-859/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百五十九条第一項（持分会社の社員の除名の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1 - 会社法 第八百五十九条第一項第五号（持分会社の社員の除名の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-859/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第八百六十条第一項第一号（持分会社の業務を執行する社員の業務執行権又は代表権の消滅の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-860/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第八百六十一条第一項第一号（被告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-861/par-1/item-1 - 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 (e-Gov law ID 343AC1000000089) --- ## 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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17