# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百六十七条 (Article 867)

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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: 第八百六十七条 (Article 867)（訴えの管轄） — address `art-867`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-867
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### 第八百六十七条（訴えの管轄） — (Jurisdiction over an Action)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-867 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-867</sup>

    **第一項**  第八百六十五条第一項又は第三項の訴えは、社債を発行した会社の本店の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所の管轄に専属する。
    <sup>art-867/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-867/par-1</sup>
    The action referred to in Article 865, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of the bond-issuing company.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-867/par-1: 第八百六十五条第一項 → 会社法 第八百六十五条第一項 (Article 865, paragraph (1)), art-865/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-865/par-1
- art-867/par-1: 第三項 → 会社法 第八百六十五条第三項 (Article 865, paragraph (3)), art-865/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-865/par-3

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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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17