# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百八十五条 (Article 885) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885. 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: 第八百八十五条 (Article 885)（公告） — address `art-885` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885 - 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). 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. --- ### 第八百八十五条（公告） — (Public Notice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-885 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885 **第一項** この節の規定による公告は、官報に掲載してする。 art-885/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885/par-1 A public notice under the provisions of this Section is effected by publication in Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の公告は、掲載があった日の翌日に、その効力を生ずる。 art-885/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885/par-2 The public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph becomes effective on the day immediately following the day of publication. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-885/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八百八十五条第一項 (Article 885, paragraph (1)), art-885/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百八十五条第二項（公告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-885/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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17