# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百八十六条 (Article 886) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886. 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: 第八百八十六条 (Article 886)（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — address `art-886` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886 - 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. --- ### 第八百八十六条（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — (Inspection of Case Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-886 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886 **第一項** 利害関係人は、裁判所書記官に対し、第二編第九章第二節若しくはこの節又は非訟事件手続法第二編（特別清算開始の命令があった場合にあっては、同章第一節若しくは第二節若しくは第一節（同章第一節の規定による申立てに係る事件に係る部分に限る。）若しくはこの節又は非訟事件手続法第二編）の規定（これらの規定において準用するこの法律その他の法律の規定を含む。）に基づき、裁判所に提出され、又は裁判所が作成した文書その他の物件（以下この条及び次条第一項において「文書等」という。）の閲覧を請求することができる。 art-886/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-1 An interested party may make a request to a court clerk for inspection of the documents or any other articles (hereinafter referred to as the "documents, etc." in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article) submitted to the court or prepared by the court based on the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 2 or this Section or Part II of the Non-Contentious Cases Procedures Act (or, if an order to commence special liquidation has been issued, Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1 or Section 2, or Section 1 of this Chapter (limited to the portion relating to a case relating to a petition under the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1) or this Section, or Part II of the Non-Contentious Cases Procedures Act) (including the provisions of this Act or any other Acts applied mutatis mutandis under these provisions). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 利害関係人は、裁判所書記官に対し、文書等の謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又は事件に関する事項の証明書の交付を請求することができる。 art-886/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-2 An interested party may make a request to a court clerk for copying of the documents, etc., delivery of the original, a transcript or an extract thereof, or delivery of a certificate of matters concerning the case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、文書等のうち録音テープ又はビデオテープ（これらに準ずる方法により一定の事項を記録した物を含む。）に関しては、適用しない。この場合において、これらの物について利害関係人の請求があるときは、裁判所書記官は、その複製を許さなければならない。 art-886/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to sound recording tapes or video tapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by a method equivalent thereto) among the documents, etc. In these cases, a court clerk must permit reproduction of these objects if there is a request from an interested party for these objects. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に掲げる者は、当該各号に定める命令、保全処分、処分又は裁判のいずれかがあるまでの間は、前三項の規定による請求をすることができない。ただし、当該者が特別清算開始の申立人である場合は、この限りでない。 art-886/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, the persons set forth in the following items may not make a request under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs until any one of the orders, provisional orders, dispositions or judicial decisions specified respectively in those items has been issued; provided, however, that this does not apply if any that person is a petitioner with respect to commencement of special liquidation: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 清算株式会社以外の利害関係人　第五百十二条の規定による中止の命令、第五百四十条第二項の規定による保全処分、第五百四十一条第二項の規定による処分又は特別清算開始の申立てについての裁判 art-886/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4/item-1 an interested party other than the liquidating stock company:an order to suspend under the provisions of Article 512, a provisional order under the provisions of Article 540, paragraph (2), a disposition under the provisions of Article 541, paragraph (2), or a judicial decision relating to a petition for commencement of special liquidation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 清算株式会社　特別清算開始の申立てに関する清算株式会社を呼び出す審問の期日の指定の裁判又は前号に定める命令、保全処分、処分若しくは裁判 art-886/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4/item-2 the liquidating stock company:a judicial decision designating the date of the hearing on which the liquidating stock company is to be summoned concerning a petition for commencement of special liquidation or the order, provisional order, disposition or judicial decision specified in the preceding item. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 非訟事件手続法第三十二条第一項から第四項までの規定は、特別清算の手続には、適用しない。 art-886/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-5 The provisions of Article 32, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Non-Contentious Cases Procedures Act do not apply to the special liquidation proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-886/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第八百八十六条 (Article 886), art-886 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886 - art-886/par-1: 次条第一項 → 会社法 第八百八十七条第一項 (Article 887, paragraph (1)), art-887/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-1 - art-886/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第八百八十六条第二項 (Article 886, paragraph (2)), art-886/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-2 - art-886/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第八百八十六条第一項 (Article 886, paragraph (1)), art-886/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-1 - art-886/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第八百八十六条第二項 (Article 886, paragraph (2)), art-886/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-2 - art-886/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第八百八十六条第三項 (Article 886, paragraph (3)), art-886/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-3 - art-886/par-4/item-1: 第五百十二条 → 会社法 第五百十二条 (Article 512), art-512 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-512 - art-886/par-4/item-1: 第五百四十条第二項 → 会社法 第五百四十条第二項 (Article 540, paragraph (2)), art-540/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-540/par-2 - art-886/par-4/item-1: 第五百四十一条第二項 → 会社法 第五百四十一条第二項 (Article 541, paragraph (2)), art-541/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-541/par-2 - art-886/par-4/item-2: 前号 → 会社法 第八百八十六条第四項第一号 (Article 886, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-886/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4/item-1 - art-886/par-5: 非訟事件手続法第三十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 423AC0000000051, 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-886/par-5: 第四項 → e-Gov law 423AC0000000051, 第三十二条第四項 (Article 32, paragraph (4)), art-32/par-4 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百八十六条第一項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-1 - 会社法 第八百八十六条第三項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-3 - 会社法 第八百八十六条第四項（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4 - 会社法 第八百八十六条第四項第二号（事件に関する文書の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-886/par-4/item-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