# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百八十七条 (Article 887) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887. 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: 第八百八十七条 (Article 887)（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — address `art-887` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887 - 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. --- ### 第八百八十七条（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — (Restrictions on Inspection of Detrimental Parts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-887 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887 **第一項** 次に掲げる文書等について、利害関係人がその閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又はその複製（以下この条において「閲覧等」という。）を行うことにより、清算株式会社の清算の遂行に著しい支障を生ずるおそれがある部分（以下この条において「支障部分」という。）があることにつき疎明があった場合には、裁判所は、当該文書等を提出した清算株式会社又は調査委員の申立てにより、支障部分の閲覧等の請求をすることができる者を、当該申立てをした者及び清算株式会社に限ることができる。 art-887/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-1 If a prima facie showing is made that any one of the following documents, etc. include a part (hereinafter referred to as a "detrimental part") where inspection or copying thereof, delivery of the original or a transcript or an extract thereof, or reproduction thereof (hereinafter referred to as "inspection, etc." in this Article) by interested parties is likely to cause considerable detriment to the implementation of liquidation of the liquidating stock company, the court may, in response to a petition from the liquidating stock company that submitted relevant documents, etc. or by an investigator, limit the persons who are able to request inspection, etc. of the detrimental part to the person who has filed relevant petition and the liquidating stock company: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五百二十条の規定による報告又は第五百二十二条第一項に規定する調査の結果の報告に係る文書等 art-887/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-1/item-1 documents, etc. relating to a report under the provisions of Article 520 or a report of the results of the investigation prescribed in Article 522, paragraph (1); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第五百三十五条第一項又は第五百三十六条第一項の許可を得るために裁判所に提出された文書等 art-887/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-1/item-2 documents, etc. submitted to the court for obtaining the permission set forth in Article 535, paragraph (1) or Article 536, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申立てがあったときは、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまで、利害関係人（同項の申立てをした者及び清算株式会社を除く。次項において同じ。）は、支障部分の閲覧等の請求をすることができない。 art-887/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-2 When the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed, interested parties (excluding the person who has filed the petition referred to in that paragraph and the liquidating stock company; the same applies in the following paragraph) may not request inspection, etc. of the detrimental part until the judicial decision on the petition becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 支障部分の閲覧等の請求をしようとする利害関係人は、特別清算裁判所に対し、第一項に規定する要件を欠くこと又はこれを欠くに至ったことを理由として、同項の規定による決定の取消しの申立てをすることができる。 art-887/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-3 An interested party who intends to request inspection, etc. of the detrimental part may file a petition for revocation of the ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) with the special liquidation court on the basis that the requirements prescribed in that paragraph are not satisfied or are no longer satisfied. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の申立てを却下する決定及び前項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-887/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-4 An immediate appeal may be entered against a ruling to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (1) or against a judicial decision relating to the petition referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の規定による決定を取り消す決定は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。 art-887/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-5 A ruling to revoke the ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) does not become effective until it is final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-887/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第八百八十七条 (Article 887), art-887 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887 - art-887/par-1/item-1: 第五百二十条 → 会社法 第五百二十条 (Article 520), art-520 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-520 - art-887/par-1/item-1: 第五百二十二条第一項 → 会社法 第五百二十二条第一項 (Article 522, paragraph (1)), art-522/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-522/par-1 - art-887/par-1/item-2: 第五百三十五条第一項 → 会社法 第五百三十五条第一項 (Article 535, paragraph (1)), art-535/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-535/par-1 - art-887/par-1/item-2: 第五百三十六条第一項 → 会社法 第五百三十六条第一項 (Article 536, paragraph (1)), art-536/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-536/par-1 - art-887/par-2: 前項 → 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-887/par-2: 次項 → 会社法 第八百八十七条第三項 (Article 887, paragraph (3)), art-887/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-3 - art-887/par-3: 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-887/par-4: 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-887/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第八百八十七条第三項 (Article 887, paragraph (3)), art-887/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-3 - art-887/par-5: 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 ## Cited by 6 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 第八百八十七条第一項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-1 - 会社法 第八百八十七条第二項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-2 - 会社法 第八百八十七条第三項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-3 - 会社法 第八百八十七条第四項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-4 - 会社法 第八百八十七条第五項（支障部分の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-887/par-5 --- ## 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