# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百三十五条 (Article 935)

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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: 第九百三十五条 (Article 935)（日本における代表者の住所の移転の登記等） — address `art-935`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-935
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-935
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### 第九百三十五条（日本における代表者の住所の移転の登記等） — (Registration of the Relocation of the Address of a Representative in Japan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-935 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-935 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-935</sup>

    **第一項**  日本に営業所を設けていない外国会社の日本における代表者が外国会社の登記後にその住所を他の登記所の管轄区域内に移転したときは、旧住所地においては三週間以内に移転の登記をし、新住所地においては四週間以内に外国会社の登記をしなければならない。ただし、登記がされた他の日本における代表者の住所地を管轄する登記所の管轄区域内に住所を移転したときは、新住所地においては、その住所を移転したことを登記すれば足りる。
    <sup>art-935/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-935/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-935/par-1</sup>
    When a representative in Japan of a foreign company that has not established a business office in Japan relocates representative's address to the jurisdictional district of another registry office after registration of the foreign company, the registration of relocation must be completed at the location of the old address within three weeks and the registration of the foreign company must be completed at the location of the new address within four weeks; provided, however, that it is sufficient to have the relocation of the address registered at the location of the new address when the representative relocates the representative's address to the jurisdictional district of the registry office having jurisdiction over the location of the address of another registered representative in Japan.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  日本に営業所を設けた外国会社が外国会社の登記後に営業所を他の登記所の管轄区域内に移転したときは、旧所在地においては三週間以内に移転の登記をし、新所在地においては四週間以内に外国会社の登記をしなければならない。ただし、登記がされた他の営業所の所在地を管轄する登記所の管轄区域内に営業所を移転したときは、新所在地においては、その営業所を移転したことを登記すれば足りる。
    <sup>art-935/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-935/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-935/par-2</sup>
    When a foreign company that has established a business office in Japan relocates its business office to the jurisdictional district of another registry office after registration of the foreign company, the registration of relocation must be completed at the old location within three weeks and the registration of the foreign company must be completed at the new location within four weeks; provided, however, that it is sufficient to have the relocation of the business office registered at the new location when it relocates a business office to the jurisdictional district of the registry office having jurisdiction over the location of the address of another registered business office.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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