# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百四十九条 (Article 949) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949. 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: 第九百四十九条 (Article 949)（業務規程） — address `art-949` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-949 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 第九百四十九条（業務規程） — (Business Rules) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-949 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-949 **第一項** 調査機関は、電子公告調査の業務に関する規程（次項において「業務規程」という。）を定め、電子公告調査の業務の開始前に、法務大臣に届け出なければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。 art-949/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-949/par-1 An investigation body must prescribe rules concerning the business of electronic public notice investigations (referred to as the "business rules" in the following paragraph) and notify the Minister of Justice thereof prior to the commencement of the business of electronic public notice investigations. The same applies when the investigation body intends to change the business rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 業務規程には、電子公告調査の実施方法、電子公告調査に関する料金その他の法務省令で定める事項を定めておかなければならない。 art-949/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-949/par-2 The business rules must provide for the implementation method of electronic public notice investigations, fees concerning electronic public notice investigations and any other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-949/par-1: 次項 → 会社法 第九百四十九条第二項 (Article 949, paragraph (2)), art-949/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-949/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百四十九条第一項（業務規程） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-949/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-949/par-1 --- ## 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