# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百五十二条 (Article 952)

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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: 第九百五十二条 (Article 952)（適合命令） — address `art-952`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-952
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-952
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### 第九百五十二条（適合命令） — (Compliance Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-952 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-952 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-952</sup>

    **第一項**  法務大臣は、調査機関が第九百四十四条第一項各号のいずれかに適合しなくなったと認めるときは、その調査機関に対し、これらの規定に適合するため必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-952/par-1</sup>
    When the Minister of Justice finds that an investigation body no longer complies with any one of the items of Article 944, paragraph (1), the minister may order the investigation body to take necessary measures for complying with these provisions.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-952/par-1: 第九百四十四条第一項 → 会社法 第九百四十四条第一項 (Article 944, paragraph (1)), art-944/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-944/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-944/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第九百五十四条第一項第四号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-4

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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