# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百五十四条 (Article 954)

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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: 第九百五十四条 (Article 954)（登録の取消し等） — address `art-954`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第九百五十四条（登録の取消し等） — (Rescission of Registration)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-954 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954</sup>

    **第一項**  法務大臣は、調査機関が次のいずれかに該当するときは、その登録を取り消し、又は期間を定めて電子公告調査の業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-954/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1</sup>
    When an investigation body falls under any one of the following items, the Minister of Justice may rescind the registration of the investigation body or order the suspension of all or part of the business of electronic public notice investigations for a set period:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  第九百四十三条第一号又は第三号に該当するに至ったとき。
      <sup>art-954/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-1</sup>
      when the investigation body falls under Article 943, item (i) or (iii);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  第九百四十七条（電子公告関係規定において準用する場合を含む。）から第九百五十条まで、第九百五十一条第一項又は次条第一項（電子公告関係規定において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反したとき。
      <sup>art-954/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-2</sup>
      when the investigation body violates the provisions of Article 947 (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the electronic public notice related provisions) to Article 950, Article 951, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the following Article (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the electronic public notice related provisions);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  正当な理由がないのに第九百五十一条第二項各号又は次条第二項各号（電子公告関係規定において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による請求を拒んだとき。
      <sup>art-954/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-3</sup>
      when the investigation body rejects a request under the provisions of the items of Article 951, paragraph (2) or the items of paragraph (2) of the following Article (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the electronic public notice related provisions) without justifiable grounds;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  第九百五十二条又は前条（電子公告関係規定において準用する場合を含む。）の命令に違反したとき。
      <sup>art-954/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-4</sup>
      when the investigation body violates the order referred to in Article 952 or in the preceding Article (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the electronic public notice related provisions); or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  不正の手段により第九百四十一条の登録を受けたとき。
      <sup>art-954/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-5</sup>
      when the investigation body obtains the registration referred to in Article 941 by wrongful means.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-954/par-1/item-1: 第九百四十三条第一号 → 会社法 第九百四十三条第一項第一号 (Article 943, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-943/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-943/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943/par-1/item-1
- art-954/par-1/item-1: 第三号 → 会社法 第九百四十三条第一項第三号 (Article 943, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-943/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-943/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943/par-1/item-3
- art-954/par-1/item-2: 第九百四十七条 → 会社法 第九百四十七条 (Article 947), art-947 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-947 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-947
- art-954/par-1/item-2: 第九百五十条 → 会社法 第九百五十条 (Article 950), art-950 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-950 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-950
- art-954/par-1/item-2: 第九百五十一条第一項 → 会社法 第九百五十一条第一項 (Article 951, paragraph (1)), art-951/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-951/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-951/par-1
- art-954/par-1/item-2: 次条第一項 → 会社法 第九百五十五条第一項 (Article 955, paragraph (1)), art-955/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-1
- art-954/par-1/item-3: 第九百五十一条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十一条第二項 (Article 951, paragraph (2)), art-951/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-951/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-951/par-2
- art-954/par-1/item-3: 次条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十五条第二項 (Article 955, paragraph (2)), art-955/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-2
- art-954/par-1/item-4: 第九百五十二条 → 会社法 第九百五十二条 (Article 952), art-952 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-952 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-952
- art-954/par-1/item-4: 前条 → 会社法 第九百五十三条 (Article 953), art-953 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-953 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-953
- art-954/par-1/item-5: 第九百四十一条 → 会社法 第九百四十一条 (Article 941), art-941 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-941

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第九百四十三条第一項第二号（欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-943/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943/par-1/item-2
- 会社法 第九百五十六条第一項（調査記録簿等の引継ぎ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-956/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-956/par-1
- 会社法 第九百五十七条第一項（法務大臣による電子公告調査の業務の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-957/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-957/par-1
- 会社法 第九百五十九条第一項第四号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-959/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-959/par-1/item-4
- 会社法 第九百七十三条第一項（業務停止命令違反の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-973/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-973/par-1

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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