# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百五十五条 (Article 955)

- 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: 第九百五十五条 (Article 955)（調査記録簿等の記載等） — address `art-955`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955
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### 第九百五十五条（調査記録簿等の記載等） — (Statements in an Investigation Record Book)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955</sup>

    **第一項**  調査機関は、法務省令で定めるところにより、調査記録又はこれに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるもの（以下この条において「調査記録簿等」という。）を備え、電子公告調査に関し法務省令で定めるものを記載し、又は記録し、及び当該調査記録簿等を保存しなければならない。
    <sup>art-955/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-1</sup>
    An investigation body must, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, keep investigation records or what is prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as being equivalent thereto (hereinafter referred to as the "investigation record book, etc." in this Article), state or record the matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order concerning electronic public notice investigations, and preserve relevant investigation record book, etc.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  調査委託者その他の利害関係人は、調査機関に対し、その業務時間内は、いつでも、当該調査機関が前項又は次条第二項の規定により保存している調査記録簿等（利害関係がある部分に限る。）について、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、当該請求をするには、当該調査機関の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。
    <sup>art-955/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-2</sup>
    An investigation entruster or any other interested party may make the following requests to an investigation body with regard to the investigation record book, etc. preserved by relevant investigation body pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or paragraph (2) of the following Article (limited to the portions in which that person has an interest) at any time during the business hours of the investigation body; provided, however, that the person must pay the fee designated by the investigation body when making relevant requests:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  調査記録簿等が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の写しの交付の請求
      <sup>art-955/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-2/item-1</sup>
      when the investigation record book, etc. is prepared in the form of documents, requests for the delivery of a copy of relevant documents; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  調査記録簿等が電磁的記録をもって作成されているときは、当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を電磁的方法であって調査機関の定めたものにより提供することの請求又は当該事項を記載した書面の交付の請求
      <sup>art-955/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-2/item-2</sup>
      when the investigation record book, etc. has been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, a request to be provided with the information recorded in that electronic or magnetic record by an electronic or magnetic means that the investigation body has designated, or a request to be issued a document showing that information.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-955/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第九百五十五条 (Article 955), art-955 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955
- art-955/par-2: 前項 → 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-955/par-2: 次条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十六条第二項 (Article 956, paragraph (2)), art-956/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-956/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-956/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第九百四十三条第一項第一号（欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-943/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-943/par-1/item-1
- 会社法 第九百五十四条第一項第二号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-2
- 会社法 第九百五十四条第一項第三号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-954/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-954/par-1/item-3
- 会社法 第九百五十五条第一項（調査記録簿等の記載等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-1
- 会社法 第九百五十五条第二項（調査記録簿等の記載等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/par-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 第九百七十四条第一項第二号（虚偽届出等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1/item-2
- 会社法 第九百七十七条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-977/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-977/par-1/item-3
- 会社法 附則第九十六条第一項（会社法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4271-63/art-96/par-1
- 会社法 附則第七十一条第一項（会社法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/suppl-4301-95/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/suppl-4301-95/art-71/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項（債権者の異議等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十四条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-34/par-1/item-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十七条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1/item-2
- 資金決済に関する法律 第二十条第四項（保有者に対する前払式支払手段の払戻し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-20/par-4
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十一条第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-61/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-61/par-7
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十二条の二十五第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-62-25/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-62-25/par-7
- 資金決済に関する法律 第六十三条の二十第七項（廃止の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-63-20/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-63-20/par-7
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十四条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-114/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-114/par-1/item-3
- 資金決済に関する法律 第百十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-116/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-116/par-1/item-3
- 金融商品取引法 第五十条の二第十項（廃業等の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-50-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-50-2/par-10
- 金融商品取引法 第六十六条の四十第六項（廃業等の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-66-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-66-40/par-6
- 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の三第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-6
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- 銀行法 第六十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-66/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-66/par-1/item-3

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