# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百五十八条 (Article 958) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958. 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: 第九百五十八条 (Article 958)（報告及び検査） — address `art-958` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958 - 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. --- ### 第九百五十八条（報告及び検査） — (Reports and Inspections) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-958 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958 **第一項** 法務大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、調査機関に対し、その業務若しくは経理の状況に関し報告をさせ、又はその職員に、調査機関の事務所若しくは事業所に立ち入り、業務の状況若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-958/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-1 The Minister of Justice may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, have an investigation body report on the status of the investigation body's business or accounting, or have officials of the Minister of Justice enter the office or place of business of an investigation body and inspect the status of the business or the books, documents or any other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により職員が立入検査をする場合には、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人にこれを提示しなければならない。 art-958/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-2 An official must, when conducting an on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, carry an identification card and present it to the person concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-958/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-3 The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-958/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九百五十八条第一項 (Article 958, paragraph (1)), art-958/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-1 - art-958/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第九百五十八条第一項 (Article 958, paragraph (1)), art-958/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第九百五十八条第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-2 - 会社法 第九百五十八条第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-958/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-958/par-3 - 会社法 第九百七十四条第一項第三号（虚偽届出等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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