# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百六十七条 (Article 967)

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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: 第九百六十七条 (Article 967)（取締役等の贈収賄罪） — address `art-967`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967
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### 第九百六十七条（取締役等の贈収賄罪） — (Crime of the Giving or Acceptance of a Bribe by a Director)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-967 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる者が、その職務に関し、不正の請託を受けて、財産上の利益を収受し、又はその要求若しくは約束をしたときは、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-967/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-1</sup>
When any one of the following persons accepts, solicits or promises to accept property benefits in connection with the person's duties, in response to a wrongful request, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than five million yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第九百六十条第一項各号又は第二項各号に掲げる者
  <sup>art-967/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-1/item-1</sup>
  any one of the persons set forth in the items of Article 960, paragraph (1) or the items of Article 960, paragraph (2);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第九百六十一条に規定する者
  <sup>art-967/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the person prescribed in Article 961; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  会計監査人又は第三百四十六条第四項の規定により選任された一時会計監査人の職務を行うべき者
  <sup>art-967/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-1/item-3</sup>
  financial auditor or a person who is temporarily to perform the duties of a financial auditor appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 346, paragraph (4).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の利益を供与し、又はその申込み若しくは約束をした者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は三百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-967/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-2</sup>
A person who has given, offered or promised to give the benefits referred to in the preceding paragraph is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-967/par-1/item-1: 第九百六十条第一項 → 会社法 第九百六十条第一項 (Article 960, paragraph (1)), art-960/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-960/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-1
- art-967/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 会社法 第九百六十条第二項 (Article 960, paragraph (2)), art-960/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-960/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-960/par-2
- art-967/par-1/item-2: 第九百六十一条 → 会社法 第九百六十一条 (Article 961), art-961 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-961 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-961
- art-967/par-1/item-3: 第三百四十六条第四項 → 会社法 第三百四十六条第四項 (Article 346, paragraph (4)), art-346/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-346/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-346/par-4
- art-967/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第九百六十七条第一項 (Article 967, paragraph (1)), art-967/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 会社法 第九百六十七条第二項（取締役等の贈収賄罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-967/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-967/par-2
- 会社法 第九百六十九条第一項（没収及び追徴） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-969/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-969/par-1
- 会社法 第九百七十一条第一項（国外犯） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-971/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971/par-1
- 会社法 第九百七十一条第二項（国外犯） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-971/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-971/par-2
- 会社法 第九百七十二条第一項（法人における罰則の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-972/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-972/par-1
- 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-976/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch companies-act-20260917T143643-002, translated 2026-09-17
- This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17