# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百七十四条 (Article 974) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974. 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: 第九百七十四条 (Article 974)（虚偽届出等の罪） — address `art-974` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九百七十四条（虚偽届出等の罪） — (Crime of False Notification) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-974 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974 **第一項** 次のいずれかに該当する者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-974/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1 A person who falls under any one of the following items is punished by a fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第九百五十条の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者 art-974/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1/item-1 a person who has failed to give notification under the provisions of Article 950 or has given false notification; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第九百五十五条第一項の規定に違反して、調査記録簿等（同項に規定する調査記録簿等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）に同項に規定する電子公告調査に関し法務省令で定めるものを記載せず、若しくは記録せず、若しくは虚偽の記載若しくは記録をし、又は同項若しくは第九百五十六条第二項の規定に違反して調査記録簿等を保存しなかった者 art-974/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1/item-2 a person who, in violation of the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1), has failed to state or record in an investigation record book, etc. (meaning the investigation record book, etc. prescribed in that paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this item) the matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order concerning electronic public notice investigations prescribed in that paragraph, or has stated or recorded false matters, or who, in violation of the provisions of that paragraph or Article 956, paragraph (2), has failed to preserve an investigation record book, etc.; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第九百五十八条第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避した者 art-974/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1/item-3 a person who has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 958, paragraph (1) or has made a false report, or who has refused, obstructed or avoided an inspection under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-974/par-1/item-1: 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-974/par-1/item-2: 第九百五十五条第一項 → 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-974/par-1/item-2: この号 → 会社法 第九百七十四条第一項第二号 (Article 974, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-974/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-974/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-974/par-1/item-2 - art-974/par-1/item-2: 第九百五十六条第二項 → 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 - art-974/par-1/item-3: 第九百五十八条第一項 → 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 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第九百七十五条第一項（両罰規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-975/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-975/par-1 --- ## 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