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(旧株主による責任追及等の訴え)
第八百四十七条の二   次の各号に掲げる行為の効力が生じた日の六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から当該日まで引き続き株式会社の株主であった者（第百八十九条第二項の定款の定めによりその権利を行使することができない単元未満株主であった者を除く。以下この条において「旧株主」という。）は、当該株式会社の株主でなくなった場合であっても、当該各号に定めるときは、当該株式会社（第二号に定める場合にあっては、同号の吸収合併後存続する株式会社。以下この節において「株式交換等完全子会社」という。）に対し、書面その他の法務省令で定める方法により、責任追及等の訴え（次の各号に掲げる行為の効力が生じた時までにその原因となった事実が生じた責任又は義務に係るものに限る。以下この条において同じ。）の提起を請求することができる。 ただし、責任追及等の訴えが当該旧株主若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図り又は当該株式交換等完全子会社若しくは次の各号の完全親会社（特定の株式会社の発行済株式の全部を有する株式会社その他これと同等のものとして法務省令で定める株式会社をいう。以下この節において同じ。）に損害を加えることを目的とする場合は、この限りでない。

Action to Enforce Liability by Former Shareholders
Article 847-2   A person who had been a shareholder of a Stock Company continuously for six months or more (or, in cases where a shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, such period or more) before the day when the acts listed in the following items became effective until that day (excluding a Holder of Shares of Less than One Unit who was unable to exercise rights pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation set forth in Article 189, paragraph (2); hereinafter referred to as "Former Shareholder" in this Article) may demand the Stock Company (in the case prescribed in item (ii), a Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger set forth in the same item; hereinafter referred to as "Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from the Share Exchange, etc." in this Section), in writing or by any other method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, to file an Action to Enforce Liability (limited to those related to liabilities or obligations for which the facts causing them occurred by the time when the acts listed in the following items became effective; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) in the cases specified in those items even if the person is no longer a shareholder of the Stock Company; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases where the purpose of the Action to Enforce Liability is to seek unlawful benefits of the Former Shareholder or a third party or to inflict damages on the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from the Share Exchange, etc. or Wholly Owning Parent Company set forth in the following items (meaning a Stock Company having all of the Issued Shares of a specific Stock Company or other Stock Companies specified by Ministry of Justice Order as equivalent thereto; hereinafter the same applies in this Section): 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

公開会社でない株式会社における前項の規定の適用については、同項中「次の各号に掲げる行為の効力が生じた日の六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から当該日まで引き続き」とあるのは、「次の各号に掲げる行為の効力が生じた日において」とする。

For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a Stock Company that is not a Public Company, "continuously from six months or more (or, in cases where a shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, that period or more) before the day when the acts listed in the following items until that day" in the same paragraph is read as "on the day when the acts listed in the following items became effective". 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

旧株主は、第一項各号の完全親会社の株主でなくなった場合であっても、次に掲げるときは、株式交換等完全子会社に対し、書面その他の法務省令で定める方法により、責任追及等の訴えの提起を請求することができる。 ただし、責任追及等の訴えが当該旧株主若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図り又は当該株式交換等完全子会社若しくは次の各号の株式を発行している株式会社に損害を加えることを目的とする場合は、この限りでない。

A Former Shareholder may demand the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from a Share Exchange, etc. to file an Action to Enforce Liability in writing or by any other method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order in the following cases even if the Former Shareholder is no longer a shareholder of the Wholly Owning Parent Company set forth in the items of paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply in cases where the purpose of the Action to Enforce Liability is to seek unlawful benefits of the Former Shareholder or a third party or to inflict damages on the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from the Share Exchange, etc. or a Stock Company issuing shares as set forth in the following items: 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

前項の規定は、同項第一号（この項又は次項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）に掲げる場合において、旧株主が同号の株式の株主でなくなったときについて準用する。

The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to when a Former Shareholder is no longer a shareholder of shares set forth in item (i) of the same paragraph in the cases listed in the same item (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this paragraph or the following paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph). 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

第三項の規定は、同項第二号（前項又はこの項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）に掲げる場合において、旧株主が同号の株式の株主でなくなったときについて準用する。 この場合において、第三項（前項又はこの項において準用する場合を含む。）中「当該完全親会社」とあるのは、「合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社」と読み替えるものとする。

The provisions of paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to when a Former Shareholder is no longer a shareholder of shares as set forth in item (ii) of the same paragraph in cases listed in the same item (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph or this paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph). In this case, "the Wholly Owning Parent Company" in paragraph (3) (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph or this paragraph) is deemed to be replaced with "a Stock Company incorporated as a result of a merger or a Stock Company surviving after the merger or its Wholly Owning Parent Company". 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

株式交換等完全子会社が第一項又は第三項（前二項において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定による請求（以下この条において「提訴請求」という。）の日から六十日以内に責任追及等の訴えを提起しないときは、当該提訴請求をした旧株主は、株式交換等完全子会社のために、責任追及等の訴えを提起することができる。

When a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from a Share Exchange, etc. does not file an Action to Enforce Liability within sixty days from the day of demand (hereinafter referred to as "Demand for Filing an Action" in this Article) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), a Former Shareholder who makes the Demand for Filing an Action may file an Action to Enforce Liability for the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from the Share Exchange, etc. 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

株式交換等完全子会社は、提訴請求の日から六十日以内に責任追及等の訴えを提起しない場合において、当該提訴請求をした旧株主又は当該提訴請求に係る責任追及等の訴えの被告となることとなる発起人等から請求を受けたときは、当該請求をした者に対し、遅滞なく、責任追及等の訴えを提起しない理由を書面その他の法務省令で定める方法により通知しなければならない。

In cases where a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from a Share Exchange, etc. does not file an Action to Enforce Liability within sixty days from the day of the Demand for Filing an Action, when it receives a demand from a Former Shareholder who makes the Demand for Filing an Action or an Incorporator, etc. who becomes a defendant of an Action to Enforce Liability pertaining to the Demand for Filing an Action, it must notify the person who made the demand of the reason not to file an Action to Enforce Liability in writing or other method prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order without delay. 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

第一項、第三項及び第六項の規定にかかわらず、同項の期間の経過により株式交換等完全子会社に回復することができない損害が生ずるおそれがある場合には、提訴請求をすることができる旧株主は、株式交換等完全子会社のために、直ちに責任追及等の訴えを提起することができる。

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), (3), and (6), in cases where a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from a Share Exchange, etc. is likely to suffer irreparable harm through the elapsing of the period set forth in those paragraphs, a Former Shareholder who can make a Demand for Filing an Action may immediately file an Action to Enforce Liability for a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from the Share Exchange, etc. 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.

株式交換等完全子会社に係る適格旧株主（第一項本文又は第三項本文の規定によれば提訴請求をすることができることとなる旧株主をいう。以下この節において同じ。）がある場合において、第一項各号に掲げる行為の効力が生じた時までにその原因となった事実が生じた責任又は義務を免除するときにおける第五十五条、第百二条の二第二項、第百三条第三項、第百二十条第五項、第二百十三条の二第二項、第二百八十六条の二第二項、第四百二十四条（第四百八十六条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第四百六十二条第三項ただし書、第四百六十四条第二項及び第四百六十五条第二項の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「総株主」とあるのは、「総株主及び第八百四十七条の二第九項に規定する適格旧株主の全員」とする。

For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 55, Article 102-2, paragraph (2), Article 103, paragraph (3), Article 120, paragraph (5), Article 213-2, paragraph (2), Article 286-2, paragraph (2), Article 424 (including cases as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 486, paragraph (4)), proviso to Article 462, paragraph (3), Article 464, paragraph (2), and Article 465, paragraph (2) to when exempting a liability or obligations whose causative fact occurred by the time when the acts listed in the following items of paragraph (1) became effective in cases where there are Qualified Former Shareholders (meaning Former Shareholders who become able to make a Demand for Filing an Action pursuant to the provisions of main clause of paragraph (1) or main clause of paragraph (3); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) pertaining to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company Resulting from a Share Exchange, etc., "all shareholders" in these provisions is read as "all shareholders and all Qualified Former Shareholders prescribed in Article 847-2, paragraph (9)". 一   当該株式会社の株式交換又は株式移転 当該株式交換又は株式移転により当該株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   Share Exchange or Share Transfer of the Stock Company: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company through that Share Exchange or Share Transfer and continuing to hold those shares; and 二   当該株式会社が吸収合併により消滅する会社となる吸収合併 当該吸収合併により、吸収合併後存続する株式会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   Absorption-type Merger in which the Stock Company is the Company that disappears: When acquiring shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company of the Stock Company surviving after the Absorption-type Merger by the Absorption-type Merger and continuing to hold those shares. 一   当該完全親会社の株式交換又は株式移転により当該完全親会社の完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (i)   when, through a Share Exchange or Share Transfer by that Wholly Owning Parent Company, that person acquires shares in the Wholly Owning Parent Company and continues to hold those shares; and 二   当該完全親会社が合併により消滅する会社となる合併により、合併により設立する株式会社又は合併後存続する株式会社若しくはその完全親会社の株式を取得し、引き続き当該株式を有するとき。 (ii)   when, through a merger in which the Wholly Owning Parent Company is the Company that disappears, that person acquires shares in the Stock Company incorporated as a result of the merger or acquires shares in the Stock Company surviving after the merger or in its Wholly Owning Parent Company, and continues to hold those shares.