COMMERCIAL REGISTRATION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters concerning commercial registration.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act shall be defined as follows: <Amended on Sep. 18, 2018>

1. The term "commercial registration" means recording certain matters regarding merchants or limited partnerships in a register pursuant to the Commercial Act or other statutes, or the record, itself;

2. The term "register" means the data of register information entered and processed by an electronic data processing system, compiled in accordance with the Rules of the Supreme Court;

3. The term "duplicate register data" means data recorded in an auxiliary memory unit with the same content as that of the register;

4. The term "registered record" means the data of register information concerning one firm or limited partnership or trade name, or one minor or legal representative or manager.

Article 3(Time of acceptance of application for registration and time registration takes effect) #

(1) When registration application information prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court is stored in an electronic data processing system, an application for commercial registration ("hereinafter referred to as "registration") shall be deemed accepted.

(2) Where the registrar prescribed in Article 8 (1) completes registration, the registration shall take effect as at the acceptance of the application.

CHAPTER II REGISTRY AND REGISTRAR

Article 4(Competent registry) #

(1) Registration affairs shall be conducted by a district court in charge of registration affairs, with jurisdiction over the location of a place of business (referring to the head office in cases of a company) of the party to registration, and the branch court or registry of the district court (hereinafter referred to as "registry"). <Amended on Sep. 20, 2024>

COMMERCIAL REGISTRATION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Time of acceptance of application for registration and time registration takes effect) #

Article 4(Competent registry) #

Article 5(Delegation of affairs under jurisdiction) #

Article 6(Measures following alteration of jurisdiction) #

Article 7(Suspension of registration affairs) #

Article 8(Performance of registration affairs) #

Article 9(Restrictions on registrar's performance of affairs) #

Article 10(Financial guarantee) #

Article 11(Kinds of registers) #

Article 12(Preparation of duplicate register data) #

Article 13(Prevention of damage to and restoration of registers) #

Article 14(Measures for prevention of damage to annexed documents) #

Article 15(Perusal and certification of registered matters) #

Article 16(Certificate of seal impression) #

Article 17(Issuance of electronic certificates) #

Article 18(Amounts of fees and exemption) #

Article 19(Closure of registered record) #

Article 20(Closed registered record) #

Article 21(Use of computerized register information and data) #

Article 22(Registration conducted upon application) #

Article 23(Applicants for registration) #

Article 24(Methods of filing applications for registration) #

Article 25(Submission of seal impression) #

Article 26(Rejection of application) #

Article 27(Filing an application for registration after period for filing a suit has expired) #

Article 28(Change of administrative districts) #

Article 29(Unregistrable trade names) #

Article 30(Matters requiring registration) #

Article 31(Registration of relocation of place of business) #

Article 32(Registration of changes) #

Article 33(Registration of inheritance or transfer of trade names) #

Article 34(Registration of transferee's exemption from liabilities of transferor of business) #

Article 35(Application of registration filed by successor) #

Article 36(Cancellation of registration of trade name upon application filed by interested parties) #

Article 37(Registration of trade name of company) #

Article 38(Provisional registration of a trade name related to incorporation of limited liability companies, stock companies, or limited liability companies) #

Article 39(Provisional registration of trade name related to relocation of head office) #

Article 40(Registration of change of provisional registration of trade name) #

Article 41(Deposit for provisional registration of trade name) #

Article 42(Application for cancellation of provisional registration of trade name) #

Article 43(Ex officio cancellation of provisional registration of trade name) #

Article 44(Recovery of deposits) #

Article 45(Relationship between provisional registration of trade name, and unregistrable trade name) #

Article 46(Matters required to be registered for registration of minor) #

Article 47(Applicant for registration of minor) #

Article 48(Matters required to be registered for registration of legal representative) #

Article 49(Applicant for registration of legal representative) #

Article 50(Matters required to be registered) #

Article 51(Registration of manager of company) #

Article 52(Matters required to be registered in cases where general partner is corporation) #

Article 53(Application mutatis mutandis of provisions concerning company) #

Article 54(Matters required to be registered for registration of relocation of head office) #

Article 55(Application for registration of relocation of head office) #

Article 56(Processing of applications for registration of relocation of head office) #

Article 57 #

Article 58 #

Article 59 #

Article 60(Matters required to be registered for registration of dissolution) #

Article 61(Matters required to be registered for registration of continuation) #

Article 62(Matters required to be registered for registration after merger) #

Article 63(Application for registration of dissolution after merger) #

Article 64(Processing of applications for registration of dissolution after merger) #

Article 65(Matters required to be registered for registration after change of organization) #

Article 66(Application for registration after change of organization) #

Article 67(Processing of application for registration after change of organization) #

Article 68(Matters required to be registered where representative of limited liability company is corporation) #

Article 69(Matters required to be registered for stock options) #

Article 70(Matters required to be registered for registration after division, or division and merger) #

Article 71(Application for registration after division, or division and merger) #

Article 72(Processing of applications for registration after division, or division and merger) #

Article 73(Registration of dissolution of dormant companies) #

Article 74(Registration of relocation of place of business of foreign companies) #

Article 75(Application for registration of correction) #

Article 76(Ex officio correction of registration) #

Article 77(Application for cancellation of registration) #

Article 78(Notification of ex officio cancellation of registration) #

Article 79(Decision on objection) #