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Article 178

第百七十八条

A stock company may cancel its treasury shares. In these cases, the stock company must determine the number of the treasury shares it intends to cancel (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of treasury shares for each class).

株式会社は、自己株式を消却することができる。この場合においては、消却する自己株式の数(種類株式発行会社にあっては、自己株式の種類及び種類ごとの数)を定めなければならない。

For a company with board of directors, the determination under the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph must be made by a resolution at a board of directors meeting.

取締役会設置会社においては、前項後段の規定による決定は、取締役会の決議によらなければならない。

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