Article 214Provisions of Articles of Incorporation to the Effect That Share Certificates Be Issued
第二百十四条（株券を発行する旨の定款の定め）
A stock company may provide in the articles of incorporation to the effect that it issues share certificates relating to its shares (or, for a company with class shares, the shares of all classes).
株式会社は、その株式（種類株式発行会社にあっては、全部の種類の株式）に係る株券を発行する旨を定款で定めることができる。
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company with class shares
「種類株式発行会社」
A stock company that issues two or more classes of shares with different terms on the matters listed in Article 108, paragraph (1), such as dividends of surplus or voting rights.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.