Shareholders may submit proposals at the shareholders meeting with respect to the matters that are the purpose of the shareholders meeting (limited to the matters on which relevant shareholders may vote; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article);provided, however, that this does not apply if relevant proposals are in violation of the laws or the articles of incorporation, or if three years have not elapsed from the day on which, with respect to the proposal which is essentially identical to relevant proposal, affirmative votes not less than one tenths (or, if any proportion less than that is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the votes of all shareholders (excluding the shareholders who may not exercise their voting rights on the proposal) were not obtained.
株主は、株主総会において、株主総会の目的である事項（当該株主が議決権を行使することができる事項に限る。次条第一項において同じ。）につき議案を提出することができる。ただし、当該議案が法令若しくは定款に違反する場合又は実質的に同一の議案につき株主総会において総株主（当該議案について議決権を行使することができない株主を除く。）の議決権の十分の一（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の賛成を得られなかった日から三年を経過していない場合は、この限りでない。