Shareholders may vote by proxy. In these cases, relevant shareholders or proxies must submit to the stock company a document evidencing the authority of proxy.
株主は、代理人によってその議決権を行使することができる。この場合においては、当該株主又は代理人は、代理権を証明する書面を株式会社に提出しなければならない。
The grant of the authority of proxy under the preceding paragraph must be made for each shareholders meeting.
前項の代理権の授与は、株主総会ごとにしなければならない。
Shareholders or proxies referred to in paragraph (1) may, in lieu of submitting a document evidencing the authority of proxy, use electronic or magnetic means to provide the information that is required to be detailed in the document, with the approval of the stock company and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, the shareholders or proxies are deemed to have submitted relevant document.
If the shareholders are the persons who gave consent under Article 299, paragraph (3), the stock company may not refuse to grant the approval under the preceding paragraph without justifiable reasons.
株主が第二百九十九条第三項の承諾をした者である場合には、株式会社は、正当な理由がなければ、前項の承諾をすることを拒んではならない。
The stock company may restrict the number of proxies who may attend the shareholders meeting.
株式会社は、株主総会に出席することができる代理人の数を制限することができる。
The stock company must keep the documents evidencing the authority of proxy and the electronic or magnetic record in which information with which it is provided by the electronic or magnetic means referred to in paragraph (3) has been recorded at its head office for the period of three months from the day of the shareholders meeting.
The shareholders (excluding the shareholders who may not vote on all matters which may be resolved at the shareholders meeting under the preceding paragraph; the same applies in paragraph (4) of the following Article and Article 312, paragraph (5)) may submit the following request at any time during the business hours of the stock company. In these cases, the reasons for relevant requests must be disclosed:
request for the inspection or copying of the documents evidencing the authority of proxy; and
代理権を証明する書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求
request to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
If a request specified in the preceding paragraph is made, a stock company may not refuse the request, except in cases it falls under any of the following:
株式会社は、前項の請求があったときは、次のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、これを拒むことができない。
the shareholder who made relevant request (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "requestor") made the request for other purposes than research on securing or exercising the requestor's rights;
当該請求を行う株主（以下この項において「請求者」という。）がその権利の確保又は行使に関する調査以外の目的で請求を行ったとき。
the requestor made the request with the purpose of interfering with the execution of the operations of relevant stock company or prejudicing the common benefit of the shareholders;
請求者が当該株式会社の業務の遂行を妨げ、又は株主の共同の利益を害する目的で請求を行ったとき。
the requestor made the request in order to provide notification of facts learned by inspecting or copying documents evidencing the authority of proxy or by inspecting or copying anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the data recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph to third parties for profit; or
the requestor is a person who has provided notification of the facts learned by inspecting or copying documents evidencing the authority of proxy or by inspecting or copying anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the data recorded in the electronic or magnetic record referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph to third parties for profit in the immediately preceding two years.