A stock company must give public notice of its balance sheet (or, for a large company, its balance sheet and profit and loss statement) without delay after the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
株式会社は、法務省令で定めるところにより、定時株主総会の終結後遅滞なく、貸借対照表（大会社にあっては、貸借対照表及び損益計算書）を公告しなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to a stock company for which the means of public notice is a method set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), it is sufficient to give public notice of a summary of the balance sheet provided for in the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定にかかわらず、その公告方法が第九百三十九条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる方法である株式会社は、前項に規定する貸借対照表の要旨を公告することで足りる。
A stock company referred to in the preceding paragraph may, without delay after the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, take measures to make the information contained in the balance sheet provided for in paragraph (1) available to the general public continually by electronic or magnetic means until the day on which five years have elapsed from the day of the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting. In these cases, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply.
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to stock companies that must submit their annual securities reports to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
金融商品取引法第二十四条第一項の規定により有価証券報告書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない株式会社については、前三項の規定は、適用しない。