A company may prescribe any one of the following methods as the method of public notice in its articles of incorporation:
publication in Official Gazette;
官報に掲載する方法
publication in a daily newspaper that publishes matters on current affairs; or
時事に関する事項を掲載する日刊新聞紙に掲載する方法
A foreign company may prescribe any one of the methods set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph as the method of public notice.
If a company or a foreign company prescribes to the effect that the method set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) is to be the method of public notice, it is sufficient to prescribe to the effect that electronic public notice is the method of public notice. In these cases, the method set forth in item (i) or item (ii) of that paragraph may be prescribed as the method of public notice for cases where it is unable to give public notice by way of electronic public notice due to an accident or other unavoidable circumstances.
The method of public notice of a company or a foreign company that does not have the provisions under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is the method referred to in paragraph (1), item (i).
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(Method of Public Notice of a Company)
A company may prescribe any one of the following methods as the method of public notice in its articles of incorporation:
会社は、公告方法として、次に掲げる方法のいずれかを定款で定めることができる。
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publication in Official Gazette;
官報に掲載する方法
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publication in a daily newspaper that publishes matters on current affairs; or
時事に関する事項を掲載する日刊新聞紙に掲載する方法
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electronic public notice.
電子公告
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A foreign company may prescribe any one of the methods set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph as the method of public notice.
外国会社は、公告方法として、前項各号に掲げる方法のいずれかを定めることができる。
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「会社」
Any of the four kinds of company this Act governs: a stock company (株式会社), a general partnership company (合名会社), a limited partnership company (合資会社) or a limited liability company (合同会社).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
foreign company
「外国会社」
A corporation or other body formed under a foreign country's law that is of the same kind as, or similar to, a company under this Act.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
means of giving public notice
「公告方法」
The way a company, including a foreign company, gives those public notices that no law requires to be published in the Official Gazette, such as in a daily newspaper or by electronic public notice.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii)· applies throughout the law
electronic public notice
「電子公告」
Giving public notice by making it available online to anyone, in the way set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiv)· 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.