Article 968Crime of the Giving or Acceptance of a Bribe in Relation to Exercise of a Right of a Shareholder
第九百六十八条（株主等の権利の行使に関する贈収賄罪）
A person who has accepted, solicited or promised to accept property benefits in relation to any one of the following matters, in response to a wrongful request, is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than five million yen:
次に掲げる事項に関し、不正の請託を受けて、財産上の利益を収受し、又はその要求若しくは約束をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五百万円以下の罰金に処する。
statement of opinions or exercise of a voting right at a shareholders meeting, general meeting of class shareholders, organizational meeting or organizational meeting of class shareholders, bondholders meeting or creditors meeting;
exercise of the right of a shareholder prescribed in Article 210 or Article 247, Article 297, paragraph (1) or (4), Article 303, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 304, Article 305, paragraph (1) or Article 306, paragraph (1) or (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325), Article 358, paragraph (1), Article 360, paragraph (1) or (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 482, paragraph (4)), Article 422, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 426, paragraph (7), Article 433, paragraph (1) or Article 479, paragraph (2), exercise of the right of a shareholder or creditor prescribed in Article 511, paragraph (1) or Article 522, paragraph (1) or exercise of the right of a creditor prescribed in Article 547, paragraph (1) or (3);
第二百十条若しくは第二百四十七条、第二百九十七条第一項若しくは第四項、第三百三条第一項若しくは第二項、第三百四条、第三百五条第一項若しくは第三百六条第一項若しくは第二項（これらの規定を第三百二十五条において準用する場合を含む。）、第三百五十八条第一項、第三百六十条第一項若しくは第二項（これらの規定を第四百八十二条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第四百二十二条第一項若しくは第二項、第四百二十六条第七項、第四百三十三条第一項若しくは第四百七十九条第二項に規定する株主の権利の行使、第五百十一条第一項若しくは第五百二十二条第一項に規定する株主若しくは債権者の権利の行使又は第五百四十七条第一項若しくは第三項に規定する債権者の権利の行使
exercise of a right of a bondholder whose bonds are less than one-tenth of the total amount of bonds (excluding bonds that have been redeemed);
社債の総額（償還済みの額を除く。）の十分の一以上に当たる社債を有する社債権者の権利の行使
filing of the action prescribed in Article 828, paragraph (1), Articles 829 through 831, Article 833, paragraph (1), Article 847, paragraph (3) or (5), Article 847-2, paragraph (6) or (8), Article 847-3, paragraph (7) or (9), Article 853, Article 854 or Article 858 (limited to one filed by a shareholder, etc. (meaning a shareholder, etc. as prescribed in Article 847-4, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following item), or creditor of a stock company or a person holding share options or bonds with share options of a stock company); or
第八百二十八条第一項、第八百二十九条から第八百三十一条まで、第八百三十三条第一項、第八百四十七条第三項若しくは第五項、第八百四十七条の二第六項若しくは第八項、第八百四十七条の三第七項若しくは第九項、第八百五十三条、第八百五十四条又は第八百五十八条に規定する訴えの提起（株主等（第八百四十七条の四第二項に規定する株主等をいう。次号において同じ。）、株式会社の債権者又は新株予約権若しくは新株予約権付社債を有する者がするものに限る。）
intervention of a shareholder, etc. in a suit under the provisions of Article 849, paragraph (1).
第八百四十九条第一項の規定による株主等の訴訟参加
The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply to a person who has given, offered or promised to give the benefits referred to in that paragraph.