In conjunction with the determination of the matters set forth in each item of Article 156, paragraph (1), a stock company may, by a resolution at a shareholders meeting under that paragraph, make a determination to the effect that notice under the provisions of Article 158, paragraph (1) may be given to specific shareholders.
株式会社は、前項の規定による決定をしようとするときは、法務省令で定める時までに、株主（種類株式発行会社にあっては、取得する株式の種類の種類株主）に対し、次項の規定による請求をすることができる旨を通知しなければならない。
If a stock company intends to make a determination under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must give notice to the shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholders of the classes of the shares to be acquired), by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, to the effect that the shareholders may make the requests under the provisions of the following paragraph.
The shareholders under the preceding paragraph may, by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, request that they be added to the specific shareholders provided for in paragraph (1) for the proposal for the shareholders meeting under that paragraph.
第一項の特定の株主は、第百五十六条第一項の株主総会において議決権を行使することができない。ただし、第一項の特定の株主以外の株主の全部が当該株主総会において議決権を行使することができない場合は、この限りでない。
The specific shareholders under paragraph (1) may not exercise voting right at the shareholders meeting provided for in Article 156, paragraph (1);provided, however, that this does not apply if all shareholders other than the specific shareholders under paragraph (1) may not exercise the voting right at relevant shareholders meeting.
第一項の特定の株主を定めた場合における第百五十八条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「株主（種類株式発行会社にあっては、取得する株式の種類の種類株主）」とあるのは、「第百六十条第一項の特定の株主」とする。
If specific shareholders are prescribed under paragraph (1), for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 158, paragraph (1), the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholder of the classes of the shares it intends to acquire)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "specific shareholders under Article 160, paragraph (1)".