総株主の議決権の百分の三（これを下回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合）以上の議決権を六箇月（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）前から引き続き有する株主は、取締役に対し、株主総会の目的である事項（当該株主が議決権を行使することができる事項に限る。）及び招集の理由を示して、株主総会の招集を請求することができる。
Shareholders having consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more) not less than three hundredths (or, if lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the votes of all shareholders may demand the directors, by showing the matters which are the purpose of the shareholders meeting (limited to the matters on which relevant shareholders may vote) and the reason of the calling, that they call the shareholders meeting.
For the purpose of the application of the preceding paragraph to a stock company which is not a public company, the phrase "having consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "having".
The number of the votes of the shareholders who may not vote on the matters that are the purpose of the shareholders meeting referred to in paragraph (1) is not included in the number of the votes of all shareholders under that paragraph.
次に掲げる場合には、第一項の規定による請求をした株主は、裁判所の許可を得て、株主総会を招集することができる。
In the following cases, the shareholders who made the demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may call the shareholders meeting with the permission of the court:
第一項の規定による請求の後遅滞なく招集の手続が行われない場合
if the calling procedure is not effected without delay after the demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); or
第一項の規定による請求があった日から八週間（これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間）以内の日を株主総会の日とする株主総会の招集の通知が発せられない場合
if a notice for the calling of the shareholders meeting which designates, as the day of the shareholders meeting, a day falling within the period of eight weeks (or, if any period less than that is provided for in the articles of incorporation, the period) from the day of the demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not dispatched.