株主総会を招集するには、取締役は、株主総会の日の二週間(前条第一項第三号又は第四号に掲げる事項を定めたときを除き、公開会社でない株式会社にあっては、一週間(当該株式会社が取締役会設置会社以外の株式会社である場合において、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))前までに、株主に対してその通知を発しなければならない。
In order to call the shareholders meeting, the directors must dispatch the notice thereof to the shareholders no later than two weeks (or one week if the stock company is not a public company, except if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding Article are decided, (or if a shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation if the stock company is a stock company other than the company with board of directors, the shorter period of time)) prior to the day of the shareholders meeting.
次に掲げる場合には、前項の通知は、書面でしなければならない。
The notice referred to in the preceding paragraph must be in writing in the following cases:
where the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding Article are decided; or
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where the stock company is a company with board of directors.
取締役は、前項の書面による通知の発出に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、株主の承諾を得て、電磁的方法により通知を発することができる。この場合において、当該取締役は、同項の書面による通知を発したものとみなす。
In lieu of issuing a written notice as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the directors may issue notice by electronic or magnetic means, with the consent of the shareholders and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, the directors are deemed to have issued the written notice referred to in that paragraph.
The notice under the preceding two paragraphs must specify or record the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.