# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百二十六条 (Article 126) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百二十六条 (Article 126)（株主に対する通知等） — address `art-126` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十六条（株主に対する通知等） — (Notices to Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126 **第一項** 株式会社が株主に対してする通知又は催告は、株主名簿に記載し、又は記録した当該株主の住所（当該株主が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を当該株式会社に通知した場合にあっては、その場所又は連絡先）にあてて発すれば足りる。 art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-1 It is sufficient for a notice or demand to shareholders to be sent by a stock company to the addresses of relevant shareholders stated or recorded in the shareholder register (or, if relevant shareholders notify relevant stock company of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or demands, to that place or contact address). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。 art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-2 The notices or demand in the preceding paragraph are deemed to have arrived at the time when that notice or demand should normally have arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株式が二以上の者の共有に属するときは、共有者は、株式会社が株主に対してする通知又は催告を受領する者一人を定め、当該株式会社に対し、その者の氏名又は名称を通知しなければならない。この場合においては、その者を株主とみなして、前二項の規定を適用する。 art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-3 If a share is co-owned by two or more persons, the co-owners must specify one person to receive the notices or demand sent by the stock company to shareholders and notify relevant stock company of the name of that person. In these cases, that person is deemed to be the shareholder and the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による共有者の通知がない場合には、株式会社が株式の共有者に対してする通知又は催告は、そのうちの一人に対してすれば足りる。 art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-4 If there is no notice by co-owners under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is sufficient for a notice or demand sent by a stock company to the co-owners of the shareholders if it is sent to one of them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、第二百九十九条第一項（第三百二十五条において準用する場合を含む。）の通知に際して株主に書面を交付し、又は当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供する場合について準用する。この場合において、第二項中「到達したもの」とあるのは、「当該書面の交付又は当該事項の電磁的方法による提供があったもの」と読み替えるものとする。 art-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-5 The provisions of each of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases where, when the notice referred to in Article 299, paragraph (1) (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 325) is given, a document is delivered to shareholders or matters to be stated in relevant document are provided to shareholders by electronic or magnetic means. In these cases, the phrase "to have arrived" in paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "to have been effected by delivery of relevant documents or the provision of relevant matters by electronic or magnetic means". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-126/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第二項 (Article 126, paragraph (2)), art-126/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-2 - art-126/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第三項 (Article 126, paragraph (3)), art-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-3 - art-126/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第二項 (Article 126, paragraph (2)), art-126/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-2 - art-126/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第三項 (Article 126, paragraph (3)), art-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-3 - art-126/par-5: 前各項 → 会社法 第百二十六条第四項 (Article 126, paragraph (4)), art-126/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-4 - art-126/par-5: 第二百九十九条第一項 → 会社法 第二百九十九条第一項 (Article 299, paragraph (1)), art-299/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-299/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-299/par-1 - art-126/par-5: 第三百二十五条 → 会社法 第三百二十五条 (Article 325), art-325 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-325 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百二十六条第二項（株主に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-2 - 会社法 第百二十六条第三項（株主に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-3 - 会社法 第百二十六条第四項（株主に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-4 - 会社法 第百二十六条第五項（株主に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-126/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-126/par-5 - 会社法 第百九十八条第二項（利害関係人の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-198/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-198/par-2 - 会社法 第百九十八条第三項（利害関係人の異議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-198/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-198/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17