# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百三十八条 (Article 138) - 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: 第百三十八条 (Article 138)（譲渡等承認請求の方法） — address `art-138` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百三十八条（譲渡等承認請求の方法） — (Method for Requests for Approval of Transfer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる請求（以下この款において「譲渡等承認請求」という。）は、当該各号に定める事項を明らかにしてしなければならない。 art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1 The requests set forth in the following items (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "requests for approval of transfer") must be made by disclosing the matters provided for in relevant items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第百三十六条の規定による請求　次に掲げる事項 art-138/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-1 requests pursuant to the provisions of Article 136: the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 当該請求をする株主が譲り渡そうとする譲渡制限株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、譲渡制限株式の種類及び種類ごとの数） art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-1 the number of shares with restriction on transfer that the shareholders making relevant request intend to transfer to others (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** イの譲渡制限株式を譲り受ける者の氏名又は名称 art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-2 the name of the person accepting the transfer of the shares with restriction on transfer referred to in (a); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 株式会社が第百三十六条の承認をしない旨の決定をする場合において、当該株式会社又は第百四十条第四項に規定する指定買取人がイの譲渡制限株式を買い取ることを請求するときは、その旨 art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-3 if a stock company determines not to give approval under Article 136, if it is requested that relevant stock company or designated purchaser provided for in Article 140, paragraph (4) purchase the shares with restriction on transfer referred to in (a), the statement to that effect; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第一項の規定による請求　次に掲げる事項 art-138/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-2 the request pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article: the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 当該請求をする株式取得者の取得した譲渡制限株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、譲渡制限株式の種類及び種類ごとの数） art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-1 the number of shares with restriction on transfer which the acquirer of shares making relevant request has acquired (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** イの株式取得者の氏名又は名称 art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-2 the name of the acquirer of shares referred to in (a); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 株式会社が前条第一項の承認をしない旨の決定をする場合において、当該株式会社又は第百四十条第四項に規定する指定買取人がイの譲渡制限株式を買い取ることを請求するときは、その旨 art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-3 if a stock company determines not to effect the approval under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and it is requested that relevant stock company or the designated purchaser provided for in Article 140, paragraph (4) purchase the shares with restrictions on their transfer referred to in (a), a statement to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-138/par-1/item-1: 第百三十六条 → 会社法 第百三十六条 (Article 136), art-136 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-136 - art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-3: 第百三十六条 → 会社法 第百三十六条 (Article 136), art-136 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-136 - art-138/par-1/item-1/sub-3: 第百四十条第四項 → 会社法 第百四十条第四項 (Article 140, paragraph (4)), art-140/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-140/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-4 - art-138/par-1/item-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百三十七条第一項 (Article 137, paragraph (1)), art-137/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-137/par-1 - art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百三十七条第一項 (Article 137, paragraph (1)), art-137/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-137/par-1 - art-138/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 第百四十条第四項 → 会社法 第百四十条第四項 (Article 140, paragraph (4)), art-140/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-140/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百四十条第一項（株式会社又は指定買取人による買取り） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-140/par-1 - 会社法 第百四十三条第一項（譲渡等承認請求の撤回） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-143/par-1 - 会社法 第百四十三条第二項（譲渡等承認請求の撤回） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-143/par-2 - 会社法 第百五十五条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-155/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-155/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第四百六十一条第一項第一号（配当等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-461/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-461/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第四百六十五条第一項第一号（欠損が生じた場合の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-465/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-465/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17