# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百四十二条 (Article 142) - 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: 第百四十二条 (Article 142)（指定買取人による買取りの通知） — address `art-142` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142 - 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. --- ### 第百四十二条（指定買取人による買取りの通知） — (Designated Purchaser's Notice to Purchase) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142 **第一項** 指定買取人は、第百四十条第四項の規定による指定を受けたときは、譲渡等承認請求者に対し、次に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。 art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1 If a designated purchaser is designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 140, paragraph (4), the designated purchaser must notify the requester for approval of transfer of the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 指定買取人として指定を受けた旨 art-142/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1/item-1 a statement to the effect that the designated purchaser has been designated as a designated purchaser; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 指定買取人が買い取る対象株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、対象株式の種類及び種類ごとの数） art-142/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1/item-2 the number of the subject shares that the designated purchaser will purchase (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the subject shares and the number of shares for each class). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定買取人は、前項の規定による通知をしようとするときは、一株当たり純資産額に同項第二号の対象株式の数を乗じて得た額を株式会社の本店の所在地の供託所に供託し、かつ、当該供託を証する書面を譲渡等承認請求者に交付しなければならない。 art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-2 If a designated purchaser intends to give notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the designated purchaser must deposit the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of the net assets per share by the number of the subject shares under item (ii) of that paragraph with a depository located in the area where the head office of the stock company is located, and deliver a document certifying relevant deposit to the requester for approval of transfer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 対象株式が株券発行会社の株式である場合には、前項の書面の交付を受けた譲渡等承認請求者は、当該交付を受けた日から一週間以内に、第一項第二号の対象株式に係る株券を当該株券発行会社の本店の所在地の供託所に供託しなければならない。この場合においては、当該譲渡等承認請求者は、指定買取人に対し、遅滞なく、当該供託をした旨を通知しなければならない。 art-142/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-3 If the subject shares are the shares of a share certificate-issuing company, the requester for approval of transfers who received delivery of the document referred to in the preceding paragraph must deposit the share certificates representing the subject shares referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) with a depository located in the area where the head office of relevant share certificate-issuing company is located within one week from the day of receipt of relevant delivery. In these cases, relevant requester for approval of transfer must give notice of relevant deposit to the designated purchaser without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の譲渡等承認請求者が同項の期間内に同項の規定による供託をしなかったときは、指定買取人は、第一項第二号の対象株式の売買契約を解除することができる。 art-142/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-4 If the requester for approval of a transfer under the preceding paragraph does not effect the deposit pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph within the period under that paragraph, the designated purchaser may cancel the contract for the sale and purchase of the subject shares provided for in paragraph (1), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-142/par-1: 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-142/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十二条第一項 (Article 142, paragraph (1)), art-142/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1 - art-142/par-2: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第百四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 142, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-142/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1/item-2 - art-142/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十二条第二項 (Article 142, paragraph (2)), art-142/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-2 - art-142/par-3: 第一項第二号 → 会社法 第百四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 142, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-142/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1/item-2 - art-142/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十二条第三項 (Article 142, paragraph (3)), art-142/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-3 - art-142/par-4: 第一項第二号 → 会社法 第百四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 142, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-142/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百四十二条第二項（指定買取人による買取りの通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-2 - 会社法 第百四十二条第三項（指定買取人による買取りの通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-3 - 会社法 第百四十二条第四項（指定買取人による買取りの通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-142/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-142/par-4 - 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 第百四十四条第七項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-144/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-144/par-7 - 会社法 第百四十五条第一項第二号（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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