# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百四十五条 (Article 145) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145. 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: 第百四十五条 (Article 145)（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — address `art-145` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145 - 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. --- ### 第百四十五条（株式会社が承認をしたとみなされる場合） — (Cases Where Stock Company Is Deemed to Have Approved) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、株式会社は、第百三十六条又は第百三十七条第一項の承認をする旨の決定をしたものとみなす。ただし、株式会社と譲渡等承認請求者との合意により別段の定めをしたときは、この限りでない。 art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1 In the cases set forth below, the stock company is deemed to have given the approval under Article 136 or Article 137, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if otherwise provided for by the agreement between the stock company and the requester for approval of transfer: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 株式会社が第百三十六条又は第百三十七条第一項の規定による請求の日から二週間（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）以内に第百三十九条第二項の規定による通知をしなかった場合 art-145/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-1 if the stock company has failed to give notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 139, paragraph (2) within two weeks (or if any shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation, relevant shorter period of time) from the day of the request pursuant to the provisions of Article 136 or Article 137, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 株式会社が第百三十九条第二項の規定による通知の日から四十日（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）以内に第百四十一条第一項の規定による通知をしなかった場合（指定買取人が第百三十九条第二項の規定による通知の日から十日（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）以内に第百四十二条第一項の規定による通知をした場合を除く。） art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-2 if the stock company has failed to give notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 141, paragraph (1) within forty days (or if any shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation, relevant shorter period of time) from the day of the notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 139, paragraph (2) (except the cases where the designated purchaser gives notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 142, paragraph (1) within ten days (or if any shorter period of time is provided in the articles of incorporation, that shorter period of time) from the day of the notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 139, paragraph (2)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる場合のほか、法務省令で定める場合 art-145/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-3 beyond the cases set forth in the preceding two items, the cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-145/par-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-145/par-1: 第百三十七条第一項 → 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-145/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-145/par-1/item-1: 第百三十七条第一項 → 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-145/par-1/item-1: 第百三十九条第二項 → 会社法 第百三十九条第二項 (Article 139, paragraph (2)), art-139/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139/par-2 - art-145/par-1/item-2: 第百三十九条第二項 → 会社法 第百三十九条第二項 (Article 139, paragraph (2)), art-139/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-139/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-139/par-2 - art-145/par-1/item-2: 第百四十一条第一項 → 会社法 第百四十一条第一項 (Article 141, paragraph (1)), art-141/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-141/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-141/par-1 - art-145/par-1/item-2: 第百四十二条第一項 → 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-145/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第百四十五条第一項第一号 (Article 145, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-145/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-1 - art-145/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 会社法 第百四十五条第一項第二号 (Article 145, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-145/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百四十五条第一項第三号（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-145/par-1/item-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