# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百四十九条 (Article 149) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149. 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: 第百四十九条 (Article 149)（株主名簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — address `art-149` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149 - 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. --- ### 第百四十九条（株主名簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — (Delivery of Documents Showing the Information Entered in the Shareholder Register) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-149 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149 **第一項** 前条各号に掲げる事項が株主名簿に記載され、又は記録された質権者（以下「登録株式質権者」という。）は、株式会社に対し、当該登録株式質権者についての株主名簿に記載され、若しくは記録された同条各号に掲げる事項を記載した書面の交付又は当該事項を記録した電磁的記録の提供を請求することができる。 art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-1 A pledgee whose information as set forth in the items of the preceding Article has been entered or recorded in the shareholder register (hereinafter referred to as a "registered pledgee of shares") may file a request with the stock company to be issued a document showing the information set forth in the items of that Article which has been entered or recorded in the shareholder register with respect to that registered pledgee of shares, or to be provided with the electronic or magnetic record in which that information has been recorded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の書面には、株式会社の代表取締役（指名委員会等設置会社にあっては、代表執行役。次項において同じ。）が署名し、又は記名押印しなければならない。 art-149/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-2 The documents in the preceding paragraph must be affixed with the signature, or name and seal, of the representative director of the stock company (the representative executive officer for a company with nominating committee, etc.; the same applies in the following paragraph). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の電磁的記録には、株式会社の代表取締役が法務省令で定める署名又は記名押印に代わる措置をとらなければならない。 art-149/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-3 With respect to an electronic or magnetic record referred to in paragraph (1), the representative director of the stock company must implement measures in lieu of the affixation of signature, or name and seal prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、株券発行会社については、適用しない。 art-149/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to a share certificate-issuing company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-149/par-1: 前条 → 会社法 第百四十八条 (Article 148), art-148 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-148 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-148 - art-149/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百四十九条第一項 (Article 149, paragraph (1)), art-149/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-1 - art-149/par-2: 次項 → 会社法 第百四十九条第三項 (Article 149, paragraph (3)), art-149/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-3 - art-149/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第百四十九条第一項 (Article 149, paragraph (1)), art-149/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-1 - art-149/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第百四十九条第一項 (Article 149, paragraph (1)), art-149/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-1 - art-149/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第百四十九条第二項 (Article 149, paragraph (2)), art-149/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-2 - art-149/par-4: 前三項 → 会社法 第百四十九条第三項 (Article 149, paragraph (3)), art-149/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百二十四条第五項（基準日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-124/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-124/par-5 - 会社法 第百四十九条第二項（株主名簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-2 - 会社法 第百四十九条第三項（株主名簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-3 - 会社法 第百四十九条第四項（株主名簿の記載事項を記載した書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-149/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-149/par-4 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第七号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-7 - 所得税法施行規則 第五十二条の二第一項第一号ハ（国外転出をする場合の譲渡所得等の特例の適用がある場合の納税猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/art-52-2/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340M50000040011/art-52-2/par-1/item-1/sub-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