# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百六十条 (Article 160) - 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: 第百六十条 (Article 160)（特定の株主からの取得） — address `art-160` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160 - 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. --- ### 第百六十条（特定の株主からの取得） — (Acquisition from Specific Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160 **第一項** 株式会社は、第百五十六条第一項各号に掲げる事項の決定に併せて、同項の株主総会の決議によって、第百五十八条第一項の規定による通知を特定の株主に対して行う旨を定めることができる。 art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-1 In conjunction with the determination of the matters set forth in each item of Article 156, paragraph (1), a stock company may, by a resolution at a shareholders meeting under that paragraph, make a determination to the effect that notice under the provisions of Article 158, paragraph (1) may be given to specific shareholders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式会社は、前項の規定による決定をしようとするときは、法務省令で定める時までに、株主（種類株式発行会社にあっては、取得する株式の種類の種類株主）に対し、次項の規定による請求をすることができる旨を通知しなければならない。 art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-2 If a stock company intends to make a determination under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must give notice to the shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholders of the classes of the shares to be acquired), by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, to the effect that the shareholders may make the requests under the provisions of the following paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の株主は、第一項の特定の株主に自己をも加えたものを同項の株主総会の議案とすることを、法務省令で定める時までに、請求することができる。 art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-3 The shareholders under the preceding paragraph may, by the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order, request that they be added to the specific shareholders provided for in paragraph (1) for the proposal for the shareholders meeting under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の特定の株主は、第百五十六条第一項の株主総会において議決権を行使することができない。ただし、第一項の特定の株主以外の株主の全部が当該株主総会において議決権を行使することができない場合は、この限りでない。 art-160/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-4 The specific shareholders under paragraph (1) may not exercise voting right at the shareholders meeting provided for in Article 156, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply if all shareholders other than the specific shareholders under paragraph (1) may not exercise the voting right at relevant shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の特定の株主を定めた場合における第百五十八条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「株主（種類株式発行会社にあっては、取得する株式の種類の種類株主）」とあるのは、「第百六十条第一項の特定の株主」とする。 art-160/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-5 If specific shareholders are prescribed under paragraph (1), for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 158, paragraph (1), the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with class shares, the class shareholder of the classes of the shares it intends to acquire)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "specific shareholders under Article 160, paragraph (1)". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-160/par-1: 第百五十六条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-156/par-1 - art-160/par-1: 第百五十八条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十八条第一項 (Article 158, paragraph (1)), art-158/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-158/par-1 - art-160/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-1 - art-160/par-2: 次項 → 会社法 第百六十条第三項 (Article 160, paragraph (3)), art-160/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-3 - art-160/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百六十条第二項 (Article 160, paragraph (2)), art-160/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-2 - art-160/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-1 - art-160/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-1 - art-160/par-4: 第百五十六条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-156/par-1 - art-160/par-5: 第一項 → 会社法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-1 - art-160/par-5: 第百五十八条第一項 → 会社法 第百五十八条第一項 (Article 158, paragraph (1)), art-158/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-158/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-158/par-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百六十条第二項（特定の株主からの取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-2 - 会社法 第百六十条第三項（特定の株主からの取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-3 - 会社法 第百六十条第四項（特定の株主からの取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-4 - 会社法 第百六十条第五項（特定の株主からの取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-160/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-160/par-5 - 会社法 第百六十一条第一項（市場価格のある株式の取得の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-161/par-1 - 会社法 第百六十二条第一項（相続人等からの取得の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-162/par-1 - 会社法 第百六十三条第一項（子会社からの株式の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-163/par-1 - 会社法 第百六十四条第一項（特定の株主からの取得に関する定款の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-164/par-1 - 会社法 第百六十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-165/par-1 - 会社法 第三百九条第二項第二号（株主総会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-309/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-309/par-2/item-2 - 会社法 第四百五十九条第一項第一号（剰余金の配当等を取締役会が決定する旨の定款の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-459/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-459/par-1/item-1 - 金融商品取引法 第二十七条の二十二の二第一項第一号（発行者による上場株券等の公開買付け） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-27-22-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-27-22-2/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