# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百六十八条 (Article 168) - 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: 第百六十八条 (Article 168)（取得する日の決定） — address `art-168` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十八条（取得する日の決定） — (Determination of the Day of Acquisition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168 **第一項** 第百七条第二項第三号ロに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、株式会社は、同号ロの日を株主総会（取締役会設置会社にあっては、取締役会）の決議によって定めなければならない。ただし、定款に別段の定めがある場合は、この限りでない。 art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168/par-1 If there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in Article 107, paragraph (2), item (iii), (b), the stock company must prescribe the day under (b) of that item by a resolution at a shareholders meeting (or at a board of directors meeting for a company with board of directors); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百七条第二項第三号ロの日を定めたときは、株式会社は、取得条項付株式の株主（同号ハに掲げる事項についての定めがある場合にあっては、次条第一項の規定により決定した取得条項付株式の株主）及びその登録株式質権者に対し、当該日の二週間前までに、当該日を通知しなければならない。 art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168/par-2 If a stock company prescribes the day under Article 107, paragraph (2), item (iii), (b), the stock company must notify the shareholders of the shares subject to call (or, if there are provisions with respect to the matters set forth in (c) of that item, the shareholders of shares subject to call who are determined under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article) and the registered pledgees of shares thereof of relevant day no later than two weeks prior to relevant day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による通知は、公告をもってこれに代えることができる。 art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168/par-3 A public notice may be substituted for the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-168/par-1: 第百七条第二項第三号 → 会社法 第百七条第二項第三号 (Article 107, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-107/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-107/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-107/par-2/item-3 - art-168/par-2: 第百七条第二項第三号 → 会社法 第百七条第二項第三号 (Article 107, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-107/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-107/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-107/par-2/item-3 - art-168/par-2: 次条第一項 → 会社法 第百六十九条第一項 (Article 169, paragraph (1)), art-169/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-169/par-1 - art-168/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百六十八条第二項 (Article 168, paragraph (2)), art-168/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百六十八条第三項（取得する日の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-168/par-3 - 会社法 第百七十条第三項（効力の発生等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-170/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-170/par-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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17