# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百七十二条 (Article 172) - 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: 第百七十二条 (Article 172)（裁判所に対する価格の決定の申立て） — address `art-172` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172 - 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. --- ### 第百七十二条（裁判所に対する価格の決定の申立て） — (Petition for the Court to Determine the Price) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172 **第一項** 第百七十一条第一項各号に掲げる事項を定めた場合には、次に掲げる株主は、取得日の二十日前の日から取得日の前日までの間に、裁判所に対し、株式会社による全部取得条項付種類株式の取得の価格の決定の申立てをすることができる。 art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-1 If the matters set forth in each item of Article 171, paragraph (1) are prescribed, the following shareholders may file a petition for the court to determine the price of the shares subject to class-wide call for the acquisition by the stock company, between twenty days prior the acquisition day and the day immediately preceding the acquisition day: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該株主総会に先立って当該株式会社による全部取得条項付種類株式の取得に反対する旨を当該株式会社に対し通知し、かつ、当該株主総会において当該取得に反対した株主（当該株主総会において議決権を行使することができるものに限る。） art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-1/item-1 shareholders who give notice to relevant stock company to the effect that they dissent from the acquisition by the stock company of the shares subject to class-wide call act prior to relevant shareholders meeting and do dissent from relevant acquisition at that shareholders meeting (limited to those who can exercise voting right at that shareholders meeting); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 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株主 art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-1/item-2 shareholders who cannot exercise voting right at that shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 株式会社は、取得日の二十日前までに、全部取得条項付種類株式の株主に対し、当該全部取得条項付種類株式の全部を取得する旨を通知しなければならない。 art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-2 A stock company must notify shareholders of shares subject to class-wide call that the stock company acquires all of the shares subject to class-wide call by twenty days before the acquisition 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-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-3 The notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be substituted with a public notice. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 株式会社は、裁判所の決定した価格に対する取得日後の法定利率による利息をも支払わなければならない。 art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-4 The stock company must also pay the interest on the price determined by the court at the statutory interest rate from and including the acquisition day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 株式会社は、全部取得条項付種類株式の取得の価格の決定があるまでは、株主に対し、当該株式会社がその公正な価格と認める額を支払うことができる。 art-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-5 A stock company may pay to shareholders the amount that relevant stock company considers to be a fair price until the determination of the price of shares subject to class-wide call for acquisition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-172/par-1: 第百七十一条第一項 → 会社法 第百七十一条第一項 (Article 171, paragraph (1)), art-171/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-171/par-1 - art-172/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十二条第二項 (Article 172, paragraph (2)), art-172/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百七十一条の二第一項第二号（全部取得条項付種類株式の取得対価等に関する書面等の備置き及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-171-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-171-2/par-1/item-2 - 会社法 第百七十二条第三項（裁判所に対する価格の決定の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-172/par-3 - 会社法 第百七十三条第二項（効力の発生） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-173/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-173/par-2 - 会社法 第八百七十条第二項第四号（陳述の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-870/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-870/par-2/item-4 --- ## 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