# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第百七十六条 (Article 176) - 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: 第百七十六条 (Article 176)（売渡しの請求） — address `art-176` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176 - 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. --- ### 第百七十六条（売渡しの請求） — (Demand for Sale) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-176 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176 **第一項** 株式会社は、前条第一項各号に掲げる事項を定めたときは、同項第二号の者に対し、同項第一号の株式を当該株式会社に売り渡すことを請求することができる。ただし、当該株式会社が相続その他の一般承継があったことを知った日から一年を経過したときは、この限りでない。 art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-1 If a stock company determines the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it may demand that the persons under item (ii) of that paragraph sell the shares under item (i) of that paragraph to relevant stock company; provided, however, that this does not apply when one year has lapsed from the day when that stock company acquires knowledge of the general succession, including inheritances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による請求は、その請求に係る株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）を明らかにしてしなければならない。 art-176/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-2 Demands pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must be made by disclosing the number of shares relating to relevant demand (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares and the number of shares for each class). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 株式会社は、いつでも、第一項の規定による請求を撤回することができる。 art-176/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-3 A stock company may withdraw a demand under the provisions of paragraph (1) at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-176/par-1: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第百七十五条第一項 (Article 175, paragraph (1)), art-175/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-175/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-175/par-1 - art-176/par-1: 同項第二号 → 会社法 第百七十五条第一項第二号 (Article 175, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-175/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-175/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-175/par-1/item-2 - art-176/par-1: 同項第一号 → 会社法 第百七十五条第一項第一号 (Article 175, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-175/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-175/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-175/par-1/item-1 - art-176/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第百七十六条第一項 (Article 176, paragraph (1)), art-176/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-1 - art-176/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第百七十六条第一項 (Article 176, paragraph (1)), art-176/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第百五十五条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-155/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-155/par-1/item-6 - 会社法 第百七十五条第一項（売渡しの請求の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-175/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-175/par-1 - 会社法 第百七十五条第一項第一号（売渡しの請求の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-175/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-175/par-1/item-1 - 会社法 第百七十六条第二項（売渡しの請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-2 - 会社法 第百七十六条第三項（売渡しの請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-176/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-176/par-3 - 会社法 第百七十七条第一項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-177/par-1 - 会社法 第百七十七条第二項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-177/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-177/par-2 - 会社法 第百七十七条第三項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-177/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-177/par-3 - 会社法 第百七十七条第五項（売買価格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-177/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-177/par-5 - 会社法 第四百六十一条第一項第五号（配当等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-461/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-461/par-1/item-5 - 会社法 第四百六十五条第一項第七号（欠損が生じた場合の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-465/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-465/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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